Rebuke to his face
He threw harsh words in his face. He rebuked him by speaking directly to him.
("In the second speech they were forced to face him who took it into his heart to inquire of his greatness and wonders in the matter of the souls" - Malbim Job 1, and so: "Our friend Pini Kebar tried many times to force my brother Elijah to face him" - Shalom Aleichem/ We send our hands in the matter, Sheled)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הוֹכִיחוּ עַל פָּנָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
הֵטִיחַ בְּפָנָיו דִּבְרֵי תּוֹכֵחָה. הוֹכִיחַ אוֹתוֹ בְּדִבּוּר יָשִׁיר אִתּוֹ.
("בַּדָּבוּר הַשֵּׁנִי הוֹכִיחוּ עַל פָּנָיו עַל אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂא לְבָבוֹ לַחֲקֹר בִּגְדוֹלוֹת וּבְנִפְלָאוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ בְּעִנְיַן הַשְׁאָרוֹת הַנֶּפֶשׁ"- מַלְבִּי"ם אִיּוֹב לֵב א, וְכֵן:"חֲבֵרֵנוּ פִּינִי כְּבָר נִסָּה כַּמָּה פְּעָמִים לְהוֹכִיחַ אֶת אָחִי אֵלִיָּהוּ עַל פָּנָיו"-שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָנוּ שׁוֹלְחִים יָדֵינוּ בָּעֵסֶק, שֶׁלֶד)