סָפַק II (b. h. שָׂפק) to divide, distribute; to supply;to suffice. Mekh. B’shall., Vayass‘a, s. 1 ולא סָפְקוּ אלא וכ׳ and they supplied water for only seventy date trees; כיון … וספקו להם ושנו וכ׳ when the Israelites came and six hundred thousand men encamped around them, they supplied them (with drinking water), and this a second and a third time.
Pi. - סִיפֵּק to supply, furnish. Ib. s. 6 אם מְסַפֵּק לנו צרכנו וכ׳ (ed. Weiss מַסְפִּיק, Hif.) if he supplies our wants, we shall serve him &c. B. Mets. IX, 1 (103ᵇ) שניהם מְסַפְּקִין את הקנים the two together have to furnish the needed poles. Sot. 11ᵇ היו מְסַפְּקוֹת להם מים ומזון they supplied them with water and food; a. fr.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. XCII לספק לו, v. סְפִיקוּלָא I.]—V. סִיפּוּק II.
Hif. - הִסְפִּיק 1) to distribute, supply. Lev. R. s. 4 (ref. to יספוק, Job XXXIV, 37) אתה מַסְפִּיק בנינו וכ׳ thou distributest thy sins among us, i.e. we have to suffer for thy sins; Yalk. Job 920 משתיק (corr. acc.; Var. משְׂפִּיק). Mekh. l. c., v. supra; a. e. —2) (with ביד) to give sufficient time or power; to allow an opportunity. Ab. V, 18 אין מַסְפִּיקִין בידו וכ׳ no time (or opportunity) will be given him to do repentance; Yoma 87ᵃ; Tosef. ib. V (IV), 11. Ib. 10 אין מספיקין בידו וכ׳ he will be given no opportunity (temptation) to sin; a. fr. —3) to have sufficient time, power &c.; to succeed, finish. Taan. 21ᵃ לא הִסְפַּקְתִּי לפרוק וכ׳ I had not yet finished unloading when &c. Y. Ber. IX, 14ᵇ bot. לא ה׳ לומר עד וכ׳ he had not yet finished saying Sh’m‘a, when he expired; a. fr.—[Ib. 14ᵃ מספיק למדינה, v. סָפַח.]