to disturb
ra.ga denotes an action upon the sea and, in Hiphil clauses, causing disturbance or sudden flight.
The attested Qal forms occur in clauses about the sea: Isaiah 51:15 and Jeremiah 31:35 describe waves roaring, while Job 26:12 presents the sea as stilled. The Hiphil cohortatives occur in declarations of sudden disruption, including driving someone away in Jeremiah 49:19, making people run away in Jeremiah 50:44, and addressing a deceitful tongue in Proverbs 12:19.
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Action affecting the sea · dominant
The Qal participles in Isaiah 51:15 and Jeremiah 31:35 stand in clauses where the sea is acted on and its waves roar; in both verses the APB renders the clause “who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar.” Job 26:12 uses a Qal perfect in a statement about the sea, where the APB renders “he stills the sea,” so the translation presents a different outcome in that verse.
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Causing disruption or flight · common
The Hiphil cohortatives occur in first-person declarations of immediate action. In Jeremiah 49:19 the APB renders “I will suddenly disturb him and drive him away,” in Jeremiah 50:44 it renders “I will suddenly make them run away,” and in Proverbs 12:19 it renders “the tongue of deceit I will disturb.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In the sea clauses, the APB renders “stirs up the sea” in Isaiah 51:15 and Jeremiah 31:35 but “stills the sea” in Job 26:12. In the Hiphil clauses it uses “disturb,” “drive him away,” and “make them run away”; these are presentations of whole clauses.