Prayed for him
He raised a prayer for him. He asked for mercy for his transgression.
("Dan Nachash on the road - this is Samson. Jacob, who hoped in the Holy Spirit that he would stand between two pillars, and his eyes were blind, and the Philistines were overjoyed at him, prayed for him that the Blessed One would give him strength" - Midrash Agada (Buber) at the beginning of chapter 14, and so: "But until a man prays for his friend, because you will break His foot, perhaps he will answer, and his tongue will dry up?" - Peace be upon you / What will be my end?, What, and so on: "The robbers set me among them... But every time they were about to go out to plunder the animals, they would say to me, "Pray to me that we may not be captured" - Agnon / Elo va Elo, Abak Drachim, 393)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִתְפַּלֵּל עָלָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
נָשָׂא תְּפִילָּה לְמַעֲנוֹ.בִּיקֵּשׁ רַחֲמִים עֲבוּרוֹ.
("דָן נָחָשׁ עֲלֵי דֶרֶךְ- זֶה שִׁמְשׁוֹן. שֶׁצָּפָה יַעֲקֹב בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ שֶׁיִּהְיֶה עוֹמֵד בֵּין שְׁנֵי עַמּוּדִים, וְעֵינָיו מְעַוְּרִים, וּפְלִשְׁתִּים עָלָיו שְׂמֵחִים, הִתְפַּלֵּל עָלָיו שֶׁיִּתֵּן לוֹ הקב"ה כֹּחַ"- מִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (בּוּבֶּר) בְּרֵאשִׁית פֶּרֶק מָט, וְכֵן:"אֲבָל עַד שֶׁאָדָם מִתְפַּלֵּל עַל חֲבֵרוֹ,כִּי תִּשָּׁבֵר רַגְלוֹ,אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיְּעַנֶּה הוּא תְּחִלָּה וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ תִּיבַשׁ?"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ מָה יְהֵא בְּסוֹפִי?, מָא, וְכֵן:"הַנִּיחוּנִי הַגַּזְלָנִים בֵּינֵיהֶם...אֶלָּא כָּל פַּעַם שֶׁהָיוּ יוֹצְאִין לְלַסְטֵם אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים לִי הִתְפַּלֵּל עָלֵינוּ שֶׁלֹּא יִתְפְּסוּנוּ"-עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, אֲבַק דְּרָכִים, 393)