behold
意味
- …を見る,ながめる;注視する
- 見よ(look)
例文
Talk of the wolf and behold his skin.
狼の噂をするとその皮が見える。
Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!
見よ、世の罪を取り除く神の子羊。
Behold! The beauty of the seasons.
春はあけぼの、夏はよる。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belong, keep, observe, look at, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).