יָדָיו רָב לוֹ
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)
תרגום
ביטוי (אנגלית)
His hands are full/ he is very efficient (capable)
הגדרה (אנגלית)
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)