יָצָא מִדַּעְתּוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

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

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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).