OET interlinear NAH 2:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

אַיֵּה֙ מְע֣וֹן אֲרָי֔וֹת וּ⁠מִרְעֶ֥ה ה֖וּא לַ⁠כְּפִרִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַךְ֩ אַרְיֵ֨ה לָבִ֥יא שָׁ֛ם גּ֥וּר אַרְיֵ֖ה וְ⁠אֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד

(Some words not found in UHB: devastation and,emptiness and,devastation and,a_heart melt and,tottering_of knees and,anguish in=all loins and,the_faces_of all_of_them_of,of grows pale )

The author is using the question form to emphasize that this place is gone. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [That lions’ den, that feeding place for the young lions, where the lion walked, the lioness there, and the cubs of the lion, where nothing made them afraid—that place is gone!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor

מְע֣וֹן אֲרָי֔וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: devastation and,emptiness and,devastation and,a_heart melt and,tottering_of knees and,anguish in=all loins and,the_faces_of all_of_them_of,of grows pale )

Here through verse 13 Nahum uses an extended metaphor in which he speaks of the people of Nineveh as though they were lions, and of their victims as though they were the lion’s prey. See the discussion in the chapter introduction.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לָבִ֥יא שָׁ֛ם

(Some words not found in UHB: devastation and,emptiness and,devastation and,a_heart melt and,tottering_of knees and,anguish in=all loins and,the_faces_of all_of_them_of,of grows pale )

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [the lioness also walked there]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

גּ֥וּר אַרְיֵ֖ה

(Some words not found in UHB: devastation and,emptiness and,devastation and,a_heart melt and,tottering_of knees and,anguish in=all loins and,the_faces_of all_of_them_of,of grows pale )

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [the cubs of the lion also walked there]