| 20. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with u-netattikha {וּנְתַתִּ֜יךָ | û-nə-taṭ-tî-ḵā} ‘and I will make you’, employing the vav-consecutive perfect of the verb נתן to express a future promise and emphasize divine initiative. The direct object phrase la‘am hazzeh {לָעָם הַזֶּה | lā-ʿām haz-zeh} ‘to this people’ uses a demonstrative pronoun to specify the audience. The construct chain lechomat nechoshet betzurah {לְחוֹמַת נְחֹשֶׁת בְּצוּרָה | lə-ḥō-mat nə-ḥō-šeṯ bə-ṣū-rāh} ‘a wall of bronze, fortified’ combines a construct noun with an absolute noun and qualifying prepositional phrase to create the image of impenetrable defense. 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. The causal clause ki-itkha ani {כִּי־אִתְּךָ אֲנִי | kî-ʾit-tə-ḵā ʾă-nî} ‘for I am with you’ echoes a standard prophetic assurance of divine presence. The twin Hiphil infinitives lehoshi’akha ulehatzilekha {לְהוֹשִׁיעֲךָ וּלְהַצִּילֶךָ | lə-hō-šî-ʿă-ḵā u-lə-haṣ-ṣî-lē-ḵā} use synonymous parallelism to reinforce saving and delivering action. The verse concludes with neum-Yahweh {נְאֻם־יְהוָה | nə-ʾūm yə-hō-wāh}, underscoring the authority of the covenant Lord. |