Hypallage attaches a description to one word when the sense belongs more directly with another related word.
Hypallage attaches a description to one word when the sense belongs more directly with another related word.
Hypallage is a figure in which an adjective, attribute, or qualifying idea is grammatically attached to one noun while the thought is understood as belonging to a related person, action, or circumstance.
These examples show how Hypallage functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
unrighteous wealth
The wealth is called unrighteous because of its association with a fallen age and unrighteous use, not because coins have moral agency.
the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils
Evils are linked to the desire, while the money itself is grammatically central in the expression.
faithful are the wounds of a friend
The wounds are described as faithful because the friend who gives them is faithful.
swift destruction
The destruction is described as swift because it comes swiftly upon the false teachers.
slow bellies
A bodily expression carries a moral and social characterization of persons.
a deceitful tongue
The tongue is described as deceitful because the person uses it deceitfully.
a lying tongue
The tongue receives the description belonging to the speaker’s lying speech.
your hands are full of blood
Hands are described by the bloodguilt of those who act through them.
builds a town with blood
Blood describes the violent means and guilt associated with the builders.
the tongue is a fire... a world of unrighteousness
The organ receives descriptions tied to the moral corruption expressed through speech.
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