To defeat (frustrate) the counsel of
Spoil his plan, prevent him from presenting his idea.
("And their counselors counseled against them to overthrow their counsel, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia" - Ezra 4:5)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֵפֵר אֶת עֲצָתוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
קִלְקֵל אֶת הַתָּכְנִית שֶׁלּוֹ,מָנַע מִמֶּנּוּ לְהַגְשִׁים אֶת רַעֲיוֹנוֹ.
("וְסֹכְרִים עֲלֵיהֶם יוֹעֲצִים לְהָפֵר עֲצָתָם כָּל יְמֵי כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס וְעַד מַלְכוּת דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרָס"- עֶזְרָא ד ה)