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- Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself. (See: en:ta:vol2: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:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_hyperbole)
- merchants - "traders" or "ones who buy and sell things" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_unknown)
- princes - Use a word for political "leaders" (UDB).
- generals - Use a word for military "leaders" or other government authorities. (See:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_simile)