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nsys (nsīs) adj. vexed; frail
1
vexed, emotionally disturbed
JLAtg, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen40:6↗ וַחזָא יָתְהוֹן וְהָא אִינוּן נְסִיסִין‏ : he saw that they were emotionally distressed ; TgJ 1K20:43↗ נְסִיס וְדָוֵי‏ : vexed and miserable [=MT: סר וזעף] ; GY 9:12↗ ṭama ḏmuta laṭaimin ulitlaihun ium ḏbiš unsis utaqip : they will not taste the taste of death and will not have a day that is bad, turbulent, or violent ; TgEsth304:17↗ ונסיס מרדכי ועבר ועבד ככל דפקדת עלווהי אסתר‏
2
frail, infirm
Syr
StatNis.70.13↗ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܗܕ̈ܡܐ ܢܣܝܣ̈ܐ ܘܠܐ ܡܬܐܣܝ̈ܢܐ‏ : as of sick and un-healable bodily members
(1)
feeble-eyed (?)
PTA, Syr
TN Lev22:22↗ דסמי או דתביר או דגבייה או נסיס‏ : blind, crippled, hunch-backed, or feeble-eyed ; LSt.24:17↗ ܐܝܟ ܫܡܫܐ ܕܡܘܣܦ ܚܙܝܐ ܠܥܝ̈ܢܐ ܚܠ݁ܝ̈ܡܬܐ ܘܡܣܓܦ ܠܗܠܝܢ ܢܣܝ̈ܣܬܐ‏ : like the Sun, which improves the vision of healthy eyes and damages those that are feeble
(2)
fig. : (ideas) weak, poor
Syr
JulSok 141(67):5↗ ܪ̈ܥܝܢܐ ܢܣܝ̈ܣܐ ܕܗܕܝ̈ܘܛܐ‏ : the weak ideas of the simple-minded ; Ps-Clem Recogs 3.158:4↗ ܚܘ̈ܫܒܐ ܢܣ̈ܝܣܐ‏
3
rabid
PTA
GT PP Exod14:29↗ חיותא נסיסא אכלא ומדקא ולא חסה‏ : a rabid, consuming, crushing, pitiless wild animal
(1)
(water) turbulent
Gal
KohR[1]20:2(7)↗ ר׳ יוסי בר יאסין הוה יתיב באילפא ואתי{ה} מין נסיס‏ : rabbi PN was sailing on a boat when the water came to be turbulent
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The gloss "feeble-eyed" for JTA is based on the parallel verse in PsJon: עינויי לקיין as well as the attested usage in Syriac.

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