she.ti denotes drunkenness as the condition contrasted with rulers’ timely eating in Ecclesiastes 10:17.

The attested use denotes drunkenness as the negative alternative to rulers eating at the proper time and in might.

1. Drunkenness contrasted with proper conduct · dominant

   In Ecclesiastes 10:17, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the contrast between rulers who eat at the proper time and not in the condition the APB renders “drunkenness.”

   Ecclesiastes 10:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ecclesiastes 10:17, the APB presents the clause as rulers eating “in might and not in drunkenness.” This rendering is treated as confirmation of the clause’s contrast.