how do you say “prescription” in Hebrew?
מרשם
This one’s for שלום (Shalom) – thanks for the idea mate.
If you know a bit of Hebrew, you surely know the word for to write – לִכְתּוֹב (leekh-TOHV).
To jot down, however, is לִרְשׁוֹם (leer-SHOHM). For example, אֲנִי אֶרְשׁוֹם אֶת מִסְפָּר הַטֶּלֶפוֹן שֶׁלָּך (ah-NEE ehr-SHOHM et mees-PAHR hah-TEH-leh-fohn sheh-LAKH) means, I’ll jot down your phone number, when speaking to a female. The word ארשום is a proper future-tense verb.
Physicians are notorious for illegible handwriting. Maybe that’s why a prescription in Hebrew is a מִרְשָׁם (meer-SHAHM) – that which is jotted down. No offense, doctors.