עוּץ ʻûwts — to consult

pronounced oots · Strong's H5779 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as take advice together).

a primitive root; to consult.

ʻûwts in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperative 2

עֻ֥צוּ Judg 19:30 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. (KJV)

עֻ֥צוּ Isa 8:10 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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