His heart went out/ to be frightened
To long for; to yearn. Or: to identify with it (originally: to be startled).
("He said to his brothers, 'My money has been returned, and here it is in my sack!' Their hearts failed, and they trembled, saying to one another, 'What is this that God has done to us?'" - Genesis 42 (Jacob's sons when they discovered that their money had been restored to their sacks), and also: "My daughter, at her terror and fear, my heart will go out after her" - H.N. Bialik, Widows)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָצָא לִבּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק. הִתְגַּעְגֵּעַ. אוֹ:הִזְדַּהָה אִיתּוֹ (בַּמָּקוֹר: נֶחֱרַד).
("וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל אֶחָיו הוּשַׁב כַּסְפִּי וְגַם הִנֵּה בְאַמְתַּחְתִּי, וַיֵּצֵא לִבָּם וַיֶּחֶרְדוּ אִישׁ אֶל אָחִיו לֵאמֹר מַה זֹּאת עָשָׂה אֱלֹהִים לָנוּ"- בְּרֵאשִׁית מב כֹּחַ (בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב כְּשֶׁנּוֹכְחוּ שֶׁהוּשַׁב לָהֶם כַּסְפָּם לְאַמְתַּחְתָּם), וְכֵן:"בְּנָתִי לְחֶרְדָתָהּ וּלְפַחְדָּהּ וּלְבָבִי יֵצֵא אַחֲרֶיהָ"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ אַלְמָנוֹת)