Went out of his mind/ to become mad/ go insane

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Went out of his mind/ to become mad/ go insane

Went crazy; lost his sanity.

("From here [we learn] that a man does not go to another man's wife until he has gone out of his mind" - Midrash Rabbah (Vilna), Parashat Naso, section 9; and likewise: "This madman" - they used to call the prophet mad, because at times during prophecy it was their custom to behave like a madman and as one who had gone out of his mind... They used to call the prophet of the Lord "mad" as a form of scorn" - Radak, II Kings 9:11; and likewise: "And he was constantly in a state of folly, especially now in the season of Tammuz, when even the sane go out of their minds" - Mendele Mocher Sforim / Travels of Benjamin the Third, 2, 15; and likewise: "Sometimes dreams tear apart their sleep / desire is kindled in them, salty. / The old men go mad from the thirst of the night / and when they weep / the flowers of the sailors are bewildered / afraid to go out of their minds" - Natan Yonatan / The Aged Albatross).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יָצָא מִדַּעְתּוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

הִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ. אִיבֵּד אֶת שְׁפִיּוּת דַּעְתּוֹ.

("מִכָּאן שֶׁאֵין אָדָם הוֹלֵךְ אֵצֶל אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ עַד שֶׁיָּצָא מִדַּעְתּוֹ"- בְּמִדְבַּר רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת נָשָׂא פָּרָשָׁה ט, וְכֵן:"הַמְּשֻׁגָּע הַזֶּה- הָיוּ קוֹרְאִים לַנָּבִיא מְשֻׁגָּע לְפִי שֶׁפְּעָמִים בְּעֵת הַנְּבוּאָה הָיָה מִנְהָגָם כְּמוֹ הַמְּשֻׁגָּע וְשֶׁיָּצָא מִדַּעְתּוֹ...הָיוּ קוֹרְאִים לַנָּבִיא ה' מְשֻׁגָּע דֶּרֶךְ בִּזָּיוֹן"- רָדָ"ק מְלָכִים ב ט יָא, וְכֵן:"וְהָיָה בְּחֶזְקַת שׁוֹטֶה תָּמִיד, וּבִפְרָט עַכְשָׁו בִּתְקוּפַת תַּמּוּז, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ פַּקָּחִים יוֹצְאִים מִדַּעְתָּם-מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי ב, טוּ, וְכֵן:"אֶפְשָׁר לָצֵאת מִן הַדַּעַת קוֹבֶלֶת צִיפָא לֵאָה, בָּחוּר בַּר מִצְוָה וְעוֹסֵק בְּאֶפְרוֹחִים"- בְּיָאלִיק/ מֵאֲחוֹרֵי הַגָּדֵר, ח, קה, וְכֵן:"לִפְעָמִים חֲלוֹמוֹת טוֹרְפִים אֶת שְׁנָתָם/ מִתְלַקַּחַת בָּהֶם תַּאֲוָה מְלוּחָה./ מִשְׁתַּגְּעִים הַזְּקֵנִים מִצִּמְאוֹן הַלַּיְלָה / וּכְשֶׁהֵם בּוֹכִים/ פִּרְחֵי הַמַּלָּחִים נְבוֹכִים/ פּוֹחֲדִים לָצֵאת מִדַּעְתָּם"-נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ אַלְבַּטְרוֹס הַיָּשִׁישׁ).

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