To open one's mouth/ to utter half-heartedly/ (verbosity/ slander)

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To open one's mouth/ to utter half-heartedly/ (verbosity/ slander)

To open one's mouth/ to utter half-heartedly/ (verbosity/ slander)

Figuratively: To murmur with one's mouth. To lengthen one's tongue. Or: To say words "begrudgingly" (like "behind one's hand"). Or: To mock (the original meaning of 'הִפְטִיר' is to utter words of mockery).

("All my seers mock me, they mock with their lips, they shake their heads" - Psalms 22:8)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הִפְטִיר בִּשְׂפָתוֹ, הִפְטִיר בְּשָׂפָה רָפָה (הַפְטָרַת שָׂפָה)

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: מִלְמֵל בְּפִיו. הֶאֱרִיךְ בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ. אוֹ: אָמַר דְּבָרִים "כִּלְאַחַר יָד". אוֹ: לַעַג (הִפְטִיר בַּמָּקוֹר מַשְׁמָע הִשְׁמִיעַ דִּבְרֵי לַעַג).

("כָּל רֹאַי יַלְעִגוּ לִי יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה יָנִיעוּ רֹאשׁ"- תְּהִלִּים כב ח)

Keyword

mockery uttering with a slack tongue murmuring lengthening the tongue begrudging speech

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