to tingle
tsa.lal describes ears or lips tingling in response to a heard announcement or voice.
The attested use chiefly describes ears tingling when people hear an announced act of distress or disaster; it also describes lips tingling amid a speaker's trembling response to a voice.
Senses in use
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Ears reacting to an alarming report · dominant
In 1 Samuel 3:11, the Hiphil imperfect form occurs in the announcement of what the LORD will do in Israel, and the APB renders the resulting reaction as everyone's ears will “tingle.” In 2 Kings 21:12 and Jeremiah 19:3, Qal imperfect forms occur when disaster or distress is announced, with the same clause concerning the ears of those who hear it.
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Lips tingling amid trembling · occasional
In Habakkuk 3:16, the Qal perfect form appears in a sequence of bodily reactions after hearing: the belly trembles, the lips tingle at the voice, and the speaker trembles.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the bodily reaction with “tingle” in all four verses, applying it to ears in the announced-disaster clauses and to lips in Habakkuk 3:16. Its wording confirms the clauses' overall presentation rather than fixing a separate English equivalent.