# H4973 מְתַלְּעָה

מְתַלְּעָה (mᵉthallᵉʻâh), Strong’s H4973: properly, a biter, i.e. a tooth KJV: cheek (jaw) tooth, jaw.. Occurs 3 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H4973 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*mᵉthallᵉʻâh* — properly, a biter, i.e. a tooth

KJV: cheek (jaw) tooth, jaw.

Derived from [יָלַע yâlaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H3216) (to blurt or utter inconsiderately)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְתַלְּעוֹת n.f.pl. teeth

## Where it occurs
- [Joel 1:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joel/1?v=6) — For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the…
- [Proverbs 30:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/30?v=14) — There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and…
- [Job 29:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/29?v=17) — I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.