H4964

מֶ֫תֶג

me.tegH:N-M

bridle

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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

3 occurrences

II Kings (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1)