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Hebrew10 Oct 2026feelings

davka

דווקאDAV-kah[ˈdavka]

precisely this one, and often precisely to annoy

Closest in English: spite, spitefully, contrariness. None of them covers it.

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It came from an Aramaic word for exactness and grew a personality on the way. Davka marks the option chosen on purpose, usually the awkward one: the child who eats everything on the plate except the thing you cooked. One word does duty for precisely and for out of sheer contrariness.

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  1. Which language is it from?Hebrew
  2. When do you say it?When it rains on the day of the picnic
  3. Where would you hear it?A child told to hurry, slowing down
  4. What does it mean?That one and no other, on purpose

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