The Hebrew in Nahum 2:7 that is translated as «beating their chest (lit.: heart)» is translated in the 2008 Moba Yendu Kadapaaonn translation as «holding their intestines,» the culturally appropriate way for a woman’s «gesture of mourning which consists of holding the lower abdomen with both hands. (Source: Bedouma Joseph Kobaike in Le Sycomore 17/1, 2024, p. 3ff. )
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