בִּיקֵּשׁ עַל נַפְשׁוֹ, הִתְחַנֵּן עַל נַפְשׁוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To beg for one's life / to pray (intercede) for someone's life

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Sought mercy. Implored that he be shown compassion for his life.

(“And Haman stood to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that the evil from the king had befallen him” – Esther 7:7; and likewise: “And he asked her to be his mouth to Gel, and to beg for the life of his sons, who were wrapped in famine” – Avraham Mapu / The Painted Eagle, 62.)