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Fallible wrote:

Passer wrote:I think I should clarify why I insisted the description in Job sounded like a Dinosaur/Sauropod, if only to clear up my own confusion as to how else the term 'Behold' can be used.

One rebuttal to my opinion was that 'Behold' means to look at something in the present moment as in "Hey, look at this I have in my hands." But I have always held the idea (and I could be wrong) that 'Behold' can also be used when a person wants to inform another person of something. Something that cannot be literally looked upon - but draws attention to some fact the speaker wants to impart.

Example:

"Behold! Did not the dinosaurs die out 65mya?"
"Behold! Has not the king been quick to defend your homes in the past?"
"Behold! Did not the Wright brothers build the first airplane?

In all the above examples, there is nothing to observe/look at in the present moment. In this form, 'Behold' is used to draw someone's attention to something that has happened in the past.

Hope that makes sense (even if my reasoning is incorrect).

The main problem there is that 'behold' doesn't mean that and isn't used in that way, whatever your personal want is. It means to see, gaze upon or observe, literally. I mean sure, argue with me if you like, I did after all only check the first ten dictionary definitions on google, including the OED, Macmillan and Cambridge. This is still very much looking like you manipulating facts in order to justify your own erroneous beliefs, though.