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Genesis 37:2

אֵלֶּה תֹּלְדֹות יַעֲקֹב יֹוסֵף בֶּן שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה הָיָה רֹעֶה אֶת אֶחָיו בַּ צֹּאן וְ הוּא נַעַר אֶת בְּנֵי בִלְהָה וְ אֶת בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה נְשֵׁי אָבִיו וַ יָּבֵא יֹוסֵף אֶת דִּבָּתָם רָעָה אֶל אֲבִיהֶם
These ones are births of Heel: He-Adds, a builder of seven ten of a duplication, he has become he-who-tends את-his brothers in the Sheep, and himself is a shaken-out-one, את-the builders of Troubled, and את-the builders of Trickle, the women of his father, and He-Adds is causing to come in אֶת-their gliding-one1162 of ruined-one toward their father.
1162

Strong’s #1681, dibbah. Feminine noun. Defined as something that glides. From dabab (in the sense of furtive motion); slander -- defaming, evil report, infamy, slander.