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title: שׂפק — suffice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׂפק (lemma:שׂפק), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: suffice. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׂפק

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«שׂפק» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:שׂפק · **BDB:** שׂפק

### Glosses

someone.will.clap (1); they.clap.hands (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

suffice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5e4_5e7/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. ספק.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׂפק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5e4_5e7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 27:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.23/)

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יִשְׂפֹּ֣ק עָלֵ֣ימוֹ כַפֵּ֑ימוֹ וְיִשְׁרֹ֥ק עָ֝לָ֗יו מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* someone.will.clap on him palms his and he.will.hiss on him from place his

*JPS 1917:* Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

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[Isaiah 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.2.6/)

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כִּ֣י נָטַ֗שְׁתָּה עַמְּךָ֙ בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֤י מָלְאוּ֙ מִקֶּ֔דֶם וְעֹֽנְנִ֖ים כַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וּבְיַלְדֵ֥י נָכְרִ֖ים יַשְׂפִּֽיקוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.have.abandoned people your the.house of.Jacob (dm) they.are.full from.\[the\] east and soothsayers like the Philistines and with.\[the\] children of.foreigners they.clap.hands

*JPS 1917:* For Thou hast forsaken Thy people the house of Jacob; for they are replenished from the east, and with soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the brood of aliens.

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