נָסִיךְ, [anointed,] viceroy, prince (contradist. to מֶלֶךְ). Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to Num. XXII, 4) והלא מתחלה נ׳ היה וכ׳ but was he not originally a viceroy?… But when Sihon was slain, they appointed him king in his place; Yalk. ib. 765.