גָּלַע

ga.la

to quarrel

Strong’s H1566Verb3 times in the Hebrew Bible

he bursts out2

it has broken out1

In the text

Proverbs 17:14הִתְגַּלַּע
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

[גָּלַע] vb. expose, lay bare—only Hithp. disclose oneself, break out

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.