דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃
Les paroles d’un boutefeu sont comme des coups qui retentissent au plus profond des entrailles.
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.
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.