To be agitated/ his spirit was troubled
We are excited and thrilled. We are amazed.
("And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep was upon him" - Daniel 2:1, and so: "And from time to time his imagination was strengthened in his heart that the Messiah was coming and going ... for a moment his spirit was troubled by the heat of his imagination" - Shai Agnon/ Sifurei HaBeshat, Ma'asha)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִתְפַּעֲמָה רוּחוֹ, פָּעֲמָה רוּחוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
נִרְגָּשׁ וְנִפְעָם. נִדְהָם.
("וּבִשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְמַלְכוּת נְבֻכַדְנֶצַּר חָלַם נְבֻכַדְנֶצַּר חֲלֹמוֹת וַתִּתְפָּעֶם רוּחוֹ וּשְׁנָתוֹ נִהְיְתָה עָלָיו"- דָּנִיאֵל ב א, וְכֵן:"וּמֵרֶגַע לְרֶגַע נִתְחַזֵּק דִּמְיוֹנוֹ בְּלִבּוֹ שֶׁמָּשִׁיחַ הוֹלֵךְ וּבָא ...פָּעֲמָה רוּחוֹ מֵחֲמַת דִּמְיוֹנוֹ"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, מַעֲשֶׂה)