Boiled the blood
He became angry. He caused great irritation and anger.
("If she swore in her anger, then surely the boiling of blood was the cause of this, for that is the cause of all anger, and all anger has its source in blood and its boiling" - I read Chapter 12:8, thus: "I was awakened, for his attack is not directed to the correct writing, it boiled his blood" - Life in the Light/ Feathers, 173)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִרְתִּיחַ אֶת הַדָּם
Definition (Hebrew)
הִכְעִיס. גָּרַם לְרֹגֶז וְכַעַס גָּדוֹל.
("שֶׁאִם נִשְׁבְּעָה בְּכַעֲסָהּ, וַדַּאי רְתִיחַת הַדָּמִים הָיָה סִבָּה לָזֶה, כִּי הֵמָּה סִבָּה לְכָל כַּעַס, וְכָל כַּעַס מְקוֹרוֹ מִן הַדָּמִים וּרְתִיחָתָן"- כְּלִי יָקָר וַיִּקְרָא פֶּרֶק יב ח, כֵּן:"הֵעַרְתִּי, כִּי הַתְקָפָתוֹ אֵינָהּ מֻפְנֵית אֶל הַכְּתֹבֶת הַנְּכוֹנָה, הָרְתִיחָה אֶת דָּמוֹ"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 173)