tachbula · guidance, counsel

What it means

tachbula (תַּחְבֻּלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “guidance, counsel”.

Counsel, direction: the art of steering something, like one handling the ropes of a ship. Only plural.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Good counsel to steer by, like someone at a ship's helm.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• guidance ×5
• designs ×1

Where it appears

• Job×1
• Proverbs×5

• Job 37:12

  And it turns around by his designs, to do all that he commands them over the face of the world, the earth.

• Proverbs 1:5

  Let the wise man hear, and he will increase in teaching; and the discerning one will acquire guidance,

• Proverbs 11:14

  Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but there is salvation in an abundance of counselors.

• Proverbs 12:5

  The thoughts of the righteous are justice; the guidance of the wicked is deceit.

• Proverbs 20:18

  Plans are established by counsel, and with guidance make war.

• Proverbs 24:6

  For with guidance you will wage your war, and victory comes with an abundance of counselors.