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Isaiah 1:22

Your silver has become retreating/withdrawn ones, your drunkard is he who circumcised6 in the dual waters.

Footnote:

Isa. 1:22

Hebrew מהול. Considered a masculine singular passive participle ascribed to the verb root Strongs #4107 מָהַל (mahal). But it only appears once, and the verb root is not used elsewhere. מהול appears similar to Strongs #4135 מול mul, to circumcise. Hence circumcise, weaken.

Strongs #5435 סבא "saba" drink/drunkard is a rare noun related to imbibing, drinking heavily (cf. Strongs #5433 סבא). It is not the normal word for wine.

It refers to drunkard in Deut 21:20 "a worthless glutton and a drunkard [סבא]"