diff --git a/nam/03/10.md b/nam/03/10.md index c7bfa0e93b..35f5fa5b2c 100644 --- a/nam/03/10.md +++ b/nam/03/10.md @@ -1,24 +1,19 @@ -# General Information: - -Nahum continues to speak to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) - # Yet Thebes was carried away -The word "Thebes" represents the people who lived in Thebes. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Yet those who attacked Thebes carried the people away" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) +"Yet those who attacked Thebes carried the people away" # she went into captivity -The word "she" refers to Thebes and represents the people who lived there. Alternate translation: "they went into captivity" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"they went into captivity" # her young children were dashed in pieces -This is a brutal description of the soldiers killing children. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "enemy soldiers dashed her young children to pieces" or "enemy soldiers beat her young children to death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) +"enemy soldiers dashed her young children to pieces" or "enemy soldiers beat her young children to death" # at the head of every street -The beginning of a street is spoken of as if it were the head. Also, "every" is a generalization that means many places all over the city. Alternate translation: "on every street corner" or "in the streets all over the city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]]) +"on every street corner" or "in the streets all over the city" # all her great men were bound in chains -This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "they bound all her great men in chains" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) - +"they bound all her great men in chains"