נִסָּיוֹן ², same, sign, test, trial. Targ. Y. Num. XXVI, 10 (h. text נֵס). Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXII, 1. Targ. Y. Ex. XV, 25; a. e.—Ib. XVII, 7, v. נִסֵּיתָא.—Ber. 56ᵇ, v. נִסָּא I.
נִסָּיוֹן ², wonder, providential escape, salvation. Y. Ter. VIII, end, 46ᶜ לנ׳ הוא מיתחמי he appears as a messenger of salvation; (Gen. R. s. 63 על נסין).—Pl. נִסְיוֹנִין, נִסְיוֹנֵי. Targ. II Esth. V, 1; a. e.—Ab. Zar. 15ᵃ משום נ׳ on account of the trials (connected with the purchase of animals, and which the Jewish seller may be induced to attend on the Sabbath eve). Lam. R. to I, 1, v. נִסָּא I; a. e.