 He used to explain the accusative particle "et" by saying that it implied the inclusion in the object of something besides that which is explicitly mentioned.However, in the sentence "You shall fear [et] the Lord your God", he did not explain the particle "et" before "the Lord," since he did not wish to cause any one else to share in the reverence due to God; he justified his inconsistency with the explanation that the omission in this passage was as virtuous as was his resort to interpretation in all the other passages.It is related that in later years Nahum's hands and feet became paralyzed, and he was afflicted with other bodily ailments.