To be summoned to the heavenly council/ to die
He was dismissed. He went to his world. An expression of respect for a great man who was dismissed (literally: his soul wanted to be a part of what was happening in the upper worlds).
("And in our many afflictions the hour came upon me, when the request was made for the return of Ma'ala, and his two sons divided them into lots. And they were what they were" - Sefer Maharil (Minhagim) of the slaughtering of the animals, and so: "You did not come to a wedding feast, for it was to mourn the dead. Abraham was requested for Ma'ala's family, there was no name..." - Y.L. Peretz/ Silent Spirits, Easy, and so on: "Since our late Rabbi asked for the return of Ma'ala and did not receive him in his place, many... How many of you have seen him sit on it" - Agnon/ The City and Its Fullness, 234, and so on: "And in our sins, the Rabbis succeeded in the work of Satan, and from the heavens they followed and overcame the rocks and sought "The three righteous are all for the return of the ascension" - H. Hazaz/ HaGilgul, 193)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִתְבַּקֵּשׁ לְפָּמַלְיָה שֶׁל מַעְלָה, הִתְבַּקֵּשׁ לִישִׁיבָה שֶׁל מַעְלָה, נתבל"ע
Definition (Hebrew)
נִפְטַר. הָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ. בִּטּוּי שֶׁל כָּבוֹד לְאָדָם גָּדוֹל שֶׁנִּפְטַר (מִלּוּלִית: נַפְשׁוֹ הִתְבַּקְּשָׁה לִהְיוֹת חֵלֶק מֵהַנַּעֲשֶׂה בָּעוֹלָמוֹת הָעֶלְיוֹנִים).
("וּבַעֲוֹנוֹתֵנוּ הָרַבִּים הֻטְרַף לִי הַשָּׁעָה כַּאֲשֶׁר נִתְבַּקֵּשׁ לִישִׁיבָה שֶׁל מַעְלָה, וּשְׁנֵי בָּנָיו חִלְּקוּ אוֹתָם בְּאִגְּרוֹת. וְהָיוּ מָה שֶׁהָיוּ"- סֵפֶר מָהָרִי"ל (מִנְהָגִים) הִלְכוֹת שְׁחִיטָה, וְכֵן:"לֹא לַמִּשְׁתֶּה חֲתֻנָּה בָּאתָ, כִּי אִם לְהַלְוָיַת הַמֵּת. אַבְרָהָם'ל נִתְבַּקֵּשׁ לְפָּמַלְיָא שֶׁל מַעְלָה, חֲסַר שֵׁם..."- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ נְשָׁמוֹת אִלְּמוּת, קַל, וְכֵן:"מִשֶּׁנִּתְבַּקֵּשׁ רַבֵּנוּ הָאַחֲרוֹן לִישִׁיבָה שֶׁל מַעְלָה וְלֹא קִבְּלוּ בִּמְקוֹמוֹ רַב...כְּלוּם יֵשׁ מִי רָאוּי לָשֶׁבֶת עָלָיו"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 234, וְכֵן:"וּבַעֲוֹנֹתֵינוּ הָרַבִּים הִצְלִיחַ מַעֲשֵׂה שָׂטָן וּמִן הַשָּׁמַיִם עִכְּבוּ וְנִצְּחוּ אֶרְאֶלִּים אֶת הַמְּצוּקִים וְנִתְבַּקְּשׁוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת הַצַּדִּיקִים כֻּלָּם לִישִׁיבָה שֶׁל מַעְלָה"-ח.הָזָז/ הַגִּלְגּוּל, 193)