He was seized by illness (He was stricken with...)
Felt intense cold; or: caught a cold.
("Letalga – an illness that seized him due to cold" – Rashi, Gittin 67b)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אָחַז בּוֹ חֹלִי (אָחַז אוֹתוֹ...)
Definition (Hebrew)
חָשׁ קֹר עַז. אוֹ: הִצְטַנֵּן.
("לְתִלְגָּא - חֹלִי שֶׁאָחֲזוּ מֵחֲמַת צִנָּה" - רָשִׁ"י גִּטִּין סז ע"ב)