He raised his voice
He lifted his voice. He spoke or sang loudly and strongly.
("Once there was a man standing in the synagogue of the Lord, who had come before the ark to the sanctuary of the Lord, and he raised his voice and said, "The Lord of hosts said to him, 'What do you see that you have raised your voice?' He said to them, 'I am not worthy, neither to be called nor to be a messenger, and now that you have given me permission, I will not raise my voice.'" - In the Wilderness of Rava (Vilna) Parashah In the desert, section d)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִגְבִּיהַּ אֶת קוֹלוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הֵרִים אֶת קוֹלוֹ. דִּבֵּר אוֹ שָׁר בְּחָזְקָה.
("פַּעַם אַחַת הָיָה עוֹמֵד בְּבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִגִּיעַ הָעֻבָּר לִפְנֵי הַתֵּבָה לִקְדֻשַּׁת הַשֵּׁם הִגְבִּיהַּ אֶת קוֹלוֹ וְאָמַר ק' ק' ק' ה' צְבָאוֹת אָמְרוּ לוֹ מָה רָאִיתָ שֶׁהַגְבָּהַת קוֹלְךָ אָמַר לָהֶם לֹא זָכִיתִי לֹא לְמִקְרָא וְלֹא לְמִשְׁנָה וְעַכְשָׁו שֶׁנִּתְּנָה לִי רְשׁוּת לֹא אַגְבִּיהַּ אֶת קוֹלִי"- בְּמִדְבַּר רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת בַּמִּדְבָּר פָּרָשָׁה ד)