# \*gry: 'to provoke, stir up strife; to be hostile' > Proto-Semitic *gry, 'to provoke, stir up strife; to be hostile': reflexes in 5 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [G](). Updated 2026-10-28. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*gry | | Meaning | 'to provoke, stir up strife; to be hostile' | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Hebrew | grh pi. (Pr 15:18; 28:25; 29:22); hitp. (HALOT 202) | HALOT 202 | gloss withheld | | Akkadian | gerû; D gurrû; Gt itegrû (CAD G 61–62); gērû (CAD G 62) | CAD G 61–62; CAD G 62 | gloss withheld | | Syrian Aramaic | garrī (pa. of grā) 'to provoke, incite'; etgarrī (ethpa.) 'to provoke, stir up strife, pick a quarrel, contend' (Payne Smith 77); mgaryānūtā 'stirring up strife; an assault' (Payne Smith 251) | Payne Smith 77; Payne Smith 251 | | | Ugaritic | /g-r(-y)/ (DULAT 306) | DULAT 306 | gloss withheld | | Aramaic | gry (DNWSI 234) | DNWSI 234 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Kaufman 1974, 88 takes the Hebrew, Rabbinic Hebrew, Jewish Aramaic and Syriac piel and pael 'to provoke' as the same verb as Akkadian gerû 'to begin hostilities', and allows Akkadian influence only on the Egyptian Aramaic formula 'to initiate a lawsuit'; Arabic jaraʾa 'to dare' has an unexpected hamza. Payne Smith 77 files the pael under grā 'to run or trickle down'. HALOT 202 compares Arabic jry 'to flee, run', which is 467 \*gVrVy- 'run, flow'. ## Linked from - [G]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/g/3721_to_provoke_stir_up_strife_to_be_hostile/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.