Linguistic redundancy

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Linguistic redundancy

A grammatical term for linguistic forms that serve the same function in a sentence; also, a synonym in a sentence that appears to be superfluous.

("At a hundred, like at twenty, concerning sin"—they did not interpret it this way except by virtue of linguistic redundancy, for he went back and said, "the years of Sarah," which included them and made them equal" — Ramban on Genesis 23:1)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יִיתּוּר הַלָּשׁוֹן

Definition (Hebrew)

מֻונָּח דִּקְדּוּקֵי לְכִינּוּי צוּרָנִים לְשׁוֹנִיִּים הַמְּשַׁמְּשִׁים בְּאוֹתוֹ תַּפְקִיד בַּמִּשְׁפָּט. אוֹ: אוֹ כִּינּוּי לְמִילָּה נִרְדֶּפֶת בַּמִּשְׁפָּט וְנִרְאֵית לִכְאוֹרָה כִּמְיֻתֶּרֶת.

("בַּת מֵאָה כְּבַת עֶשְׂרִים לַחֵטְא, לֹא דָּרְשׁוּ כֵּן אֶלָּא מִיָּתוּר הַלָּשׁוֹן, שֶׁחָזַר וְאָמַר "שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי שָׂרָה", שֶׁכְּלָלָן וְהַשָּׁוֶה אוֹתָן"- רַמְבָּ"ן בְּרֵאשִׁית פֶּרֶק כג א)

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