portrayed
part of speech
verb form (from portray: portrays, portrayed, portraying)
meaning for a pupil
Portrayed means was painted, drawn or described in a certain way; it is the past form of portray. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Ezekiel uses it for figures drawn or carved on a wall, such as Chaldean men in red paint and idols of creeping things. Interpretation: Ezekiel's portrayed images are read as a picture of Israel's idolatry, which the prophet warns against. In the primary lessons: a tale shows a character as good, wise or wicked
examples
- SY 2:1, 3:1, so it is interesting that in this verse the tongue is rather portrayed as one of two binary poles. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- And she increased her harlotries; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, (Prophets EZK.23.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- So I went in and saw; and behold every detestable form of creeping things and beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about. (Prophets EZK.8.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The wizard is portrayed as wise and kind. tree →
- The painting portrayed a horse in a green field. tree →
- In the tale the witch is portrayed as cruel. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «portrayed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.