mad.qa.rah denotes piercing blows used to compare rash speech with sword strikes.

The attested use portrays piercing blows in the comparison of rash speech to sword strikes in Proverbs 12:18.

1. Piercing blows in a speech comparison · dominant

   In Proverbs 12:18, the plural construct noun occurs in the comparison between rash speech and sword strikes; the APB renders the clause "There is one whose rash speech is like sword thrusts."

   Proverbs 12:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 12:18, the APB presents the clause as "rash speech is like sword thrusts." It does not isolate the noun's exact English counterpart.