- הֶשֵּׂיאָה
- הֶשֵּׂיאָהf. (נָשָׂא, Hif.) = הֶסֵּיעַ, diverting the mind from a question which must not be answered, a Biblical puzzle of interpretation used for diverting the mind.Pl. הֶשֵּׂיאוֹת. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41c bot. (ref. to השיאו, Mish. ib. II, 8) he ought to have diverted his mind by means of one מחמשה׳ בתורה of the five puzzles , v. הַכְרָעָה.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
