See in Reader
725 B
725 B
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/translate/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/translate/figs-idiom)
Kerethites
people who lived in the city of Kereth in Philistia (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)