To frighten/ to put the fear into/ struck terror into him
Fear gripped him. It made him feel fear and terror. He began to behave in a frightening manner.
("He pulled out and came out of the grave, and a light from his bitterness will go over him with terrors" - Job, and so on: "No! The oppressors of Sheol will not go over me with terrors - / My life is a life of desolation - the life of the desolated" - H.N. Bialik / Kochav Nidah, and so on: "The house of Rabbi Shmuel was surrounded by a cry / The ship of the builders will go over there with terrors" - Shaul Tchernikhovsky / Between The Egyptians)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִלֵּךְ עָלָיו אֵימִים
Definition (Hebrew)
אִיֵּם עָלָיו. גָּרַם לוֹ לָחוּשׁ פַּחַד וְאֵימָה. נָקַט בְּהִתְנַהֲגוּת מַפְחִידָה כְּלַפָּיו.
("שָׁלַף וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה וּבָרָק מִמְּרֹרָתוֹ יַהֲלֹךְ עָלָיו אֵמִים"- אִיּוֹב כ כֹּה, וְכֵן:"לֹא!, לֹא מְצָרֵי שְׁאוֹל עֲלֵי יְהַלְּכוּ אֵימִים-/ חַיֵּי הוֹגִיעוּנִי- חַיַּי הַשּׁוֹמְמִים"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ כּוֹכָב נִדָּח, וְכֵן:"אֶת בֵּית רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל הִקִּיפָה הַזְּעָקָה/ תַּאֲנִיַּת הַמְּקוֹנְנִים תַּהֲלוּךְ שָׁם אֵימִים"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ בֵּין הַמְּצָרִים)