InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Nah 2 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V12 V13
OET-LV (NAH 2:12) [fn] Where is_the_dwelling_place_of lions and_is_pasture it for_(the)_lions where lion lion it_walked there cub_of lion and_there_was_not one_who_terrified.
2:12 Note: KJB: Nah.2.11
OET (OET-RV) What happened to that ‘lion’s den’—
⇔ the place where young cubs were fed?
⇔ The place where the lion and lioness walked—
⇔ where the cubs were safe with nothing to terrify them.
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: where den_of lions' and_[is],pasture he/it for_(the),lions which/who prowled lion lioness there cub_of lion's and,there_[was]_not disturb )
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
den_of lions'
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
lioness (Some words not found in UHB: where den_of lions' and_[is],pasture he/it for_(the),lions which/who prowled lion lioness there cub_of lion's and,there_[was]_not disturb )
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
cub_of lion's
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]
OET-LV (NAH 2:12) [fn] Where is_the_dwelling_place_of lions and_is_pasture it for_(the)_lions where lion lion it_walked there cub_of lion and_there_was_not one_who_terrified.
2:12 Note: KJB: Nah.2.11
OET (OET-RV) What happened to that ‘lion’s den’—
⇔ the place where young cubs were fed?
⇔ The place where the lion and lioness walked—
⇔ where the cubs were safe with nothing to terrify them.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.