your enemies will throw up a palisade against you

παρεμβάλλω fut. παρεμβαλῶ; 2 aor. παρενέβαλον LXX; pf. ptc. παρεμβεβληκώς 1 Km 26:5; plpf. 3 pl. παρεμβεβλήκεισαν Judg 7:12 A and 1 Km 13:16 (Aristoph., Demosth. et al.; pap, LXX; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 229).

① to enclose an object or area on all sides, put around, surround. The word is used freq. (even in the LXX) as a military t.t. (cp. παρεμβολή), but w. var. mngs., depending on tactics used. παρεμβαλοῦσιν οἱ ἐχθροί σου χάρακά σοι your enemies will throw up a palisade against you Lk 19:43 (v.l. περιβαλοῦσιν; D has βαλοῦσιν ἐπὶ σέ). Cp. Is 29:3 βαλῶ περὶ σὲ χάρακα; 37:33 οὐδὲ μὴ κυκλώσῃ ἐπʼ αὐτὴν χάρακα. Interpretations differ, depending on whether one views the text as actual prophecy (patterned after texts like those of Is cited above) or as prophecy after the event, in which case the earthworks constructed by soldiers under Titus (Jos., B. 5, 11, 4: 466) might be meant.

② to put someth. in between, insinuate, fig., of anger παρεμβάλλει ἑαυτὴν εἰς τὴν καρδίαν it insinuates itself into the heart Hm 5, 2, 2.—M-M.