חָלְק֤וּ ׀ מַחְמָאֹ֣ת פִּיו֮ וּֽקֲרָב־לִ֫בּ֥וֹ רַכּ֖וּ דְבָרָ֥יו מִשֶּׁ֗מֶן וְהֵ֣מָּה פְתִחֽוֹת׃
Mas makinis pa kaysa mantikilya ang mga salita ng kanyang bibig, ngunit digmaan ang nasa kanyang puso; mas malambot pa kaysa langis ang kanyang mga salita, ngunit ang mga iyon ay mga sumpa.
Rashi
Smooth were Heb. חלקו, an expression of (above 35:6): “and slippery (וחלקלקות).”
Rashi
the buttery words of his mouth Heb. מחמאת, an expression of חמאה butter. The first “mem” is a defective radical in the word, like the “mem” of מעשה and the “mem” of מאמר.
Rashi
but they are curses Heb. פתחות. Menachem (p. 147) interpreted it as an expression of swords, as (Micah 5:5): “and the land of Nimrod with its swords (בפתחיה),” with the edges of the sword. I say, however, that it is an expression of curse in Aramaic, as the Talmud (R.H. 31b) states: Amemar wrote a pethicha on her, which is a warrant decreeing excommunication.