His soul returned to him

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His soul returned to him

His soul returned to him

In the question: His strength returned to him. His spirit returned to him. He returned to his senses (the original source of the expression in the Tanakh is in the verse of Psalms 19:8: "The law of the Lord is pure, restoring the soul").

("And he shall be like a planted tree" (Psalms 1; Jeremiah 17) — Rabbi Yosei expounded: To what may the matter be compared? To a man who was walking in a parched land and his soul was writhing with thirst. He found a beautiful tree with a spring beneath it, its fruit sweet and its shade pleasant. He ate of its fruit, drank of its water, slept in its shade, and his soul returned to him. When he was about to take leave, he said to the tree: "Tree, how shall I bless you? May there be springs beneath you" — indeed, there are springs beneath you; "may your fruit be sweet" — indeed, your fruit is sweet; "may your shade be pleasant" — indeed, your shade is pleasant. Rather, may it be God’s will that all seedlings planted from you be like you" — thus did the Holy One, blessed be He, say to Abraham" — Yalkut Shimoni, Psalms, remez 717; and likewise: "Little by little Sarah and Rebecca recovered, and her soul returned to her" — Agnon / City and the Fullness Thereof, 346)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חָזְרָה עָלָיו נַפְשׁוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: חָזְרוּ אֵלָיו כּוֹחוֹתָיו. שָׁבָה אֵלָיו רוּחוֹ. שָׁב לַהַכָּרָה (מְקוֹרוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנִי שֶׁל הַבִּטּוּי בַּתָּנָ"ךְ כְּמוֹ בְּפָסוּק תְּהִלִּים יט ח:"תּוֹרַת ה' תְּמִימָה מְשִׁיבַת נָפֶשׁ").

("וְהָיָה כְּעֵץ שָׁתוּל (תְּהִלִּים א,יִרְמְיָהוּ יז)- דָּרַשׁ רַבִּי יוֹסֵי לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה?- לְאָדָם שֶׁהָיָה הוֹלֵךְ בְּאֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְנַפְשׁוֹ מִתְחַלְחֶלֶת בַּצָּמָא, מָצָא אִילָן נָאֶה וּמֵעֵין תַּחְתָּיו וּפֵרוֹתָיו מִתּוֹקֵן וְצִלּוֹ נָאֶה, אָכַל מִפֵּרוֹתָיו וְשָׁתָה מִמֵּימָיו, וְיָשַׁן בְּצִלּוֹ וְחָזְרָה נַפְשׁוֹ עָלָיו. בִּשְׁעַת פְּטִירָתוֹ לָלֶכֶת אָמַר לוֹ, אִילָן, בְּמָה אַבְרֵכְךָ שֶׁיְּהוּ מַעֲיָנוֹת תַּחְתֶּיךָ הֲרֵי מַעֲיָנוֹת תַּחְתֶּיךָ, שֶׁיְּהוּ פֵּרוֹתֶיךָ מְתוּקִין הֲרֵי פֵּרוֹתֶיךָ מְתוּקִין, שֶׁיְּהֵא צִלְּךָ נָאֶה הֲרֵי צִלְּךָ נָאֶה, אֶלָּא יְהִי רָצוֹן שֶׁכָּל נְטִיעוֹת שֶׁיִּטְעוּ מִמְּךָ יִהְיוּ כְּמוֹתְךָ- כָּךְ אָמַר הקב"ה לְאַבְרָהָם"- יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי תְּהִלִּים רֶמֶז תריז, וְכֵן:"קִמְעָה קִמְעָה הֶעֶלְתָה שָׂרָה רִבְקָה אֲרֻכָּה וְחָזְרָה עָלֶיהָ נַפְשָׁהּ"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 346)

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