His inclination overpowered him/ to be obsessed by a desire/ to yield to temptation
Overcome by desire. Succumbed to his impulses or desires.
("Rabbi Ela the Elder said: If a man sees that a man is being oppressed by a man, he should go to a place where no one knows him, and he should wear black and wrap himself in black, and do what his heart desires, and not profane the name of heaven in public!" - Haggai 16 a.a., and so: "You asked who was oppressed by a man, and he jumped up and swore by the Torah while it was in his hand. "That I will not do such and such, or that I will not marry such and such a woman, and so on, he who swears has the right to break his oath or not" - Teshuvoth Hagai'onim, Musafiya (Lik) Simeon 37)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יִצְרוֹ הִתְגַּבֵּר עָלָיו, גָּבַר עָלָיו יִצְרוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
נִתְקַף בְּתַאֲוָה. נִכְנַע לִיצָרָיו אוֹ לְתַאֲווֹתָיו.
("הָאמֶר רַבִּי אֶלְעָא הַזָּקֵן: אִם רוֹאֶה אָדָם שֶׁיִּצְרוֹ מִתְגַּבֵּר עָלָיו- יֵלֵךְ לְמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין מַכִּירִין אוֹתוֹ, וְיִלְבַּשׁ שְׁחוֹרִין וְיִתְעַטֵּף שְׁחוֹרִין, וְיַעֲשֶׂה מַה שֶּׁלִּבּוֹ חָפֵץ, וְאַל יְחַלֵּל שֵׁם שָׁמַיִם בְּפַרְהֶסְיָא!"- חֲגִיגָה טז ע"א, וְכֵן:"שֶׁשְּׁאַלְתֶּם מִי שֶׁיָּצְרוּ גָּבַר עָלָיו וְקָפַץ וְנִשְׁבַּע בַּתּוֹרָה כְּשֶׁהִיא בְּיָדוֹ שֶׁלֹּא אֶעֱשֶׂה כָּךְ וְכָךְ אוֹ שֶׁלֹּא אֶשָּׂא אִשָּׁה פְּלוֹנִית וְאַחַר כָּךְ מִתְחָרֵט יֵשׁ לוֹ לְהַתִּיר שְׁבוּעָתוֹ אוֹ לֹא"- תְּשׁוּבוֹת הַגְּאוֹנִים, מוּסָפִיָּה (לֶיְק) סִימָן לז)