His hands are full/ he is very efficient (capable)

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His hands are full/ he is very efficient (capable)

Figuratively: he is heavily involved in what is being done; he has done many things. Or: a capable doer.

("And this for Judah, and he said: Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; his hands are sufficient for him, and help from his adversaries shall be" - Deuteronomy 33:7 (Moses' blessing for the tribe of Judah), and likewise: "Old age on the day of judgment, and youth on the day of battle, like a man of war his hands are for him much" - the hymn recited in the Shacharit prayer of Shabbat and attributed to Rabbi Judah the Pious, or to his father, Rabbi Samuel)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יָדָיו רָב לוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: מְעֹורָבוּתוֹ רַבָּה בְּמָה שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה. עָשָׂה רַבּוֹת. אוֹ: בַּעַל יְכֹלֶת עֲשִׂיָּה.

("וְזֹאת לִיהוּדָה, וַיֹּאמַר, שְׁמַע ה' קוֹל יְהוּדָה וְאֶל עַמּוֹ תְּבִיאֶנּוּ יָדָיו רָב לוֹ וְעֵזֶר מִצָּרָיו תִּהְיֶה"- דְּבָרִים לג ז (בִּרְכַּת מֹשֶׁה לְשֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה), וְכֵן:"זִקְנָה בְּיוֹם דִּין וּבַחֲרוּת בְּיוֹם קְרָב, כְּאִישׁ מִלְחָמוֹת יָדָיו לוֹ רַב"- שִׁיר הַכָּבוֹד הַנֶּאֱמָר בִּתְפִלַּת שַׁחֲרִית שֶׁל שַׁבָּת וְהַמְּיֻחָס לֵר' יְהוּדָה הֶחָסִיד, אוֹ לְאָבִיו, ר' שְׁמוּאֵל)

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