נָסַק (b. h. נשׂק) to go up, ascend; v. מָסַק.
Hif. - הִסִּיק 1) to impose a tax, to assess, v. מַסִּיק II. —2) to bring to a conclusion, v. מַסִּיק I. I. —3) to put on wood, to make the flame rise; [cmp. עָלָה Hif.,] to start a fire, to heat. Bets. 32ᵃ, a. e. מַסִּיקִין בכלים וכ׳ you may, on the Holy Day, use wooden vessels for heating &c. Pes. 27ᵇ המַסִּיק he who put the wood on. Ib. תנור שהִסִּיקוֹ וכ׳ if one heated an oven with wood belonging to the sanctuary &c. Sabb. III, 1 כירה שהִסִּיקוּהָ בקש וכ׳ a range which they heated with straw &c. Tosef. Yoma II, 5; Yoma 38ᵃ מַסִּיקִין מבפנים placed the fire deep into the stove. Sabb. 41ᵃ; a. fr.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. XXVIII, v. infra.]
Nif. - נִיסּוֹק, נִיסָּק ; Hof. הוּסָּק to be heated. Y. Ber. IV, 8ᵇ top נִסּוֹקֶת; ib. IX, 14ᵇ top נִיסּ׳, v. מֶרְחָץ.—Pes. 30ᵇ top הא ה׳ התנור but if the oven has been made glowing. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXVIII אם הוא נ׳ … יהא ני׳ וכ׳ if it (the furnace) is usually heated with one bundle, let it now be heated with seven; ib. אם הוא מסיק בשבעה יהא מסיק וכ׳ (corr. acc.) if it is heated with seven bundles, let it be heated &c. Kel. V, 4. Tosef. Ḥull. I, 22 עד שלא הוּסְּקוּ before they are hardened by heating; a. fr.