נִי׳

נִסָּיוֹן, נִסְיוֹנָא, נִי׳ch. 1) same, sign, test, trial. Targ. Y. Num. 26:10 (h. text נֵס). Targ. Y. II Gen. 22:1. Targ. Y. Ex. 15:25; a. e.Ib. 17:7, v. נִסֵּיתָא.Ber.56b, v. נִסָּא I. 2) wonder, providential escape, salvation. Y.Ter.VIII, end, 46c לנ׳ הוא מיתחמי he appears as a messenger of salvation; (Gen. R. s. 63 על נסין).Pl. נִסְיוֹנִין, נִסְיוֹנֵי. Targ. II Esth. 5:1; a. e.Ab. Zar.15a משום נ׳ on account of the trials (connected with the purchase of animals, and which the Jewish seller may be induced to attend on the Sabbath eve). Lam. R. to I, 1, v. נִסָּא I; a. e.