To love one’s wife as one’s own body
Figuratively: loved her very much.
("He who loves his wife as his own body, honors her more than his body, guides his sons and daughters in the straight path, and marries them properly, the verse says of him: ‘And you shall know that My peace shall be upon him.’" – Yevamot 62b)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אָהַב אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ כְּגוּפוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אָהַב אוֹתָהּ מְאוֹד.
("הָאוֹהֵב אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ כְּגוּפוֹ, וְהַמְּכַבְּדָהּ יוֹתֵר מִגּוּפוֹ, וְהַמַּדְרִיךְ בָּנָיו וּבְנוֹתָיו בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה, וְהַמַּשִּׁיאָן סָמוּךְ לְפִרְקָן, עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב אוֹמֵר: וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ" - יְבָמוֹת סַב ע"ב)