na.chum is used as the proper name identifying the Elkoshite named in the vision’s scroll.

The attested use is a proper name: in Nahum 1:1, נַח֖וּם identifies the Elkoshite associated with the vision’s scroll.

1. Proper name of the Elkoshite · dominant

   In Nahum 1:1, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the clause naming “Nahum the Elkoshite” in connection with the vision’s scroll. The APB renders the verse, “The scroll of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.”

   Nahum 1:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Nahum 1:1, the APB presents the name in “the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite”.