Sought advice and strategy
Searched for an idea or a tactic.
(“And the wisdom of his wise men and the insight of his discerning ones shall be lost… for when trouble comes upon them, their wisdom will fail, so they will have no advice or strategy to be saved from it, and then their wisdom will not help them” – Radak, Isaiah 29:14; and likewise: “And a pleasant murmur was heard from his voice, as one who is anxious and worried and seeks advice and strategy” – Agnon / Until Here, Oath of Fidelity, 182.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בִּיקֵּשׁ עֵצָה וְתַחְבּוּלָה
Definition (Hebrew)
חִפֵּשׂ רַעְיוֹן אוֹ תַּכְסִיס.
("וְאָבְדָה חָכְמַת חֲכָמָיו וּבִינַת נְבוֹנָיו – ... כִּי כְּשֶׁתָּבוֹא לָהֶם הָרָעָה תֹּאבַד חָכְמָתָם שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה לָהֶם עֵצָה וְתַחְבּוּלָה לְהִנָּצֵל מִמֶּנָּה וְלֹא תּוֹעִיל לָהֶם אָז חָכְמָתָם" – רָדָ"ק יְשַׁעְיָהוּ כ״ט י״ד, וְכֵן: "וּמֵעֵין נְעִימָה נִשְׁמַע מִקּוֹלוֹ, כְּמִי שֶׁמֵּצֵר וְדוֹאֵג וּמְבַקֵּשׁ עֵצָה וְתַחְבּוּלָה" – עֲגָנוֹן / עַד הֵנֵה, שְׁבוּעַת אֱמוּנִים, 182)