en_tn/ecc/12/03.md

# General Information:

The writer describes a house in which various activities stop. This appears to be a metaphor for the human body as it becomes old. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# strong men are bent over

"strong men become weak"

# the women who grind cease because they are few

"the women who grind grain stop grinding grain because there are few of them"

# those who look through windows become dim

Possible meanings of this metaphor, where "windows" represents the old person's eyes, are 1) the old person himself can no longer see clearly. Alternate translation: "those who try to see can only see dimly." Or 2) what the old person sees is no longer clear. Alternate translation: "the people whom they see looking at them are dim"
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The writer describes a house in which various activities stop. This appears to be a metaphor for the human body as it becomes old. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
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			`"strong men become weak"`

			`# the women who grind cease because they are few`
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From PDF Ecclesiastes 10-12 2019-03-30 21:06:39 +00:00			`# those who look through windows become dim`

			`Possible meanings of this metaphor, where "windows" represents the old person's eyes, are 1) the old person himself can no longer see clearly. Alternate translation: "those who try to see can only see dimly." Or 2) what the old person sees is no longer clear. Alternate translation: "the people whom they see looking at them are dim"`