To inscribe
רָשַׁםStrong’s H7559rasham (ra-sham)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Rasham is the Hebrew word usually translated “inscribed”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.”
Meaning
- To inscribe, note(Qal) that which is inscribed (participle)
How it's translated
- the inscribed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
רָשַׁם rasham · to inscribe
1) to inscribe, note 1a) (Qal) that which is inscribed (participle) Aramaic equivalent: re.sham (רְשַׁם "to sign" H7560)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “inscribe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INSCRI'BE, verb transitive
[Latin inscribo; in and scribo, to write, Eng. to scrape. See Scribe.]
- To write on; to engrave on for perpetuity or duration; as, to inscribe a line or verse on a monument, on a column or pillar.
- To imprint on; as, to inscribe any thing on the mind or memory.
- To assign or address to; to comment to by a short address, less formal than a dedication; as, to inscribe an ode or a book to a prince.
- To mark with letters, characters or words; as, to inscribe a stone with a name.
All definitions
- To draw a figure within another, so that all the angles of the figure inscribed touch the angles, sides or planes of the other figure.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.