To extract a statement from/ to get to know something from a person
He saved him from being devoured. He took him out of the mouth of..., by asking: He succeeded in getting a word out of his mouth. He succeeded in hearing from him thoughtful knowledge.
("And do not hide from me the word of truth, for I will be afraid of your judgment" - Tehillim Kait Mag, and so: "He saw the seal of Abraham our father, he looked at the covenant and saw Leviathan and fled two days before Jonah, he said to the fish, "Save me from the mouth of Leviathan, show me all that is in the depths and in the deep" - Midrash Tanhumah (Warsha) Parashah and read Simeon 8, and so on: "Who can deliver the lamb that the lion has torn apart? Only he will try to rescue it from its mouth like a thief or a broken ear" - from Amos 3:12, and so on: "I said to her with my mouth...and she was terrified and embarrassed and terrified of God...we will not be able to rescue a word from my mouth" - Shalom Aleichem/ We Saturdays, she ran, and said: "A man is a slave...from the day he was brought here, we have not been able to get a word out of his mouth" - Agnon/ Until Now, 44)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִצִּיל מִפִּיו
Definition (Hebrew)
הִצִּיל אוֹתוֹ מִלְּהִטָּרֵף. הוֹצִיא אוֹתוֹ מֵהַפֶּה שֶׁל..., בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִצְלִיחַ לְהוֹצִיא מִפִּיו דִּבּוּר. הִצְלִיחַ לִשְׁמֹעַ מִמֶּנּוּ מֵידָע חָשׁוּב.
("וְאַל תַּצֵּל מִפִּי דְבַר אֱמֶת עַד מְאֹד כִּי לְמִשְׁפָּטֶךָ יִחָלְתִּי"- תְּהִלִּים קַיִט מג, וְכֵן:"הֶרְאָהוּ חוֹתָמוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ הִבִּיט לַבְּרִית וְרָאָהוּ לְוִיתָן וּבָרַח מַהֲלַךְ שְׁנֵי יָמִים לִפְנֵי יוֹנָה, אָמַר לוֹ לַדָּג הֲרֵינִי הַצָּלָתֵךְ מִפִּיו שֶׁל לְוִיתָן הִרְאַנִי כָּל מָה שָׁבִים וּבַתְּהוֹמוֹת"- מִדְרַשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא (וַרְשָׁא) פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא סִימָן ח, וְכֵן:"שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיַּצִּיל הָרוֹעֶה אֶת הַשֶּׂה שֶׁטָּרַף הָאֲרִי רַק יִשְׁתַּדֵּל לְהַצִּיל מִפִּיו כְּרָעִים אוֹ סְחוּס הַאֲזֵן"- מַלְבִּי"ם עָמוֹס ג יב, וְכֵן:"אָמַר לָהּ פִּינִי...וְהָיְתָה מְהוּמָה וּמְבוּכָה וְחֶרְדַּת אֱלוֹהִים...יוֹתֵר לֹא יָכֹלְנוּ לְהַצִּיל מִפִּי פִּינִי דָּבָר"-שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָנוּ שׁוֹבְתִים, רָצָה, וְכֵן:"גֹּלֶם אִישׁ...מִיּוֹם שֶׁהֱבִיאוּהוּ לְכָאן לֹא עָלְתָה בְּיָדֵינוּ לְהַצִּיל מִפִּיו דָּבָר"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַד הֵנָּה, 44)