Meteg Meaning: The Hebrew Word מֶתֶג Explained

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מֶתֶג

meteg

Everyday Hebrew

Formsמְתָגִים

MeaningA button on the wall that you press to turn a light on or off.

HistoryThis word is in the Bible, where it means the part of a harness that goes in a horse's mouth to control it. In modern Hebrew, people started using it to mean an electric switch, because a switch also controls something — the flow of electricity.

Example

איפה המתג של האור?

Where is the light switch?