Returned to his bosom
Hold and hug. Hold it to his chest. In the question: He returned to himself (the lap of hearing is the space between the chest to be spread out during an embrace).
("And he said, Put your hand back into your bosom." And he put his hand back into his bosom and took it out of his bosom, and behold, his flesh had been restored." - In the wilderness, thus it was (God to Moses), and also: "He immediately received his reproach twice over, and his disgrace was returned to him into his bosom." - S.Aleichem/ We gather wealth, Shalab)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֵשִׁיב אֶל חֵיקוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
אָחַז וְחִבֵּק. הִצְמִיד אֶל לְחָזֵהוּ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֶחְזִיר לְעַצְמוֹ (חֵיק מַשְׁמָע הֶחָלָל שֶׁבֵּין הֶחָזֶה לִזְרוֹעוֹת בִּשְׁעַת חִבּוּק).
("וַיֹּאמֶר הָשֵׁב יָדְךָ אֶל חֵיקֶךָ וַיָּשֶׁב יָדוֹ אֶל חֵיקוֹ וַיּוֹצִאָהּ מֵחֵיקוֹ וְהִנֵּה שָׁבָה כִּבְשָׂרוֹ"- בַּמִּדְבָּר כֹּה יָא (ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה), וְכֵן:"מִיָּד קִבֵּל אֶת גְּמוּלוֹ כְּפָלִים וְחֶרְפָּתוֹ הוּשְׁבָה לוֹ אֶל חֵיקוֹ"- ש.עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָנוּ מְאַסְּפִים מָמוֹן, שָׁלָב)