נָשַׁל (b. h.; cmp. שָׁלָה) 1) to strike off, chip. Tosef. Macc. II, 6 נ׳ הברזל מן העץ המתבקע if the iron (axe) chipped a piece off the wood which was to be split (and the chip struck a person dead); v. נְשִׁילָה. —2) to slip off, fall off. Lev. R. s. 22 נָשְׁלוּ איבריו his limbs fell off (by decay; Gen. R. s. 10 נָשְׁרוּ; Koh. R. to V, 8 נשרן, נשרין, ch.). Macc. 7ᵇ ונָשַׁל קרינן, v. infra.
Pi. - נִישֵּׁל to strike off, to cause chips to fly off. Ib. ונִישֵּׁל כתיב v’nashal (Deut. XIX, 5) may be read v’nishshel (Pi.) and the iron chips off a part of the wood &c., v. supra; ונָשַׁל קרינן the traditional reading is v’nashal, and the iron slips out of the helve (v. אֵם).
Nif. - נִישָּׁל, נִישּׁוֹל to fall off, decay. Lev. R. s. 37, end שהיה נ׳ ממנו אבר אבר וכ׳ limb after limb fell off his body and was buried each in a different place; ib. נ׳ אבר אבר; Koh. R. to X, 15; Gen. R. s. 60. Num. R. s. 9 יהא בשרה נ׳ her flesh (limbs) shall fall off; a. e.
Hif. - הִשִּׁיל to let fall, drop. Bets. V, 1 מַשִּׁילִין פירות וכ׳ you may let down fruit (that was spread on the roof) through the aperture &c.; (versions ib. 35ᵇ: משחילין, משירין, מנשירין, משחירין).