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# Behold
This tells the reader to pay special attention to what follows. AT: "Look" or "Listen" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you"
# I will reach out with my hand against the Philistines
Here Yahweh's power is represented by his "hand." AT: "I will turn my powerful hand against the Philistines" or "I will turn my great power against the Philistines" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# I will cut off
This is an idiom. AT: "I will destroy" or "I will get rid of" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# Kerethites
people who lived in the city of Kereth in Philistia (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])