# General Information:
Nahum describes the destruction of Nineveh in poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# The declaration about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite
These words are an introduction to the entire book. This can be stated as a complete sentence. AT: "This is the book of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite, which gives a declaration about Nineveh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# Elkoshite
A person from the village of Elkosh (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])