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General Information:
These verses continue the "thirty sayings" (Proverbs 22:20). 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. Alternate translation: "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