en_tn/nam/03/08.md

translationWords

• en:tw:egypt
• en:tw:ethiopia
• en:tw:nileriver
• en:tw:nineveh

translationNotes

• Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_apostrophe)
• are you better than Thebes...? - AT: "you are not better than Thebes...." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
• Thebes - the former capital of Egypt, which the Assyrians had conquered
• whose defense was the ocean, whose wall was the sea itself - The Nile River surrounded Thebes and made attacking it difficult. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• defense...wall - Ancient cities had a main "wall" to keep attackers out, and an outer line of "defense" to keep attackers from the wall.
• ocean...sea - If these words are the same in your language, use a general term for a large body of water for "sea."