# Behold

This tells the reader to pay special attention to what follows. Alternate translation: "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." Alternate translation: "I will turn my powerful hand against the Philistines" or "I will turn my great power against the Philistines" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# I will cut off

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "I will destroy" or "I will get rid of" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# Kerethites

people who lived in the city of Kereth in Philistia (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])