Nah 2:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. Huzzab —the name of the queen of Nineveh, from a Hebrew root implying that she stood by the king ( ), [VATABLUS ]. Rather, Nineveh personified as a queen. She who had long stood in the most supreme prosperity. Similarly CALVIN . MAURER makes it not a proper name, and translates, "It is established," or "determined" (compare ). English Version is more supported by the parallelism. led away captive —The Hebrew requires rather, "she is laid bare "; brought forth from the apartments where Eastern women remained secluded, and is stripped of her ornamental attire. Compare , where the same image of a woman with face and legs exposed is used of a city captive and dismantled (compare ), [MAURER ]. brought up —Her people shall be made to go up to Babylon. Compare the use of "go up" for moving from a place in . her maids . . . as . . . doves —As Nineveh is compared to a queen dethroned and dishonored, so she has here assigned to her in the image handmaids attending her with dove-like plaints ( . The image implies helplessness and grief suppressed, but at times breaking out ). The minor cities and dependencies of Nineveh may be meant, or her captive women [JEROME ]. GROTIUS and MAURER translate, for "lead her, " " moan, " or " sigh. " tabering — beating on their breasts as on a tambourine.

Nahum 2:7

7. Huzzab—the name of the queen of Nineveh, from a Hebrew root implying that she stood by the king (Ps 45:9), [VATABLUS]. Rather, Nineveh personified as a queen. She who had long stood in the most supreme prosperity. Similarly CALVIN. MAURER makes it not a proper name, and translates, "It is established," or "determined" (compare Ge 41:32). English Version is more supported by the parallelism.

led away captive—The Hebrew requires rather, "she is laid bare"; brought forth from the apartments where Eastern women remained secluded, and is stripped of her ornamental attire. Compare Isa 47:2, 3, where the same image of a woman with face and legs exposed is used of a city captive and dismantled (compare Na 3:5), [MAURER].

brought up—Her people shall be made to go up to Babylon. Compare the use of "go up" for moving from a place in Jer 21:2.

her maids . . . as . . . doves—As Nineveh is compared to a queen dethroned and dishonored, so she has here assigned to her in the image handmaids attending her with dove-like plaints (Isa 38:14; 59:11. The image implies helplessness and grief suppressed, but at times breaking out). The minor cities and dependencies of Nineveh may be meant, or her captive women [JEROME]. GROTIUS and MAURER translate, for "lead her," "moan," or "sigh."

tabering—beating on their breasts as on a tambourine.