en_tn/nam/03/16.md

Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe)

You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars in the heavens

The merchants of Nineveh are as impossible to count as the stars in the sky. AT: "You have more merchants than anyone could count." (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)

merchants

"traders" or "ones who buy and sell things" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)

princes

Use a word for political "leaders" (UDB).

generals

Use a word for military "leaders" or other government authorities. (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)