To take pity on/ have compassion upon/ his bowels yearned
In a sentence: His compassion was aroused.
("A son is dear to me, Ephraim, if he begets a child, he will be a toy, for because of my words in him I will remember him; therefore they have compassion on him, I will have mercy on him, says the Lord" - Jeremiah 19, and so: "A father calls me in his anger, "The chosen one," but there is no knowledge, and because of his words in him, the waters of a well are troubled, and the inside of his body is red" - Bialik/ Chapter from "Safih" (From the author's estate)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הָמוּ מֵעָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּמְלִיצָה: הִתְעוֹרְרוּ רַחֲמָיו.
("הֲבֵן יַקִּיר לִי אֶפְרַיִם אִם יֶלֶד שַׁעֲשֻׁעִים כִּי מִדֵּי דַבְּרִי בּוֹ זָכֹר אֶזְכְּרֶנּוּ עוֹד עַל כֵּן הָמוּ מֵעַי לוֹ רַחֵם אֲרַחֲמֶנּוּ נְאֻם ה' "- יִרְמְיָה לֹא יט, וְכֵן:"אַבָּא קוֹרֵא לִי בְּזַעְפּוֹ "הַבָּחוּר" בְּהֵא הַיְּדִיעָה, וּמִדֵּי דְּבָרוֹ בּוֹ יָם שֶׁל מַשְׂטֵמָה הוֹמֶה וָחֹמֶר בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָיו"-בְּיָאלִיק/ פֶּרֶק מִ"סָפִיחַ" מֵעִזְּבוֹנוֹ שֶׁל הַמְּחַבֵּר)