His soul went out for..../ to long for/ yearn/ his heart went out to
Got very excited; longed and waited impatiently.
("I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul went out as he spoke; I sought him, but I did not find him; I called him, but he did not answer me" – Song of Songs 5:6; and also: "Kohelet watches the Shulammite / at the time of evening wine / his soul goes out to her and is alarmed" – Natan Yonatan / Kohelet Watches the Shulammite; and also: "And the girl who is dancing / if she is not mine, who is mine? / And the one for whom my soul goes out only to her / they are all in this song" – Kobi Luria / They Are All in This Song)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָצְאָה נַפְשׁוֹ ל...
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְרַגֵּשׁ מְאוֹד. הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק וְחִיכָּה בְּקֹוצֶר רוּחַ.
("פָּתַחְתִּי אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי חָמַק עָבָר נַפְשִׁי יָצְאָה בְדַבְּרוֹ, בִּקַּשְׁתִּיהוּ וְלֹא מְצָאתִיהוּ קְרָאתִיו וְלֹא עָנָנִי"- שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים ה ו, וְכֵן:"קֹהֶלֶת מַבִּיט בַּשּׁוּלַמִּית/ לְעֵת יַיִן שֶׁל עֶרֶב/ נַפְשׁוֹ יוֹצֵאת אֵלֶיהָ וְנִבְהֶלֶת"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ קֹהֶלֶת מַבִּיט בַּשּׁוּלַמִּית, וְכֵן:"וְהַבַּת אֲשֶׁר רוֹקֶדֶת/ אִם אֵין הִיא לִי מִי לִי/ וַאֲשֶׁר נַפְשִׁי שֶׁלִּי יוֹצֵאת רַק אֵלֶיהָ/ הֵם כֻּלָּם בַּזֶּמֶר הַזֶּה"- קוֹבִּי לוּרְיָא/ הֵם בַּזֶּמֶר הַזֶּה)