H0629 H0629
Thoroughly, with all diligence; an Aramaic adverb denoting completeness and careful execution of official decrees.
An Aramaic adverb found exclusively in the book of Ezra, used in the context of Persian imperial correspondence to convey that something should be done with thoroughness and full diligence. It appears in royal decrees concerning the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple (Ezra 5:8; 6:8, 12-13) and Artaxerxes' commission to Ezra (7:17, 21, 26). The word derives from Old Persian roots meaning 'complete' or 'correct,' reflecting the administrative precision of the Persian bureaucracy that governed Judah during the Second Temple period.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Denotes thoroughness, diligence, and completeness in carrying out an action — particularly royal edicts. Every occurrence appears in Aramaic sections of Ezra within Persian governmental decrees. The English 'diligently,' Spanish 'diligentemente,' and French 'avec diligence' all converge on the idea of careful, complete execution. The German 'eilig' (hastily) captures a secondary nuance of urgency, but the core meaning is thoroughness rather than speed, as confirmed by BDB's connection to Old Persian 'aspere' (complete). Cognate to Old Aramaic אספרן found on weights meaning 'complete, correct' (Ezra 5:8; 7:21, 26). 7×
AR["بِاجْتِهاد"]·ben["অবিলম্বে", "দ্রুত"]·DE["eilig"]·EN["diligently"]·FR["avec-diligence"]·heb["אספרנא"]·HI["तत्परता-से", "लगन-से"]·ID["dengan-teliti"]·IT["con-diligenza"]·jav["kanthi-mempeng", "kanthi-rajin"]·KO["부지런히"]·PT["diligentemente"]·RU["усердно"]·ES["diligentemente"]·SW["kwa-bidii", "kwa-haraka"]·TR["hizla"]·urd["جلدی-سے"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אָסְפַּרְנָא adv. thoroughly, RV. with (all) diligence (Zend aspĕre, asperenõ, Pers. siparī, asperī, all complete, Castell [1669], Thes Haug JBW 1853, 154 LagSem. i. 48 AndrMarti, Gl 53* ScheftMGWJ 1903, 415 (correcting Arisches im AT. 73 f.));—Ezr 5:8 א׳ מִתְעַבְדָא, 6:8, 12, 13; 7:17, 21, 26 (cf.Old Aramaic אספרן, on a weight, complete, correct: Lzb 223, Cooke 193).