# General Information:

Nahum describes the destruction of Nineveh in poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# The declaration about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite

These words are an introduction to the entire book. This can be stated as a complete sentence. Alternate translation: "This is the book of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite, which gives a declaration about Nineveh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# Elkoshite

A person from the village of Elkosh (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])