מֶתֶג
Used: 4 times · Key: 4964 · BDB: מֶ֫תֶג
Glosses
bridle (3); a.bridle (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
bridle tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. bridle tree →
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
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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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