הָיָה בְּיָדוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Was in his hand

הגדרה (אנגלית)

By metaphor: could. He had the ability or possibility.

("In her righteousness, it is written (2 Kings 24) and he did evil in the sight of the Lord! - which was in his hand to destroy and did not destroy" - Sanhedrin 101, and so: "All the nations in those lands were in the wilderness, and it was not in their hand to show them the way" - Agnon/ Tamol Shilshom, 9).