See in Reader
19 lines
837 B
Markdown
19 lines
837 B
Markdown
# General Information:
|
|
|
|
These verses continue the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](../22/20.md)). It is the continuation of the description of a drunk person.
|
|
|
|
# lies on the top of a mast
|
|
|
|
The place on the mast where the person lies can be made explicit. AT: "lies in the basket near the top of a mast" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
|
|
|
|
# mast
|
|
|
|
the long wooden pole to which are attached the sails of a sailing ship
|
|
|
|
# They hit me, ... but I was not hurt. They beat me, but I did not feel it.
|
|
|
|
Because the drunk person is not thinking clearly, he is imagining that people are hitting and beating him, yet he feels no pain and cannot remember anything.
|
|
|
|
# When will I wake up?
|
|
|
|
The drunk person is wondering when he will be sober again; when the effect of the wine will stop. |