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H5606b H5606b
V-Qal-Imperf-3ms  |  1× in 1 sense
suffice—be adequate or enough
This verb means to suffice, be enough, or be adequate for a purpose. Ben-hadad's boast to Ahab uses it mockingly, claiming that Samaria's dust won't suffice to give each of his soldiers a handful—hyperbolic language threatening total destruction. The root appears in rabbinic Hebrew and Aramaic with meanings around sufficiency and abundance. The single biblical occurrence shows the verb in a threatening military context.

Senses
1. sense 1 Verb meaning 'to suffice' or 'be adequate,' used in Ben-hadad's taunt against Samaria (1 Kgs 20:10). The Aramean king boasts his forces are so numerous that the city's dust won't provide a handful for each soldier. The verb questions adequacy, here ironically suggesting Samaria's complete inadequacy against overwhelming force. Spanish 'alcanza' (reaches/suffices) captures the adequacy question.
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Adequate, Qualified Sufficiency and Worth
AR["يَكْفي"]·ben["যথেষ্ট-হয়"]·DE["suffices"]·EN["suffices"]·FR["suffices"]·heb["יספיק"]·HI["पर्याप्त-होगी"]·ID["mencukupi"]·IT["suffices"]·jav["cekap"]·KO["충분하리라"]·PT["bastar"]·RU["хватит"]·ES["alcanza"]·SW["itaenea"]·TR["yeterse"]·urd["کافی-ہو"]

Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. [שָׂפַק] vb. suffice (NH סָפַק suffice, abound, so Ecclus 15:18 +; 𝔗 סְפֵיק, סְפַק, Syriac ܣܦܰܩ; Arabic شَفِقَ is be niggardly, scanty, Lane1573);— Qal Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׂפֹּק 1 K 20:10, subj. dust, c. לְ rei.