Lexical Definition

‎מֶתֶג‎ metheg (meh-theg) bridle ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to curb

bit, bridle.

• a bit

1) bridle
1a) bridle (for animals)
1b) control, authority (fig.)

See Greek: κέντρον · χαλινός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מֶ֫תֶג‎ noun masculine bridle (Aramaic (ᵑ7) ‎מִתְגָּא‎; Late Hebrew ‎מֶתֶג‎ of secondary accent ‎ָֽ‎; ‎מִתֵּג‎ Pi`el denominative put on a bridle); —

1. literally bridle, for animals; ‎מֶתֶג‎ ‎לַחֲמוֺר‎ Prov 26:3 a whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, etc.; ‎וָרֶסֶן‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּמ‎ Ps 32:9 with bridle and halter (on text of verse compare Che); of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s birdle for Sennach. (under figure of beast), ‎וּמִתְגִּי בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ‎ 2Kgs 19:28 and I will put (‎וְשַׂמְתִּי‎) my hook in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips = Isa 37:29 (see Dr^{Is. ed. 2, 220}).

2. figurative = control, authority, only in ‎הָאַמָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2Sam 8:1authority of the mother city, according to MV Buhl, of especially We Dr; Bu omit as corrupt (see I. ‎אַמָּה‎, above); see, further, HPS.

‎מְתוּשָׁאֵל‎, ‎מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח‎ see below ‎מַת‎ above

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