- אַסִּי
- אַסִּי(= יוֹסֵי, Frank. Meb. Y. s. v.) pr. n. m. Assi; 1) an Amora, mate of R. Immi, disciple of Rab and of Samuel. Sabb.22a; a. fr.Y.Ab. Zar. V, 45a bot. רבסי = רב א׳. 2) a copyist. Y.Keth.II, 26b bot. כגון אילין ספרוי דא׳וכ׳ as for instance, if witnesses say, these are the books written by Assi, and like these (in handwriting) must the documents be.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
