This rare Aramaic noun appears only in Ezra and Daniel in administrative contexts warning against negligence. The term carries the sense of failing to fulfill an obligation or allowing something important to slip through oversight. Spanish and English glosses consistently emphasize the idea of failure and negligence, while the textual tradition shows some uncertainty (the Ketiv-Qere variation in Daniel 3:29 suggests possible textual confusion with a similar root). The contexts uniformly warn against carelessness in matters of state or religious duty.