רְשַׁםrᵉsham
inscribe, sign
Pronunciation: resh-am' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7560
Meanings
Pe`al: inscribe (probably with one's name, i.e.) sign (Daniel 6:10; Daniel 6:13; Daniel 6:14)
1. be inscribed, written (Daniel 5:24; Daniel 5:25)
2. be signed (Daniel 6:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 5:24 So God has sent this hand to write this message.
- Daniel 5:25 “This is the message that was written: Mene, mene, tekel, and Parsin.
- Daniel 6:8 And now, Your Majesty, issue and sign this law so it cannot be changed, an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
- Daniel 6:9 So King Darius signed the law.
- Daniel 6:10 But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
- Daniel 6:12 So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?” “Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).