satisfaction

לְהִסְתַּפֵּק Over the past couple of days we’ve seen words from the root ס.פ.ק (s.p.k), meaning, enough or satisfaction. Today’s word doesn’t have a literal translation in English. It means, roughly, to have enough or to make due. The word is the התפעל (heet-pah-EL) form of the root, namely, לְהִסְתַּפֵּק (leh-hees-tah-PEK). A well-known saying from the Ethics of…

סִפּוּק Yesterday we had the word for supplier or provider, סַפָּק (sah-PAHK). The “ah-AH” vowel scheme of that word is common among professional terms. For example, a carpenter is a נַגָּר (nah-GAHR), one of the words for a butcher is קַצָּב (kah-TSAHV), etc. סַפָּק derives from the פיעל (pee-EHL) verb to provide or to satisfy – לְסַפֵּק (leh-sah-PEHK). So satisfaction is סִפּוּק…