רָשַׁם (late b. h.)to mark, draw. Y. Gitt. II, 44ᵇ רוֹשֵׁם לפניהן בדיו וכ׳ one may draw (the signatures of illiterate witnesses) for them with ink, and they write them over with red paint (contrad. to קרע). Ib.; Y. Sabb. XII, 13ᵈ הרושם … כתבנית וכ׳ if one draws on a skin figures like writing. Sabb. XII, 4 ובכל דבר שהוא רוֹשֵׁם and with any material which marks; Gitt. II, 3 (19ᵃ), v. קַיָּימָא. Ḥull. X, 3 צריך שיִרְשׁוֹם he must mark the animal. Tanḥ. Tsav 5 האדם … רושם עליו מיתה וכ׳ when a man sins, the Lord makes the mark of death upon him; if he repents, the writ is cancelled. Sabb. 55ᵃ (ref. to Ez. IX, 4) לך ורְשׁוֹם על וכ׳ go and mark the foreheads of the righteous with a sign of ink …, and the foreheads of the wicked with blood; a. fr.—Part. pass. רָשׁוּם; f. רְשׁוּמָה; pl. רְשׁוּמִים, רְשׁוּמִין; רְשׁוּמוֹת. Y. Succ. IV, 54ᶜ top עד שלא … היתה ר׳ ברקיע וכ׳ so long as the Israelites were not redeemed from Egypt, it (the sapphire brick) was placed as a mark in heaven &c.; Lev. R. s. 23; Cant. R. to IV, 8. Gen. R. s. 81 (ref. to Dan. X, 21) אם ר׳ למה אמת … למה ר׳ if marked (for future action), why real writing (decree), and if real writing why marked? (Answ.) ר׳ עד שלא נגזרה וכ׳ marked, before the divine decree was signed; Cant. R. to I, 9; a. e.—Esp. דורשי רשומות those who interpret the Law metaphorically. B. Kam. 82ᵃ; Snh. 104ᵇ; Ber. 24ᵃ Ms. M. (ed. חמורות, v. Rashi a. l.).
Pi. - רִשֵּׁם same.—Part. pass. מְרוּשָּׁם. Num. R. s. 95 וילדה בן מ׳ למה וכ׳ and she gave birth to a young that was marked; why? Because its mother was burnt (cauterized).
Nif. - נִרְשָׁם to be marked, engraven. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVIII, 41 המכות היו נִרְשָׁמוֹת בגופן the plagues were engraven on their bodies (by ref. to Ps. l. c. 43).