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title: גָּרָה — stir up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּרָה (1624), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: stir up. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. stir up Hithp. engage in strife. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּרָה

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«גָּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stir up** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 1624 · **BDB:** גָּרָה

### Glosses

engage.in.strife (4); he.stirs.up (3); will.you.engage.in.strife (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stir up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1624/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. stir up Hithp. engage in strife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1624/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Pi. stir up strife, Hithp. engage in strife (cf. NH Pi. stir up, excite, against (בְּ) Hithp.; Aramaic Pa. גָּרֵא ܓܰܪܺܝ; especially Assyrian garû, Qal attack, be at war with, gârû, gîrû, enemy, etc. Asrb.Annals iv. 49, 50 (KBii. 190) also SASmithAsrb. i. ii. Gloss.; Arabic جَرَى is run, especially of water, flow, etc.)— Impf. 3 ms. יְגָרֶה Pr 15:18; 28:25; 29:22, all c. obj. מָדוֹן excite, stir up, strife.—On גֵּרָה Dt 14:8 v. i. גֵּרָה sub גרר. Pf. 2 fs. הִתְגָּרִית Je 50:24; Impf. 3 ms. יִתְגָּרֶה Dn 11:25, וְיִתְגָּרֶ֯ו v 10; 2 ms. תִּתְגָּרֶה 2 K 14:10 2 Ch 25:19; juss. apoc. תִּתְגָּר Dt 2:9, 19; 3 mpl. יִתְגָּרוּ Pr 28:4 Dn 11:10, cf. Dn 11:10 Kt., v. supr.; 2 mpl. תִּתְגָּרוּ Dt 2:5 (juss.); Imv. ms. הִתְגָּר Dt 2:24;— excite oneself against (בְּ pers.), engage in strife with, lit. Dt 2:5, 19, Je 50:24, 2 K 14:10 = 2 Ch 25:19 (sq. בְּרָעָה;—רעה personif. as challenged opponent); also + acc. of manner, מִלְחָמָה Dt 2:9, 24; fig. וְשֹׁמְרֵי תוֹרָה יִתְגָּרוּ בָם Pr 28:4 while they that keep the law are at strife with them, i.e. with those that forsake it. abs., excite oneself (against foe), wage war, only Dn 11; יִתְגָּרוּ וְאָֽסְפוּ הֲמוֹן חֲיָלִים רַבִּים v 10 they shall wage war, etc.; וְיָשֹׁב וְיִתְגָּרֶ֯ו עַד־מָעֻזֹּה v 10 and he shall return and war, even to his stronghold; v 25 sq. לַמִּלְחָמָה + בְּחַיִל גָּדוֹל (instr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1624/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.18/)

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אִ֣ישׁ חֵ֭מָה יְגָרֶ֣ה מָד֑וֹן וְאֶ֥רֶךאַ֝פַּ֗יִם יַשְׁקִ֥יט רִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.rage he.stirs.up strife and a.\[person\].long of.anger(s) he.makes.quiet a.dispute

*JPS 1917:* A wrathful man stirreth up discord; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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[Proverbs 28:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.25/)

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רְחַב־נֶ֭פֶשׁ יְגָרֶ֣ה מָד֑וֹן וּבוֹטֵ֖חַ עַל־יְהוָ֣ה יְדֻשָּֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* a.\[person\].arrogant of.self he.stirs.up strife and \[one.who\].relies on Yahweh he.will.be.made.fat

*JPS 1917:* He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be abundantly gratified.

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