And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. (Judges 18:25)
Literally, “men bitter of soul,” that is, men of fierce dispositions and hot tempers. The Danites said in effect, “Do not bother us with your complaints lest you provoke hot-tempered men among us to attack you.” See 2 Sam. 17:8, where the temper of David and his companions was compared to a she-bear robbed of her cubs.