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# General Information:
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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 are bent over
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"strong men become weak"
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# the women who grind cease because they are few
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"the women who grind grain stop grinding grain because there are few of them"
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# those who look through windows become dim
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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" |