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# sufficiency

«sufficiency» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Having enough, or a great abundance** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Having enough, or a great abundance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sufficiency/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job, it means wealth or fullness that makes a person proud or leads him astray. Interpretation: Elihu warns that having plenty can make a person forget God. The tradition reads this as a lesson to be humble.

### examples

- For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. (Writings JOB.36.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sufficiency/#x1)
- In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. (Writings JOB.20.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sufficiency/#x2)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.957/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sufficiency» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sufficiency/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.