מבט אחד מספיק.

מבט is a noun meaning a look, a glance, or a gaze. In this sentence, one glance is probably the most natural English equivalent.

It is a masculine singular noun. It is related to the verb להביט (to look / to gaze).

With the number one, Hebrew often puts the numeral after the noun:

• ספר אחד = one book
• ילד אחד = one boy
• מבט אחד = one glance

So מבט אחד is the normal way to say one glance or a single glance.

This is different from many other numbers, which usually come before the noun.

Hebrew usually does not use a separate word for is / are in the present tense.

So:

• מבט אחד מספיק
  literally: one glance enough / one glance suffices

In natural English, we translate it with is:

• One glance is enough.

This missing present-tense is is very common in Hebrew.

For learners, the easiest way to understand it is as the present-tense form of the verb להספיק, which can mean to be enough, to suffice, or sometimes to manage to depending on context.

Here it means:

• מספיק = is enough / suffices

So the whole sentence is literally something like:

• One glance suffices

Because Hebrew present-tense verb forms often look adjective-like, this can feel a little confusing at first.

Because מבט is masculine singular, and the present-tense form agrees with it.

So:

• מבט אחד מספיק = One glance is enough
  (מבט is masculine)

But with a feminine noun, you would use מספיקה:

• הצצה אחת מספיקה = One peek is enough

So yes—gender matters here.

Literally, it means one glance. In context, though, English may translate it more naturally as:

• One glance is enough
• A single glance is enough
• sometimes even A look is enough

Using אחד here gives the sense of just one or a single.

Because the sentence is talking about an indefinite glance, not the glance.

• מבט אחד = one glance / a single glance
• המבט = the glance / the look

So the sentence is general: one glance is enough, not the one glance is enough.

Yes, but מבט אחד מספיק is a very natural, neutral order.

If you change the order, the emphasis can shift. For example:

• מבט אחד מספיק = neutral statement
• מספיק מבט אחד = more marked; roughly just one glance is enough

Another very common Hebrew way to express the same idea is:

• די במבט אחד = one glance is enough / a single glance is enough

So the original sentence is correct and natural, but it is not the only possible phrasing.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

mah-BAT eh-KHAD mahs-PEEK

Or in a more Hebrew-style transliteration:

mabát eḥád maspík

Notes:

• מבט has stress on the second syllable: baT
• אחד ends with the guttural ח sound: e-KHAD
• מספיק has stress on the last syllable: piK

Usually, in a simple sentence like this, you would not add הוא.

The natural sentence is:

• מבט אחד מספיק

Adding הוא would sound unnecessary in most normal contexts. Hebrew generally does not insert a pronoun like he/it in this kind of present-tense statement.

So for a learner, the best version to use is just:

• מבט אחד מספיק