Zitat Kommentar zu Schemuel II 16:20

Cut the trees Heb. עצה. This is not a ‘mappiq heh,’ yet it is an expression of a tree (עץ), for the expression of cutting is not appropriate for advice, (עצה), and עצה mentioned here is an expression of many trees, as דגה is an expression of many fish.

"Let us make:" It appears to me that this is also an ancient mode of expression, in the way of Aramaic. And the intention is not that He should consult with others, like angels; since it states "in Our image," and man is not in the image of the angels. It is also not an expression of honor, like the speech of kings [who refers to themselves as 'we']. Rather, this is the way of Aramaic, as in (Daniel 2:36) "and its interpretation will we say in front of the king;" and Daniel would not have used an expression of honor for himself when he was speaking with the big king (as is attested by Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra). And this manner [of speaking] is used frequently by the Talmud Yerushalmi and the midrashim: for example, "[Shimon ben Shetach] said to [Yannai], 'And what should we say [to introduce the Grace over the Meal], "for the food which we have not eaten?"'" (Yerushalmi Berakhot 7:2); "I too, we will solve it according to the opinion of the rabbis in the graveyard" (Shir HaShirim Rabbah on the verse "O, my dove, in the clefts of the rock" [2:14]); and also, "Were it only that I had a mother and father that I could honor, so that we would inherit the Garden of Eden" (Yerushalmi Peah 1:1). And Ros. wrote that this is the way of the Holy Language (Biblical Hebrew), to [use] plural when [speaking] about [one]self, as in (II Samuel 24:14) "Let us please fall in the hand of the Lord." And that is not a proof, since David was not speaking only about himself [in that verse], but [rather] about himself and about his people. And so [too] with Rechavam when he said (I Kings 12:9), "What do you advise and we will [respond] to the people", since he combined himself with his advisers; and so [too] Avshalom when he said (I Samuel 16:20), "give your advice, [about] what we shall do."