Struck with his tongue
Spoke against him. Or: reproved him, admonished him.
("And they said, "Strike him, and let us plot against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Strike him, and let us strike him with a tongue, and let us not be moved by all his words." - Jeremiah 18:18)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִכָּה בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
דִּבֵּר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ. אוֹ: נָזַף בּוֹ הוֹכִיחַ אוֹתוֹ.
("וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַחְשְׁבָה עַל יִרְמְיָהוּ מַחֲשָׁבוֹת כִּי לֹא תֹאבַד תּוֹרָה מִכֹּהֵן וְעֵצָה מֵחָכָם וְדָבָר מִנָּבִיא לְכוּ וְנַכֵּהוּ בַלָּשׁוֹן וְאַל נַקְשִׁיבָה אֶל כָּל דְּבָרָיו"- יִרְמְיָהוּ יח יח)