His soul was enveloped, his spirit was enveloped/ to be depressed/ wrapped in gloom
Feeling sad. Being in a state of mental depression (being wrapped up in a sense of weakness or distress).
("When my soul is wrapped around me, I remember the Lord, and my prayer comes to you toward your holy temple" - Jonah 2:8, and so: "He eats and sings with his mouth, when his soul is wrapped around him, songs of Zion, or songs of prayer in every room that is" - D. Baron/ The Exiles, 100)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִתְעַטְּפָה נַפְשׁוֹ, הִתְעַטְּפָה רוּחוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
חָשׁ עֶצֶב. הָיָה בְּדִכְדּוּךְ נַפְשִׁי (הִתְעַטֵּף מַשְׁמָע הָיָה בְּחֻלְשָׁה אוֹ בִּמְצוּקָה).
("בְּהִתְעַטֵּף עָלַי נַפְשִׁי אֶת ה' זָכָרְתִּי וַתָּבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִי אֶל הֵיכַל קָדְשֶׁךָ"- יוֹנָה ב ח, וְכֵן:"אָכַל וְשָׁר פֹּה, בְּהִתְעַטֵּף עָלָיו נַפְשׁוֹ, שִׁירֵי צִיּוֹן, אוֹ נִגּוּנֵי תְּפִלּוֹת בְּכָל חֶדֶר שֶׁהוּא"- ד.בָּרוֹן/ הַגּוֹלִים, 100)