Word Study · Strong's H4964 · Hebrew
מֶתֶג
metheg
meh-theg
“a bit”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a bit
Rendered in the KJV as
bit, bridle.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וּמִתְגִּי֙2
- בְּמֶֽתֶג־1
- מֶ֣תֶג1
How it is rendered · 3
- and bridle my2
- a bridle1
- with bridle1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp1bs · 2
- HNcmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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