To hold s.t. or s.o. in the palm of one's hand or hands. (Used figuratively also for supernatural protection).
The reason my child wasn't hurt is maybe he was held in the palm of an angel's hand.
When you hand a glass to a person, don't hold it at the mouth but rather hold the bottom of it in your palm.
Patayakun sawan naa ni pāt na.
Put that glass in the palm of his hand.