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434 B
mill
a tool for making flour by grinding grain in between two heavy discs of stone
upper millstone
the top disc of stone in a mill
for that would be taking a person's life as a pledge
The word "life" is a metonym for what a person needs to keep himself alive. Alternate translation: "because he would be taking from the man what the man needs to make food for his family" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)