counsel
part of speech
noun (counsel, uncountable; counsel = lawyer); verb (counsel, counsels, counselled/counseled, counselling/counseling)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) Counsel is advice. tree →
2) To counsel someone is to give them advice, especially about a problem or feelings. tree →
3) (law) Counsel is a lawyer who speaks for someone in court. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means wise advice, or a plan, in the Torah. Interpretation: Jethro gives Moses advice about sharing the work of judging, which tradition praises as sensible. Balaam's counsel led Israel into sin. In the primary lessons: Used about school counsellors, help after sad events, law (counsel for the defence) and the Bible (wise counsel).
examples
- For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them. (Torah DEU.32.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people before God, and bring thou the causes unto God. (Torah EXO.18.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD. (Torah NUM.31.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Is counsel perished from the prudent? (Prophets JER.49.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? (Writings JOB.42.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.' (Writings NEH.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- She gave me wise counsel. tree →
- A teacher counselled him after his dog died. tree →
- Counsel for the defence stood up. tree →
- The Bible praises those who listen to good counsel. tree →
- Families are counselled through hard times. tree →
- Keep your own counsel means keep quiet about it. tree →
- Rosimond took these wise counsels to heart. tree →
note
Homophone: council (a group that runs a town). UK: counselled, counsellor; US: counseled, counselor. Plural for lawyers stays «counsel».
In the corpora
- For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
- And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
- Then said Absalom to Ahithophel: 'Give your counsel what we shall do.'
- And Hushai said unto Absalom: 'The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.'
- And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «counsel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.