- נשח) נסח
- (נָשַׂח) נָסַח (b. h.; cmp. נסע) to remove. Sot.42b; Yoma 75a (ref. to יַשְׁחֶנָה, Prov. 12:25) יִשְׂחֶנָּה מדעתו (Ms. M. 2 יַסִּיחֶנָּה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50) let him banish it from his mind; Yalk. Prov. 950; Snh.100b יַשִּׂיחֶנָּה; v. סוּחַ. Hif. הִסִּיחַ (with דעת) to divert the mind, to discard. Sabb.82a יַסִּיחַ דעתו, expl. יסיח דעתו מדברים אחרים he must discard from his mind everything else. Y.Ber.VI, end, 10d ה׳ דעתו (ed. Krot. הִסִּיעַ) if he has abandoned the thought (of drinking more wine); a. e.Snh. l. c.; Yoma l. c., v. supra.V. הֶסֵּיחַ.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.