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# General Information:

Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# are you better than Thebes ... wall?

Nahum asks this rhetorical question to emphasize the negative answer that it anticipates. Alternate translation: "you are not better than Thebes ... wall." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# Thebes

This was the former capital of Egypt, which the Assyrians had conquered. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# that was built on the Nile River

"that was situated by the Nile River"

# whose rampart was the sea, and the sea was its wall

These two phrases share similar meanings. The word "sea" refers to the Nile River, which ran near the city. Nahum speaks of the Nile as if it were the wall that protected the city. Alternate translation: "which had the Nile river as its defense, as some cities have a wall for their defense" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# rampart

A rampart is a wall built around a city to keep enemy armies from getting into the city.
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Snippet update 2018-07-16 17:24:22 +00:00			`# are you better than Thebes ... wall?`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Snippet update 2018-07-16 17:24:22 +00:00			`Nahum asks this rhetorical question to emphasize the negative answer that it anticipates. Alternate translation: "you are not better than Thebes ... wall." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Thebes`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This was the former capital of Egypt, which the Assyrians had conquered. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# that was built on the Nile River`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"that was situated by the Nile River"`
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Snippet update 2018-07-16 17:24:22 +00:00			`# whose rampart was the sea, and the sea was its wall`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
Snippet update 2018-07-16 17:24:22 +00:00			`These two phrases share similar meanings. The word "sea" refers to the Nile River, which ran near the city. Nahum speaks of the Nile as if it were the wall that protected the city. Alternate translation: "which had the Nile river as its defense, as some cities have a wall for their defense" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`

			`# rampart`

			`A rampart is a wall built around a city to keep enemy armies from getting into the city.`
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