לָ֑ךְ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָ֑ךְ

   LAKH

   against you
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹא־י֣וּכְלוּ לָ֑ךְ

   ve-LO-YU-khe-LU LAKH

   but they will not be able against you
3. clause🔊 וּנְתַתִּ֜יךָ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה לְחוֹמַ֤ת נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ בְּצוּרָ֔ה וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְלֹא־י֣וּכְלוּ לָ֑ךְ

   u-ne-ta-TI-kha la-AM ha-ZE le-kho-MAT ne-KHO-shet be-tsu-RA ve-nil-kha-MU e-LE-kha ve-LO-YU-khe-LU LAKH

   and I will make you to the people this as a wall of bronze fortified and they will fight against you but they will not be able against you
4. sentence🔊 וּנְתַתִּ֜יךָ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה לְחוֹמַ֤ת נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ בְּצוּרָ֔ה וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְלֹא־י֣וּכְלוּ לָ֑ךְ כִּֽי־אִתְּךָ֥ אֲנִ֛י לְהוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֥ וּלְהַצִּילֶ֖ךָ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

   u-ne-ta-TI-kha la-AM ha-ZE le-kho-MAT ne-KHO-shet be-tsu-RA ve-nil-kha-MU e-LE-kha ve-LO-YU-khe-LU LAKH KI-it-te-KHA a-NI le-ho-shi-A-kha u-le-ha-tsi-LE-kha ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH

   and I will make you to the people this as a wall of bronze fortified and they will fight against you but they will not be able against you for with you I am to save you and to deliver you utterance of the LORD

Exegesis

The coordinated verbs ve-nilchamu elekha velo-yuchlu lakh {וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא־יוּכְלוּ לָךְ | wə-nil-ḥă-mū ʾê-le-ḵā wə-lō yū-ḵə-lū lā-ḵ} form a chiastic parallelism highlighting both aggression and certain failure.