Tore his own soul/ to commit suicide
In literary language: committed suicide; ended his life.
("He that teareth his soul in his anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thy sake? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?" - Job 18:4; and likewise: "He disturbed that woman's heart until she tore her own soul with her hands" - Agnon / On the Handle of the Lock, A Simple Story, 185)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
טָרַף נַפְשׁוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּמְלִיצָה: הִתְאַבֵּד. שָׂם קֵץ לְחַיָּיו.
("טֹרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ הַלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק צוּר מִמְּקֹמוֹ"- אִיּוֹב יח ד, וְכֵן:"עִרְבֵּב לִבָּהּ שֶׁל אוֹתָהּ אִשָּׁה עַד שֶׁטָּרְפָה נַפְשָׁהּ בְּכַפָּהּ"-עַגְנוֹן/ עַל כַּפּוֹת הַמַּנְעוּל, סִפּוּר פָּשׁוּט, 185)