STRONGS H4964:
Abbreviations
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מֶ֫תֶג noun masculine bridle (Aramaic (
)
מִתְגָּא; Late Hebrew
מֶתֶג of secondary accent
ָֽ;
מִתֵּג Pi. denominative
put on a bridle); —
1. literally
bridle, for animals;
מֶתֶג לַחֲמוֺר Proverbs 26:3 a whip for the horse,
a bridle for the ass, etc.;
וָרֶסֶן בְּמ׳ Psalm 32:9 with bridle and halter (on text of verse compare Che); of
י׳'s
birdle for Sennacherib (under figure of beast),
וּמִתְגִּי בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ 2 Kings 19:28 and I will put (
וְשַׂמְתִּי) my hook in thy nose
and my bridle in thy lips =
Isaiah 37:29 (see Dr
Is. ed. 2, 220).
2. figurative =
control, authority, only in
הָאַמָּה מ׳ [
H4965 2 Samuel 8:1]
authority of the mother city, according to MV Buhl, of especially We Dr; Bu omit as corrupt (see I.
H522 אַמָּה); see, further, HPS.
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