גָּרָה gârâh — properly, to grate, i.e. (figuratively) to anger
Translated in the KJV as contend, meddle, stir up, strive.
a primitive root; properly, to grate, i.e. (figuratively) to anger.
gârâh in each stem
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Jussive 3Imperative 1Perfect (qatal) 1
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›