To imagine in his soul
He thought or imagined to himself. He raised thoughts in his heart.
("And Mordecai said to answer Esther, Do not imagine in your soul to escape from the king's house among all the Jews" - Esther 4:13 (Mordecai to Esther), and likewise: "The boy was very afraid and imagined in his soul, for without doubt his father the king declared to all the kings and rulers of the earth that his son was lost from him" - S.Y. Agnon/ Stories of the Baal Shem Tov, The Union)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
דִּמָּה בְּנַפְשׁוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
חָשַׁב אוֹ דִּמְיֵן לְעַצְמוֹ. הֶעֱלָה מַחְשָׁבוֹת בְּלִבּוֹ.
("וַיֹּאמֶר מָרְדֳּכַי לְהָשִׁיב אֶל אֶסְתֵּר אַל תְּדַמִּי בְנַפְשֵׁךְ לְהִמָּלֵט בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ מִכָּל הַיְּהוּדִים"- אֶסְתֵּר ד יג (מָרְדְּכַי לְאֶסְתֵּר), וְכֵן:"הַיֶּלֶד פָּחַד לִמְאוֹד וְדִמָּה בְּנַפְשׁוֹ, כִּי בְּלִי סָפֵק אָבִיו הַמֶּלֶךְ הוֹדִיעַ לְכָל מַלְכֵי וְחוֹרֵי הָאָרֶץ כִּי בְּנוֹ נֶאֱבַד מֵאִתּוֹ"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, הַזִּוּוּג)