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

## You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars in the heavens ##

The merchants of Nineveh are as impossible to count as the stars in the sky. AT: "You have more merchants than anyone could count." (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

## merchants ##

"traders" or "ones who buy and sell things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])

## princes ##

Use a word for political "leaders" (UDB).

## generals ##

Use a word for military "leaders" or other government authorities. (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])