He Emphasized His Words
He stressed, emphasized, or substantiated his words or his arguments.
("Is the blood of a wicked man naked? Rabbi Yochanan said: This is he who deceives his words before he comes to the judgment of his friend" - Sota 21b, and so: "But he is able to deceive the wicked with words in verse, like a lamp shining in the darkness to the upright" - Agnon/ City and Fullness, 398)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִטְעִים דְּבָרָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
הִדְגִּישׁ אֶת נִמֵּק אֶת דְּבָרָיו אוֹ אֶת טַעֲנוֹתָיו.
("הֵיכִי דָּמֵי רָשָׁע עָרוּם? אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: זֶה הַמַּטְעִים דְּבָרָיו לַדַּיָּן קֹדֶם שֶׁיָּבֹא בַּעַל דִּין חֲבֵרוֹ"-סוֹטָה כא ע"ב, וְכֵן:"אֲבָל יָכוֹל הוּא הַסּוֹפֵר לְהַטְעִים דְּבָרִים בַּפָּסוּק,כְּגוֹן זָרַח בַּחֹשֶׁךְ אוֹר לַיְשָׁרִים"-עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 398)