A hug, in Hebrew, is חיבוק

, so that a סבתא

(Grandma) might say to her grandson:

תן לי חיבוק!

Give me a hug!

חיבוק

is a noun form of the פיעל verb לחבק

– to hug or embrace, so that סבתא

might also say to her grandson:

בוא, חבק אותי!

Come, hug me!

To hug one another is the התפעל verb להתחבק

, as in:

כל פעם שאנחנו מתראים אנחנו מתחבקים חיבוק חזק.

Every time we see each other we give each other a big (strong) hug.