עֵצָה ʻêtsâh — advice
Translated in the KJV as advice, advisement, counsel, purpose.
from H3289; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence.
ʻêtsâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
יֹעֲצֵ֣י Isa 19:11 Participle (active), masculine plural
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›