sufficiency
day denotes an amount that meets a need or reaches a limit, and in recurring clauses can mark each repeated occasion.
The dominant use concerns an amount adequate for a need, obligation, task, or stated limit: material may be enough for work, resources may suffice for redemption, and provision may meet a person's need. In a recurring-clause pattern, it marks repeated occasions, reflected by the APB's “whenever,” “as often as,” and “year after year.”
Senses in use
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An amount adequate for a need or task · dominant
The construct form occurs where an amount is measured against a requirement: in Deuteronomy 15:8 the APB renders lending what meets the needy person's lack, while Exodus 36:7 describes material sufficient for the work with some remaining. Leviticus 25:26 and Leviticus 25:28 concern finding sufficient means for redemption or repayment, and Isaiah 40:16 states that Lebanon and its animals are not sufficient for the stated offerings.
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Each repeated occasion · common
In a recurring temporal setting, the construct form accompanies repeated actions rather than a material amount. In 1 Samuel 1:7 the APB renders the pattern “as often as she went up,” and in 2 Kings 4:8 it renders Elisha's repeated passing by as “whenever he passed by”; 1 Samuel 7:16 and Zechariah 14:16 likewise describe action repeated year after year.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the adequacy passages, the APB uses expressions such as “sufficient,” “enough,” “cannot afford,” and “sufficient means.” In recurring clauses it instead uses “whenever,” “as often as,” or “year after year”; These are presentations of the clauses rather than fixed English equivalents.