אָסֵי, (preced.) physician, surgeon; also thaumaturg, [Essene, Therapeut?] Targ. Ex. XXI, 19; a. e. Y. Yoma III, 40ᵈ bot. חד א׳ וכ׳ a certain thaumaturg in Sepphoris. Y. Taan. III, 66ᵈ אוקיר לאסייך וכ׳ honor thy physician (with presents) ere thou be in need of him. B. Kam. 85ᵃ א׳ רחיקא וכ׳ if the surgeon is far off, the eye will be blind (before he arrives). Num. R. s. 9 תרעא … לא׳ a door which opens not for charity, will be opened for the physician; a. fr. Pl. אָסַיָּיא. Y. Naz. IX, end, 58ᵃ.—אַסָוָותָא, אָסָוָתָא. Targ. Gen. L, 2; a. e. Gitt. 56ᵇ א׳ דמַסְּיִין ליה וכ׳ physicians to cure R. Zadok.