suffice

«suffice» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to be enough — 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

verb (suffice, suffices, sufficed, sufficing)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To suffice is to be enough. tree →

2) (formal) «Suffice it to say» means «I will only say this, because it is enough». tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old use: to be enough, especially of what a poor person can afford to bring. In the Prophets it also means to be enough for someone's wants, and "let it suffice you" is a rebuke meaning "enough of your wrongdoing." Interpretation: The law lets a poor person bring birds instead of an expensive animal. Tradition sees this as God asking each person only for what they can give. Ezekiel's "let it suffice you" is read as a call to stop sinning and return to God. In the primary lessons: It is a stiff, formal word used in exam and official language; in everyday life people say «that will do» or «that's enough». In maths, «£5 will suffice» means £5 is enough money. Phrases: will suffice, suffice it to say.

examples

• And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; (Torah LEV.14.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose means suffice not for that which pertaineth to his cleansing. (Torah LEV.14.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering. (Torah LEV.14.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead; and yet so they sufficed them not. (Prophets JDG.21.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, (Prophets EZK.44.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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.' (Prophets 1KI.20.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• A short answer will suffice. (formal) tree →
• Two litres of water should suffice for the walk. tree →
• Suffice it to say, the party was a disaster. tree →
• One sandwich sufficed for lunch. tree →
• £20 will suffice to buy the tickets. tree →
• A smile will suffice as a thank you. tree →
• This does not seem much, but it sufficed Maie for a herb plot. tree →

note

Formal regular verb. Say suh-FICE. The adjective is «sufficient» (enough). In a maths problem, «will it suffice?» means «is it enough?»: compare what you have with what you need; if have ≥ need, it suffices.

In the corpora

• And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «suffice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.