With a Soft Mouth/ softly/ with kind words
In pleasant speech. With the sweetness of lips.
("Therefore, at first he employed them with a soft mouth, so that the brickmakers would work with all their might and would demonstrate all their capability; and according to the number they made on the first day, they were commanded to do so every day." - Shemot Rabbah (Vilna), Parashat Shemot, Parasha 5)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְּפֶה רַךְ
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּדִבּוּר נָעִים. בְּמֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם.
("וּלְכָךְ הֶעֱבִיד בָּהֶן בַּתְּחִלָּה בְּפֶה רַךְ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּעֲשׂוּ הַלְּבֵנִים בְּכָל כֹּחָם וְלִרְאוֹת כָּל יְכֹלֶת שֶׁלָּהֶם וּלְפִי מִסְפָּר שֶׁעָשׂוּ בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן גָּזְרוּ עֲלֵיהֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת כָּל הַיָּמִים"- שְׁמוֹת רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת פָּרָשָׁה ה)