What is the meaning of "Hikuni Val Chalisi Halamuni Bal Yadati"?
R. Yonah: The Yetzer for drinking wine overpowered him greatly. Amidst this, he does not heed wine's damage.
Malbim: First he says that they hit him, and he felt it, but he did not get ill. Then Halamuni, which is more than hitting, and not only did I not get ill, I did not even know.
Why does it say "[Hikuni Val Chalisi Halamuni Bal Yadati] Masai Akitz Osif Avakshenu Od"?
Rashi: When he wakens from his wine, he does not feel all the evils that passed over him, and he returns to drink.
R. Yonah: He praises wine, and forgets all its damage. He remembers the one benefit found in it, and says that wine removes all sighing; one [who drinks] is not pained over timely matters. He does not desire to waken from his wine, rather, to seek to drink more.
Malbim: He is in a constant sleep, and even so he desires to waken, not to separate from wine, rather, so he can seek it more.
