רְשַׁם
rᵉsham · resh-am'
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Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7559 (רָשַׁם)
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Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sign, write.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְשַׁם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- signed2 · 29%
- was written1 · 14%
- that was written1 · 14%
- and sign1 · 14%
- was signed1 · 14%
- that thou hast signed1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.