en_tn_condensed/pro/23/34.md

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/jit/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)

mast

the long wooden pole to which are attached the sails of a sailing ship