He prepared himself
He made ready himself. He arranged to meet or face.
("Our rabbis teach us: A man from Israel who is called by the chazan to stand to read from the Torah or to pass before the tabernacle and does not straighten himself, what is it that makes it unlawful for him to stand and read? - Thus our rabbis say: It is forbidden to read for that which he would not read and would be ashamed of in the assembly" - Shimon Shmuel summarizes in Remez Kamu, and thus: "The daughters know "Azman, from the day Shoshana Ehrlich came to his house, the feet of the rabbi became more beautiful, all that is now that he is correcting himself in the way" - Agnon/ Until now, Shebuat Amunim, 213)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִתְקִין עַצְמוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הֵכִין אֶת עַצְמוֹ. נֶעֱרַךְ לִקְרַאת.
("יְלַמְּדֵנוּ רַבֵּנוּ: אָדָם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁקָּרָא לוֹ הַחַזָּן לַעֲמֹד לִקְרוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה אוֹ לַעֲבֹר לִפְנֵי הַתֵּבָה וְלֹא הִתְקִין עַצְמוֹ, מַהוּ שֶׁיְּהֵא מֻתָּר לַעֲמֹד וְלִקְרוֹת?- כָּךְ שָׁנוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ: אָסוּר לִקְרוֹת לָמָּה שֶׁלֹּא יִקְרָא וְיִתְבַּיֵּשׁ בַּצִּבּוּר"- יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי שְׁמוּאֵל ב רֶמֶז קָמוּ, וְכֵן:"יוֹדְעוֹת הַבָּנוֹת עַצְמָן,שֶׁמִּיּוֹם שֶׁבָּאָה שׁוֹשַׁנָּה אֶהרְלִיךְ לְיָפוֹ נִתְיַקְּרוּ רַגְלָיו שֶׁל רֶכְנִיץ, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן עַכְשָׁו שֶׁמַּתְקִין עַצְמוֹ לַדֶּרֶךְ"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַד הֵנָּה, שְׁבוּעַת אֱמוּנִים, 213)