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Genesis 25:2

וַ תֵּלֶד לֹו אֶת זִמְרָן וְ אֶת יָקְשָׁן וְ אֶת מְדָן וְ אֶת מִדְיָן וְ אֶת יִשְׁבָּק וְ אֶת שׁוּחַ
And she is bearing to-himself אֶת-Musical,832 and אֶת-Snare-Layer,833 and אֶת-Strife,834 and אֶת-Contentious,835 and אֶת-Left-Alone,836 and אֶת-Sunk.837
835

Strong’s #4080, Midyan. “Midianites” From #4079, midyan, brawling, contention. This we noted earlier regarding Sarah, who was clearly contentious and angry with Hagar, in Genesis 17:15,

Good sits in an earth of wilderness, from a woman [eshet] of contentions and anger.” Proverbs 21:19 literal