Jastrow: עֲקִימָה II

עֲקִימָה II f. (עָקַם) 1) curvature, crookedness. Y. Kil. IV, 29ᵇ top (in Chald. dict.) ע"י ע׳ תרתיי וכ׳ owing to the curvature (of the garden bed) two rows of vines disappear (become indiscernible). —2) עֲקִימַת פה or ע׳ שפתים curving the mouth (the lips), speaking sulkily, mumbling, in gen. talk, opp. to מעשה action. Meïl. 17ᵇ מֵעֲ׳ שפתיך וכ׳ from the argument thou didst utter in an undertone one can tell that thou art a scholar. Keth. 45ᵇ ע׳ שפתיו גרמה לו (not גרמו) his talk (casting suspicion on his wife) brought it (the punishment) upon him. Snh. 65ᵃ ע׳ שפתיו הוי מעשה talk (e.g. blasphemy, false testimony) is considered an action (can be punished), Ib.ᵇ; B. Mets. 90ᵇ (in reference to guiding an animal by means of a human voice).