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title: רְשַׁם — inscribe · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: רְשַׁם (lemma:רְשַׁם), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 7 times: inscribe. BDB 1906: vb. inscribe, sign Peʿîl. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְשַׁם

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«רְשַׁם» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **inscribe** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:רְשַׁם · **BDB:** רְשַׁם

### Glosses

it.was.inscribed (2); did.you.sign (1); he.signed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

inscribe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e9_5b7_5c1_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. inscribe, sign Peʿîl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e9_5b7_5c1_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. inscribe, sign (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH (once, late));— Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Dn 6:10; 2 ms. רְשַׁ֫מָתָּ v 13, רְשַׁ֑מְתָּ v 14; Impf. 2 ms. (וְ)תִרְשֻׁם v 9;—inscribe (prob. with one’s name, i.e.) sign, acc. כְּתָבָא Dn 6:9, 10, אֱסָר v 13, 14. Peʿîl Pf. 3 ms. רְשִׁים, subj. כְּתָבָא: be inscribed, written, Dn 5:24, 25. be signed 6:11.

### Jastrow 1903

רְשַׁם I: to mark; to record to make incisions to be wrinkled [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e9_5b7_5c1_5dd/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , to mark; to record. Targ. Y. Gen. IV, 15. Targ. Ez. IX, 4. Targ. Is. X, 1 (h. text חקק). same.Targ. Jud. V, 14 (h. text מחקק׳). to make incisions. Targ. Y. Lev. XXI, 5 (h. text קרח). to be wrinkled. Targ. Ez. XXVII, 35 (h. text רעמו; prob. to be read: אִתְרְעִימוּ, v. רְעַם I.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְשַׁם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e9_5b7_5c1_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.25/)

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וּדְנָ֥ה כְתָבָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשִׁ֑ים מְנֵ֥א מְנֵ֖א תְּקֵ֥ל וּפַרְסִֽין׃

*Word for word:* and this \[is\].the writing which it.was.inscribed mene mene teqel and pharsin

*JPS 1917:* And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.

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[Daniel 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.10/)

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כָּל־קֳבֵ֖ל דְּנָ֑ה מַלְכָּא֙ דָּֽרְיָ֔וֶשׁ רְשַׁ֥ם כְּתָבָ֖א וֶאֱסָרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* as to because this the king Darius he.signed the writing and the prohibition

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

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