It came to him
Arrived by itself. Came according to his own decision. By extension: he felt like it. He wanted.
("A mamzer shall not enter the congregation of the Lord; even unto the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the congregation of the Lord" – Deuteronomy 23:3, and similarly: "Two groups whose Passover sacrifices got mixed up: these pull one, and those pull one. One from these came to those, and one from those came to these" – Pesachim 9:10, and also: "He came home to the kitchen and found his table set" – Agnon, Until Now, The Garment, 243, and also: "Yitzhak came to the ticket office, took a travel ticket for himself and entered a railway car" – Agnon, Only Yesterday, 8, and also: "Night came to him and now there is quiet/... What passes through me is more than words/ Everything is here but you are not" – Arik Einstein, We Will Meet Again)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּא לוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִגִּיעַ בְּעַצְמוֹ. בָּא עַל פִּי הַחְלָטָתוֹ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִתְחַשֵּׁק לוֹ. רָצָה.
("לֹא יָבֹא מַמְזֵר בִּקְהַל ה', גַּם דּוֹר עֲשִׂירִי לֹא יָבֹא לוֹ בִּקְהַל ה'"- דְּבָרִים כג ג, וְכֵן:"שְׁתֵּי חבורות שנתערבו פסחיהן. אֵלּוּ מושכין לָהֶן אֶחָד, וָאֵלּוּ מושכין לָהֶן אֶחָד. אֶחָד מאלו בָּא לוֹ אֵצֶל אֵלּוּ, וְאֶחָד מאלו בָּא לוֹ אֵצֶל אֵלּוּ"- פסחים ט י , וְכֵן:"בָּא לוֹ לַבַּיִת הבישול וּמָצָא אֶת שולחנו ערוך"-עַגְנוֹן/ עַד הִנֵּה, המלבוש, 243, וְכֵן:"בָּא לוֹ יִצְחָק לַבַּיִת הנתיבות וְלָקַח לוֹ כַּרְטִיס נְסִיעָה וְנִכְנַס לְתוֹךְ קָרוֹן שֶׁל רַכֶּבֶת"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם,8, וְכֵן:"בָּא לוֹ הַלַּיְלָה וְשֶׁקֶט עַכְשָׁו/...מָה שֶׁעוֹבֵר בִּי זֶה יוֹתֵר ממילים/ יֵשׁ כָּאן הַכֹּל אֲבָל אֵין אוֹתְךָ"- אָרִיק איינשטיין/ עוֹד נִפָּגֵשׁ)