To be puzzled / To be at a loss / Unable to decide / Was perplexed
In elevated style: did not know how to act; lost his composure.
(“Concerning Edom, thus says the Lord of Hosts: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?” – Jeremiah 49:7; and: “She counted each one, and all together, her misfortune. / Counsel was lost from the woman... And he? He was silent, as always.” – Shaul Tchernichovsky, “Night Terrors”)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אָבְדָה עֵצָה מִמֶּנּוּ
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּמְלִיצָה: לֹא יָדַע כֵּיצַד לְהִתְנַהֵג. אִבֵּד אֶת עֶשְׁתּוֹנוֹתָיו.
("לֶאֱדוֹם כֹּה אָמַר ה' צְבָאוֹת, הַאֵין עוֹד חָכְמָה בְּתֵימָן אָבְדָה עֵצָה מִבָּנִים נִסְרְחָה חָכְמָתָם" – יִרְמְיָה מ״ט ז׳, וְכֵן: "סָפְרָה לְאַחַת וְאַחַת וּלְכֻלָּן בְּיַחַד אֲסוֹנָהּ./ אָבְדָה עֵצָה מֵאִשָּׁה... וְהַסָּב? הוּא שׁוֹתֵק, כְּדַרְכּוֹ" – שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי, בִּעוּתֵי לַיְלָה)