# General Information: Nahum describes the destruction of Nineveh in poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/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. AT: "This is the book of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite, which gives a declaration about Nineveh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) # Elkoshite A person from the village of Elkosh (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) # translationWords * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/declare]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/nineveh]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vision]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/nahum]]