גרי

גרי, גָּרָה(b. h.) 1) to be rough, grating, scraping; v. גֵּרָה, גָּרוֹן 2) to be hot, burn, singe (cmp. חָרָה). Pi. גִּירָה, גֵּרָה to incite, stir up, let loose. Snh.107b שגי׳ דוביםוכ׳ because he let the bears loose against the children. Ex. R. s. 21 ג׳ לפרעה He incited Pharaoh Gen. R. s. 19, end (interpret. hishshiani, Gen. 3:13) גִּירַנִי. Cant. R. to I, 4 (play on משכני ib.) ממה שגֵּרִיתָ בי שכני הרעים from my hostile neighbors whom thou hast incited against me.Trnsf. ג׳ את הדוב ב־ to let temptation loose against. Gen. R. s. 87 אני מְגָרֶה בךוכ׳ I shall lay temptation in thy way; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 17 ביום שיְגָרֶחוכ׳ on the day when the Lord shall stir up his anger Hithpa. הִתְגָּרֶה, Nithpa. נִתְגָּרֶה 1) to be inflamed, jealous; to rival. Snh.19a מִתְגָּרוֹת זו בזו jealous of one another. 2) to engage in battle, to fight. Ber.7b; Meg.6b מותר להִתְגָּרוֹתוכ׳ it is permitted to enter into combat with the wicked (with reference to b. h. התחרה).Num. R. s. 19 נתג׳ בהם he attacked them. 3) to be let loose. Esth. R. introd. נִתְגָּרְתָה אותה הדוב that temptation was aroused (against Joseph), v. supra; Num. R. s. 13 מִתְגָּרַת. 4) to have a passion for, to indulge freely in. Yoma 76b wine is called תיר̇ש̇, because he המִתְגָּרֵה בו נעשה ר̇ש̇ who indulges in it becomes poor. Ab. Zar.18b; 19b אֶתְגָּרֶה בשינה I will freely indulge in sleep (idleness). 5) (denom. of תִּגְרָה) to incite. Num. R. s. 18; Tanḥ. Koraḥ 3 להִתְגָּרוֹת בו אתוכ׳ to incite Israel against him.