H4965

מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה

me.teg ha.am.mahN:N--L

Metheg-ammah

This name means mother city Another name of gat (גַּת "Gath" H1661)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. אַמָּה noun feminine only mother-city, metropolis (compare אֵם 2Sam 20:19 & Phoenician); in phrase מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה authority of mother-city 2Sam 8:1 see מֶתֶג; compare Dr.

1 occurrence

II Samuel 8:1