To put one's head in the lion's month

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To put one's head in the lion's month

To put one's head in the lion's month

In the question: He was quiet. He was angry with his soul (because the meaning of the larynx between the mouth cavity of a wolf is also a name for the large mouth of predatory animals. Ari means lion).

("El Zil will come and mock you and say, 'You have gathered for the lion's den and have come out in peace.'" - at the beginning of Rabbah (Vilna), the section on the birth of children, section 16)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הִכְנִיס רֹאשׁוֹ בְּלֹעַ הָאֲרִי

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִסְתַּכֵּן. חֵרֵף אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ (לֹעַ מַשְׁמָע צִנּוֹר הָעִכּוּל שֶׁבֵּין חֲלַל הַפֶּה לְוֶשֶׁט וְכֵן כִּנּוּי לַפֶּה הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁל הַחַיּוֹת הַטּוֹרְפוֹת. אֲרִי מַשְׁמָע אַרְיֵה).

("א"ל זִיל תְּהֵא מְלַגְלֵג וְאוֹמֵר דְּעִילַת לְפוּמָא דְּאָרֶיהָ בְּשָׁלֵם וְנָפְקַת בְּשָׁלֵם (תַּרְגּוּם: אָמַר לוֹ לְךָ תְּלַגְלֵג וּתְסַפֵּר שֶׁנִּכְנַסְתָּ לְלֹעַ הָאֲרִי וְיָצָאת שָׁלֵם)"-בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת תּוֹלְדוֹת פָּרָשָׁה סַד)

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