BDB4894
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
DrIs. ed. 2, 220).
2.
figurative = control, authority, only in הָאַמָּה
׳
מ
2Sam 8:1
authority 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