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title: שָׂפַק — suffice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂפַק (lemma:שָׂפַק), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: suffice. BDB 1906: vb. suffice. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂפַק

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«שָׂפַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **suffice** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:שָׂפַק · **BDB:** שָׂפַק

### Glosses

it.will.suffice (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

suffice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5e4_5b7_5e7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. suffice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5e4_5b7_5e7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. suffice (NH סָפַק suffice, abound, so Ecclus 15:18 +; 𝔗 סְפֵיק, סְפַק, Syriac ܣܦܰܩ; Arabic شَفِقَ is be niggardly, scanty, Lane1573);— Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׂפֹּק 1 K 20:10, subj. dust, c. לְ rei.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂפַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5e4_5b7_5e7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 20:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.10/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אֵלָיו֙ בֶּנ־הֲדַ֔דבֶּנ־הֲדַ֔ד וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כֹּֽה־יַעֲשׂ֥וּן לִ֛י אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑פוּ אִם־יִשְׂפֹּק֙ עֲפַ֣ר שֹׁמְר֔וֹן לִשְׁעָלִ֕ים לְכָל־הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּרַגְלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent to him Ben Hadad and he.said thus may they.do to me \[the\].gods and thus may.they.add if it.will.suffice the.dust of.Samaria for handfuls for all the people which \[is\].at feet my

*JPS 1917:* And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said: 'The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.'

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