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title: עוּץ — counsel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עוּץ (5779), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: counsel. BDB 1906: vb. counsel, plan. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עוּץ

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«עוּץ» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5779 · **BDB:** עוּץ

### Glosses

make.a.plan (1); plan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

counsel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5779/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. counsel, plan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5779/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. counsel, plan (Aramaic id.; ‖ form of יעץ);—only Imv. mpl. עֻ֫צוּ Ju 19:30 (GFM reads עֵצָה, but v. Bu), Is 8:10 c. acc. cogn. עֵצָה. (StaThLZ 1894, Apr. 28, 235 der. עֻצוּ from יעץ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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 «עוּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5779/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.10/)

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עֻ֥צוּ עֵצָ֖ה וְתֻפָ֑ר דַּבְּר֤וּ דָבָר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָק֔וּם כִּ֥י עִמָּ֖נוּ אֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* plan a.plan and it.will.be.frustrated speak a.word and not it.will.stand (dm) \[is\].with us God

*JPS 1917:* Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

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[Judges 19:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.19.30/)

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וְהָיָ֣ה כָל־הָרֹאֶ֗ה וְאָמַר֙ לֹֽא־נִהְיְתָ֤ה וְלֹֽא־נִרְאֲתָה֙ כָּזֹ֔את לְמִיּ֞וֹם עֲל֤וֹת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה שִֽׂימוּ־לָכֶ֥ם עָלֶ֖יהָ עֻ֥צוּ וְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was every (the).\[one who\].saw and he.said not it.has.occurred and not it.has.been.seen like this (to).from the day came.up the.people of.Israel from the.land of.Egypt until the day (the) this set for yourselves on it make.a.plan and speak

*JPS 1917:* And it was so, that all that saw it said: 'Such a thing hath not happened nor been seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day; consider it, take counsel, and speak.'

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