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title: מֶתֶג — bridle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶתֶג (4964), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: bridle. BDB 1906: n.m. bridle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶתֶג

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«מֶתֶג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bridle** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 4964 · **BDB:** מֶ֫תֶג

### Glosses

bridle (3); a.bridle (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bridle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4964/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bridle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4964/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. bridle (Aramaic (𝔗) מִתְגָּא; NH מֶתֶג of secondary accentֽ; מִתֵּג Pi. denom. put on a bridle);— lit. bridle, for animals; מֶתֶג לַחֲמוֹר Pr 26:3 a whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, etc.; בְּמ׳ וָרֶסֶן ψ 32:9 with bridle and halter (on text of verse cf. Che); of י׳’s bridle for Sennach. (under fig. of beast), וּמִתְגִּי בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ 2 K 19:28 and I will put (וְשַׂמְתִּי) my hook in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips = Is 37:29 (v. Dr Is. ed. 2, 220). fig. = control, authority, only in מ׳ הָאַמָּה 2 S 8:1 authority of the mother city, according to MV Buhl, cf. especially We Dr; Bu om. as corrupt (v. i. אַמָּה, p. 52 supr.); vid., further HPS

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶתֶג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4964/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.3/)

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שׁ֣וֹט לַ֭סּוּס מֶ֣תֶג לַחֲמ֑וֹר וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* a.whip \[is\].for (the) horse a.bridle \[is\].for a donkey and a.rod \[is\].for.\[the\] back of.fools

*JPS 1917:* A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

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[Psalms 32:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.32.9/)

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אַל־תִּֽהְי֤וּ ׀ כְּס֥וּס כְּפֶרֶד֮ אֵ֤ין הָ֫בִ֥ין בְּמֶֽתֶג־וָרֶ֣סֶן עֶדְי֣וֹ לִבְל֑וֹם בַּ֝֗ל קְרֹ֣ב אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* do.not be like a.horse like a.mule \[which\].there.\[is\].not understanding with bridle and halter trapping\[s\] its to restrain not to.draw.near to you

*JPS 1917:* Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, that they come not near unto thee.

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