--- title: יָעַץ — advise · The Tanakh dictionary description: יָעַץ (3289), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 57 times: advise. BDB 1906: vb. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3289/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. advise, counsel (only twice in Hex) (Aramaic יְעַט; Arabic وَعَظَ exhort, admonish)— Pf. 3 ms. יָעַץ Is 7:5 + 11 times; יָעָ֑ץ 14:27 + 2 times; sf. יְעָצָ֑נִי ψ 16:7; יְעָצָהּ Is 23:9 + יְעָצָהוּ Baer 2 Ch 10:8; 3 pl. יָֽעֲצוּ ψ 62:5; sf. יְעָצֻהוּ 1 K 12:8 + 2 times (incl. 2 Ch 10:8, Baer יְעָצָ֑הוּ), etc.; Impf. אִיעֲצָה ψ 32:8 (Ol Che אִיעָֽצְךָ); אִיעָֽצְךָ Ex 18:19; Nu 24:14 (not elsewhere Hex), Je 38:15, cf. also foregoing; אִיעָצֵךְ 1 K 1:12; Pt. act. יוֹעֵץ Is 3:3 + 9 times; cstr. יֹעֵץ Na 1:11, יוֹעֵץ 2 S 15:12; יוֹעֲצֵךְ Mi 4:9; pl. יוֹעֲצִים Jb 12:17 + 3 times; יֹעֲצִים Ez 11:2; cstr. יֹעֲצֵי Is 19:11 + 2 times, etc.; fs. sf. יוֹעַצְתּוֹ 2 Ch 22:3; Pt. pass. f. יְעוּצָה Is 14:26;—advise, counsel, c. acc. Is 32:7, 8; 23:9 (subj. י׳) Mi 6:5; sq. בְּלִיַּ֫עַל Na 1:11 רָעָה Is 7:5 (sq. עַל), 19:12 (sq. id.), 23:8 (sq. id.), Hb 2:10 (sq. לְ); often c. acc. cogn. 2 S 16:23; 17:7 Ez 11:2; sq. אֶל against Je 49:20; 50:45 (in both of י׳); sq. עַל against 49:30 Is 19:17 (of י׳); cf. pass. pt. Is 14:26; c. acc. cogn. + sf. pers. 1 K 12:8, 13 2 Ch 10:8; c. acc. pers. 2 S 17:15 ψ 16:7 Ex 18:19 Nu 24:14 (+ rel. cl.) Je 38:15; abs. (of י׳) Is 14:24 (c. adv. כאשׁר), v 27; of man 2 S 17:15 (כזאת וכזאת), v 21 (ככה + על); sq. inf. ψ 62:5 2 Ch 25:16 (of אלהים); sq. cl. without connective 2 S 17:11; sq. לְלֹא חָכְמָה Jb 26:3;—אִיעֲצָה עליך עיני ψ 32:8 (v. supr.).—Pt. act. as subst. = counsellor, king’s adviser 2 S 15:12; 1 Ch 27:33; 2 Ch 22:4; 25:16; Ezr 7:28; 8:25; Is 19:11; so fem. 2 Ch 22:3; prob. also 1 Ch 27:32 (‖ אִישׁ מֵבִין וְסוֹפֵר); cf. Mi 4:9, also Is 1:26 (‖ שֹׁפְטִים), Jb 12:17 (‖ id.);—in these three, of importance for people; so also Is 3:3; Pr 11:4 = 24:6; cf. Jb 3:14, and particularly פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ Is 9:5 wonder of a counsellor, of the ideal ruler predicted. More generally, counsellor, adviser Pr 15:22; יו׳ בְּשֶׂכֶל 1 Ch 26:14 (specific reason for title unknown); יֹעֲ׳ שָׁלוֹם Pr 12:20; = prophet Is 41:28, nearly = agents (hired by adversaries of Judah) Ezr 4:5. (reflex. or recipr.) Pf. נֵוֹעַץ Is 40:14; נוֹעֲצוּ ψ 71:10; 83:6; Impf. וַיִּוָּעַץ 1 K 12:6 + 10 times; יִוָּֽעֲצוּ Is 45:21; וַיִּוָּֽעֲצוּ 2 Ch 30:23; נִוָּֽעֲצָה Ne 6:7; Pt. pl. נוֹעָצִים 1 K 12:6 + 4 times;—consult together, exchange counsel, of king with advisers, sq. אֶת־ 1 K 12:6, 8 = 2 Ch 10:6, 8; and so of י׳ Is 40:14; sq. אֶל־ 2 K 6; 2 Ch 20:21; sq. עִם 1 Ch 13:1; 2 Ch 32:3; abs. consider 1 K 12:28; 2 Ch 25:17; 30:2; cf. 1 K 12:6 (sq. inf.) = 2 Ch 10:6, 1 K 12:9 (sq. Impf. + ו subord.) = 2 Ch 10:9; gen. consult, take counsel, abs. Pr 13:10; יַחְדָּו ψ 71:10; Ne 6:7; Is 45:21; sq. לֵב יַחְדָּו (with heart together) ψ 83:6 nearly = determine, sq. inf. 2 Ch 30:23. Impf. יִתְיָעֲצוּ ψ 83:4 conspire against, sq. עַל (‖ יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד על). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 51 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «יָעַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3289/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 83:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.6/) כִּ֤י נוֹעֲצ֣וּ לֵ֣ב יַחְדָּ֑ו עָ֝לֶ֗יךָ בְּרִ֣ית יִכְרֹֽתוּ׃ *Word for word:* (dm) they.have.consulted heart together on you a.covenant they.are.making *JPS 1917:* For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant; [Proverbs 13:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.10/) רַק־בְּ֭זָדוֹן יִתֵּ֣ן מַצָּ֑ה וְאֶת־נ֖וֹעָצִ֣ים חָכְמָֽה׃ *Word for word:* only with presumption it.gives contention and.\[is\] with \[those.who\].receive.advice wisdom *JPS 1917:* By pride cometh only contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom. - ← previous: [יְעָף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e2_5b8_5e3.md) - next →: [יָעַץ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e2_5b7_5e5.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-4.md)