- (יסט)
- סוּט(יָסַט), (b. h. שׂוּט) to move about, be unsteady, v. סָטָה. Hif. הֵסִיט, הִסִּיט to shake; to swing (v. הֶיסֵּט), contrad. to נגע to touch directly. Zab. V, 1 חמַסִּיט את הזב או שהזב מַסִּיטוֹ he who moves a zab (v. זָב) (by shaking the board on which he stands) or whom the zab moves. Ḥull.124b והִסִּיטָן and shook them; a. fr.(Ex. R. s. 23; Lev. R. s. 11; ib. s. 16 הסיטן, read הטיסן, v. טוּס h. Nif. נִיסּוֹט to be shaken, moved. Tosef.Zab.IV, 6 אם היו נִיסּוֹטִין if they moved (on account of his rapping, and did not merely vibrate). Tosef.Toh.X, 8 (read:) ובלבד שלא יהו ניסוטיןוכ׳ provided they are not shaken up by the vibrations of the partition.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.