To stir up quarrel (strife)/ intrigue/ incitement/ instigation/ (warmonger)

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To stir up quarrel (strife)/ intrigue/ incitement/ instigation/ (warmonger)

To provoke someone in order to quarrel with or fight them; to sow discord between people so that they will quarrel; to want to quarrel (the root חרח originally meant "to arouse").

("As charcoal to embers and wood to fire, so is a man of contention for stirring up strife" — Proverbs 26:21; and also: "By the words of a troublemaker, one who stirs up strife and goes about as a talebearer" — Abraham Mapu, Ayit Tzavu'a, 114)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חִרְחֵר רִיב, חַרְחֵר מִלְחָמָה (מְחַרְחֵר מִלְחָמָה)

Definition (Hebrew)

הִתְגָּרָה בּוֹ כְּדֵי לָרִיב אִיתּוֹ אוֹ לְהִילָּחֵם בּוֹ. סִכְסָךְ בֵּין אֲנָשִׁים כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּרִיבוֹ. רָצָה לָרִיב (חִרְחֵר בַּמָּקוֹר מַשְׁמָע עוֹרֵר).

("פֶּחָם לְגֶחָלִים וְעֵצִים לְאֵשׁ וְאִישׁ מִדְיָנִים לְחַרְחַר רִיב"- מִשְׁלֵי כו כא, וְכֵן:"עַל פִּי דִּבְרֵי נִרְגָּן, מְחַרְחֵר רִיב וְהוֹלֵךְ רָכִיל"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 114)

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