فَمَا بَرِحَ يَبِيعُهُ فِي سُوقِ الْهَضْمِ وَيُتْلِفُ ثَمَنَهُ فِي الْخَضْمِ وَالْقَضْمِ
He kept selling it at a loss and consuming the proceeds in eating.
Haḍm indicates a loss-making sale; khaḍm / qaḍm belong to the vocabulary of eating or chewing. Their near-matching sounds compress a story of underpricing and consuming the proceeds.
The statement belongs to the wife’s accusation. A reader can accurately report her complaint without converting it into a proven ledger of her husband’s actions. Lexical analysis, attribution and evidentiary status are separate tasks.
Correct vocabulary does not remove the need to ask who made the claim and whether it was established.