This term appears in Isaiah 28:7, in Isaiah's denunciation of priests and prophets who 'stagger in judgment' because of drunkenness. The word refers to the active work of rendering decisions—whether judicial verdicts or prophetic oracles. Both priests and prophets had decision-making roles: priests taught Torah and decided ritual cases, prophets delivered God's word to guide the nation. When these leaders were drunk, their judgment—their capacity to perceive rightly and decide wisely—was compromised. The term captures the critical moment when a determination must be made, and incompetent leadership fails.