Paregmenon repeats words from the same root or family so that the expression becomes more forceful or memorable.
Paregmenon repeats words from the same root or family so that the expression becomes more forceful or memorable.
Paregmenon is a figure of word-pattern repetition in which related forms from the same root, or closely cognate lexical forms, are placed together for emphasis, certainty, intensity, or rhetorical force.
These examples show how Paregmenon / Root Repetition functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
dying you shall die
The Hebrew infinitive absolute construction intensifies the certainty of the threatened death; the repetition is not accidental padding.
seeing I have seen
The repeated verbal root intensifies the LORD’s direct knowledge of Israel’s affliction.
crying he cries ... hearing I will hear
The repeated verbal roots intensify both the oppressed person’s appeal and the LORD’s responsive hearing.
giving you shall give
The same-root construction strengthens the command to give freely rather than grudgingly.
those who honor me I will honor
The repeated root links human regard for the LORD with the LORD’s public vindication or rejection.
hearing hear ... seeing see
The same verbal ideas are repeated to describe judicial dullness under prophetic proclamation.
you will indeed hear but never understand
The Gospel quotation preserves the intensified hearing/seeing pattern from Isaiah’s commission.
with desire I have desired
The Greek cognate noun and verb intensify Jesus’ solemn longing to eat the Passover before His suffering.
rejoices greatly
The cognate expression joins joy and rejoicing to emphasize the friend of the bridegroom’s gladness.
surely blessing I will bless you
The quotation from Genesis uses repeated forms to underline the certainty and abundance of God’s promise.
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