drunken
shik.kor describes a person drunk from drinking and, in comparisons, the staggering or disorientation associated with such a person.
The term chiefly describes people characterized as drunk in scenes of drinking, feasting, accusation, or address. It also supplies the figure of a drunken person to depict staggering, going astray, or being overcome.
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A person who is drunk · dominant
The masculine singular form identifies men in drinking scenes: in 1 Kings 16:9 the APB renders the king as “drinking himself drunk,” and in 1 Samuel 25:36 Nabal is “very drunk” amid his feast. The feminine singular form in 1 Samuel 1:13 marks Eli's judgment about Hannah, while the masculine plural construct forms in Isaiah 28:1 and Isaiah 28:3 identify the people of Ephraim associated with the crown; Joel 1:5 directly addresses plural “drunkards.”
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Drunken-person comparison for impaired movement · common
The masculine singular form is used in comparisons of impaired movement or condition. In Isaiah 24:20 the APB renders the earth as staggering “like a drunkard”; in Job 12:25 and Psalm 107:27 people stagger “like a drunken man,” and Isaiah 19:14 compares Egypt's going astray to such a man.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “drunk,” “drunken,” “drunkards,” and “drunkard,” and in drinking scenes sometimes expands the clause as “drinking himself drunk.” In the comparative verses it presents the term through “like a drunken man” or “like a drunkard”; these are translation renderings rather than definitions.