The hand of ... was good upon him
The...was good with him. It was under the good influence of...
("As the hand of his God - as the hand of the Holy One blessed be He, whose hand was good upon him to make him successful in his ways" - Ezra 7:9, and also: "Especially was His spirit good upon him as he succeeded in plotting Greenberg's accusations" - Chayim Be'er/ Notzot, 151)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יַד ה...הָיְתָה טוֹבָה עָלָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
ה...הָיָה טוֹב אִיתּוֹ. הָיְתָה תַּחַת הַשְׁפָּעָה טוֹבָה שֶׁל...
("כְּיַד אֱלֹהָיו- כַּאֲשֶׁר הִצְלִיחוּ יַד הקב"ה שֶׁהָיְתָה יָדוֹ טוֹבָה עָלָיו לְהַצְלִיחוֹ בִּדְרָכָיו"- רָשִׁ"י עֶזְרָא ז ט, וְכֵן:"בְּיִחוּד הָיְתָה רוּחוֹ טוֹבָה עָלָיו כַּאֲשֶׁר הִצְלִיחַ לְהָזֵם אֶת הַאֲשָׁמוֹתָיו שֶׁל גְּרִינְבֵּרְג"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 151)