he who stirs people up to worship idols

יָסַת (cmp. אֲסִי a. עָשָׂה) to do habitually.Denom. וֶסֶת, הֶיסֵּת. Hif. הִסִּית, הֵסִית (b. h., by way of syncope, forms resembling Kal of סית, as יְסִיתְךָ = יֵיסִי׳, וַיָּסֶת = וַיַּסֶּת to cause to do, stir up, instigate. Sot.35a (expl. ויהס … אל, Num. 13:30) הִסִּיתָן בדברים (he quieted them, because) he (apparently) instigated them (against Moses). Ḥag.5a עבד שמַסִּיתִין עליו רבו ונִיסַּתוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שרבו מסיתין לו) a slave against whom they incite his master and he (the master) is influenced by the instigation (ed.: a slave whose master, when they incite him, yields), what help is there for him?B. Bath.16a (ref. to Job 2:3) כביכול כאדם שמסיתיןוכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) like a human being, as it were, that is influenced by instigation. Ib. יורד ומַסִּית Ms. R. (ed. ומתעה) Satan comes down and incites (to sin). Y.Snh.VII, 25d top יַסִּית עצמווכ׳ he will stir himself up (become bold) and incite others; a. fr.Esp. מַסִּית or מֵסִית (with ref. to Deut. 13:7, sq.) he who stirs people up to worship idols. Snh.VII, 10. Y. ib. l. c. מ׳ … בלשון גבוהוכ׳ the massith speaks in a loud voice, the maddiaḥ (v. נָדַח) in a low voice; a. fr.Pl. מַסִּיתִים, מַסִּיתִין. Ab. dR. N. ch. XVI, end האפיקורסין והמ׳ ומדיחין (ed. Schechter המינין … המשומדים … המסורות). Nif. נִיסַּת, נִיסֵּית to be stirred up, give way to instigation; to be impassioned. Ḥag.5a, v. supra. B. Bath.16a, v. supra. Sifré Deut. 89 מצוה ביד הנ׳וכ׳ he who was to be incited to idolatry must first lay his hand on Y. Snh. l. c.; Y.Yeb.XVI, 15d bot. מכיון שהוא ניסיתוכ׳ since he is prevailed upon (to worship idols), he is no longer a wise man. Yalk. Gen. 127 (play on נ̇פ̇ת̇ל̇י) (read:) נִׄיסֵּיתִי פּׄוּתֵּיתֵי ת̇ל̇יתיוכ׳ I was prevailed upon, I was per suaded, I gave my sister the preference over myself; Gen. R. s. 71 (corr. acc.). (For נִיסֵּית she was married, v. נָשָׂא.