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Commentary for Proverbs 26:22

דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Rashi on Proverbs

as though waging battle Heb. כמתלהמים, an expression of מתלחמים. Our Sages however, explained כמתלהמים, כמתלהם, like death to them. The words of the spies became their death.
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Rashi on Proverbs

the innermost parts of the body lit. they go down into the chambers of the stomach. This is the death of dropsy.
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