נָסַח, (נָשַׂח) (b. h.; cmp. נסע) to remove. Sot. 42ᵇ; Yoma 75ᵃ (ref. to יַשְׁחֶנָה, Prov. XII, 25) יִשְׂחֶנָּה מדעתו (Ms. M. 2 יַסִּיחֶנָּה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50) let him banish it from his mind; Yalk. Prov. 950; Snh. 100ᵇ יַשִּׂיחֶנָּה; v. סוּחַ.
Hif. - הִסִּיחַ (with דעת) to divert the mind, to discard. Sabb. 82ᵃ יַסִּיחַ דעתו, expl. יסיח דעתו מדברים אחרים he must discard from his mind everything else. Y. Ber. VI, end, 10ᵈ ה׳ דעתו (ed. Krot. הִסִּיעַ) if he has abandoned the thought (of drinking more wine); a. e.—Snh. l. c.; Yoma l. c., v. supra.—V. הֶסֵּיחַ.