tach.bu.lah denotes counsel or guidance used for learning, directing plans, and pursuing success in conflict.

The term most often occurs for counsel or guidance connected with learning, direction, and the contrasting purposes of righteous and wicked people; in two verses it is specifically placed in the setting of establishing plans and waging war. The supplied forms are chiefly plural, while Job 37:12 has a singular construct form in a clause about divine direction.

1. Guidance and considered direction · dominant

   In Proverbs 1:5, the plural absolute form is placed with the discerning person's acquiring guidance; in Proverbs 11:14, the plural form stands in the contrast between a people falling without guidance and victory through many counselors. Proverbs 12:5 places the plural construct form in the clause contrasting the righteous person's plans with the wicked's counsels, while Job 37:12 uses a singular construct form in a statement that something is turned by divine guidance.

   Proverbs 1:5Proverbs 11:14Proverbs 12:5Job 37:12
2. Counsel for plans and warfare · common

   In Proverbs 20:18, the plural absolute form occurs where plans are established by counsel and war is undertaken with counsel. Proverbs 24:6 likewise places the plural form in the instruction to wage war by counsel, followed by deliverance through an abundance of advisers.

   Proverbs 20:18Proverbs 24:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the surrounding clauses with "guidance," "counsels," and "counsel," and also speaks of plans and counselors. These are renderings of the verses' contexts rather than fixed translations of the term in every occurrence.