To go pale as lime/ his face becomes pale/ he blenched
Very pale; his face became as white as lime. Figuratively: he was embarrassed; he turned white in front of others.
("And if in the midst of the wilderness he shall be as white as a sable, and the depth of his furrows shall be as white as the skin of his flesh, and his depth shall not be seen to be white" - Jonathan's epitaph and he read 13:4, and so: "My sister-in-law Barakah...has fallen to the ground and fainted. The face of my brother Elijah is as white as a sable" - Shalom to you/ the company, (sorry)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חִיוֵּור כַּסִּיד, חָוְורוּ פָּנָיו כְּסִיד
Definition (Hebrew)
חִיוֵּור מְאוֹד. פָּנָיו נִהְיוּ בְּהִירוֹת כְּמוֹ צֶבַע הַסִּיד הַלָּבָן. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הָיָה מְבֻיָּשׁ. פָּנָיו הֻלְבְּנוּ בָּרַבִּים.
("וְאִם בַּהַקֵי חִיוַורְתָּא כְּסִידָא הוּא בִּמְשַׁךְ בִּישְׂרֵיהּ וְעָמִיק לֵית חֵיזְוֵיהּ לִמְחַוֵור (תַּרְגּוּם: וְאִם בַּהֶרֶת לָבָן כַּסִּיד הִוא בְּעוֹר בשׂרו וְעָמֹק אֵין מַרְאֵהוּ לְהַלְבִּין)"- כֶּתֶר יוֹנָתָן וַיִּקְרָא יג ד, וְכֵן:"גִּיסָתִי בְּרָכָה...נָפְלָה לָאָרֶץ וְהִתְעַלְּפָה. פְּנֵי אָחִי אֵלִיָּהוּ חָוְרוּ כְּשֶׁיָּד"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ הַחֲבוּרָה, קַפֵּד)