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17 lines
725 B
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# Behold
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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"
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# I will reach out with my hand against the Philistines
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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]])
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# I will cut off
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This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "I will destroy" or "I will get rid of" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Kerethites
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people who lived in the city of Kereth in Philistia (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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