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# vermilion

noun

«vermilion» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

It is used for painting walls with red, as pictures of Chaldeans in Ezekiel or the fine house of Jehoiakim in Jeremiah.

**Interpretation.** Jeremiah criticizes the king for building a fancy house by injustice, and the tradition reads this as a warning against wealth gained unfairly.

### Meaning

A bright red colour or paint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vermilion/#m1)

### Examples

- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vermilion/#x1)
- That saith: 'I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers', and cutteth him out windows, and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. (Prophets JER.22.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vermilion/#x2)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vermilion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vermilion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vermilion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/vermilion.html) on Mova free.