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He, Me, both could be that powerful and great biblical creature (8)

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I believe the answer is:

behemoth

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'he me both could be that powerful and great biblical creature' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he me both could be' is the wordplay.
'could be' is an anagram indicator.
'he'+'me'+'both'='hemeboth'
'hemeboth' with letters rearranged gives 'BEHEMOTH'.

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(Other definitions for behemoth that I've seen before include "Something huge and monstrous" , "Great beast of the Bible" , "Anything abnormally large and powerful" , "Something of impressive size or power" , "Huge organisation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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