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title: מוֹעֵצָה — counsel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹעֵצָה (4156), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: counsel. BDB 1906: n.f. counsel, plan, principle, device. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹעֵצָה

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«מוֹעֵצָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **counsel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 4156 · **BDB:** מועֵצָה

### Glosses

schemes (3); their.own (3); counsels (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

counsel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4156/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. counsel, plan, principle, device [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4156/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. counsel, plan, principle, device;—pl.abs. מֹעֵצוֹת Pr 22:20 (‖ דַּעַת) in good sense; in bad sense מוֹעֵצוֹת Je 7:24 (‖ שְׁרִרוּת לִבָּם הָרָע); מֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶם Ho 11:6 ψ 5:11; מוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶם ψ 81:13; מֹעֲצֹתֵיהֶם Pr 1:31; מֹעֲצוֹתָם Mi 6:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹעֵצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4156/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 22:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.20/)

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הֲלֹ֤א כָתַ֣בְתִּי לְ֭ךָ שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת וָדָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* ? not have.I.written for you officers (in) counsels and knowledge

*JPS 1917:* Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;

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[Psalms 81:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.81.13/)

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וָֽ֭אֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ בִּשְׁרִיר֣וּת לִבָּ֑ם יֵ֝לְכ֗וּ בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I gave.it.over in the.stubbornness their.heart their they.walked in their.own schemes

*JPS 1917:* So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

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