שָׂפַק
Biblical Hebrew
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
suffice tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
שָׂפַק: vb. suffice tree →
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.
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)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it will suffice (1).
In the verses
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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