Seized with terror / Struck with dread

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Seized with terror / Struck with dread

Seized with terror / Struck with dread

Overcome with fear; trembled and shuddered in terror or shock (the word palatzut denotes trembling dread or horror).

("When I remember, I am terrified, and trembling seizes my flesh" – Job 21:6. Also: “And he thundered yet another lament to shake the heavens, and all flesh was seized with dread upon hearing it” – Bialik, Not to Be Erased; “Suddenly he was seized with dread and mortal fear, seeing the horse turn toward Shilirim Street” – Agnon, Stories of the Baal Shem Tov.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֲחָזוֹ פַּלָּצוּת, אֲחוּז פַּלָּצוּת

Definition (Hebrew)

נִבְעַת מֵרֹב פַּחַד. רָעַד וְהִזְדַּעְזֵעַ. הָיָה הָמוּם (פַּלָּצוּת מַשְׁמָע חֲרָדָה, רָעֲדָה).

("וְאִם זָכַרְתִּי וְנִבְהָלְתִּי וְאָחַז בְּשָׂרִי פַּלָּצוּת" - אִיּוֹב כא ו, וְכֵן: "וְהָרֵעִים עוֹד קִינָה לְהַרְגִּיז שְׁחָקִים/ וְאָחַז כָּל בָּשָׂר פַּלָּצוּת לְשַׁמְּעָהּ" - ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק, לֹא תִּמָּח, וְכֵן: "כַּעֲצָמוֹת הָעֲנָק וּכְגַרְמִי גִּלְמִי פַּחַד,/ שֶׁקָּפְאוּ פִּתְאוֹם כָּךְ בְּאָחוּז בָּם הַפַּלָּצוּת" - שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי, הִרְהוּרַי עֶרֶב, וְכֵן: "פִּתְאוֹם אֲחָזַתּוּ פַּלָּצוּת וְאֵימַת מָוֶת, כִּי רְאֵה שֶׁהַסּוּס הוֹלֵךְ לָרְחוֹב השילרי"ם" - שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן, סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, מַעֲמַקֵּי הַקְּלִפּוֹת.)

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