Commentary for Menachot 125:7

ובית הלל אומרים כלי היה במקדש ומרחשת שמה ודומה כמין כלבוס עמוק וכשבצק מונח בתוכו דומה כמין תפוחי הברתים וכמין בלוטי היוונים

But the reverse might just as well be said, namely, mahabath is so called because it is offered for the secrets of the heart, as it is written, Wherefore didst thou flee secretly [nahbetha],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXXI, 27. Heb. which word resembles . Accordingly the should be a covered vessel. iajrn ,ajrn ,ajrn');">⁹</span> and marhesheth because it is offered for the whispering [of the lips], as people remark 'His lips were whispering [merahshan]'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' which word resembles . Accordingly the should be an open vessel. ,ajrn ,cjn');">¹⁰</span>

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