counsel
mo.e.tsah denotes counsels or plans, often the self-directed courses people follow and sometimes instruction joined with knowledge.
The attested uses chiefly concern counsels as the courses or plans people follow, especially their own or another group's counsels; a further use places counsel alongside knowledge in written sayings.
Senses in use
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Counsels followed as a chosen course · dominant
Plural forms occur with possessive relationships to those whose counsels are in view. In Jeremiah 7:24 the APB renders people as walking “in the counsels of their own evil hearts”; Micah 6:16 similarly has them walking in “their counsels,” while Proverbs 1:31 speaks of being satisfied with “their own counsels.” Hosea 11:6 places their counsels among what the sword will devour; Psalm 5:11 and Psalm 81:13 contain construct forms, though the APB does not plainly isolate their contribution in its rendering.
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Counsel included with instruction and knowledge · rare
In Proverbs 22:20 the plural absolute form occurs in the question about written sayings. The APB renders the phrase “sayings with counsel and knowledge,” presenting counsel in an instructional setting rather than as the course people walk.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “counsels” in Hosea 11:6, Jeremiah 7:24, Micah 6:16, Proverbs 1:31, and Proverbs 22:20. In Psalm 5:11 and Psalm 81:13, the supplied translation does not visibly isolate a corresponding English expression.