סְחִ֧י וּמָא֛וֹס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ (ס)
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.
Rashi on Lamentations
Spittle, abominable. This is mucus; in the language of the Mishnah, “his phlegm and his mucus,”34Maseches Bava Kama 3b. which is drawn out through the lungs and emitted through the throat.