Metheg-ammah
מֶתֶג הָאַמָּהStrong’s H4965meteg haammah (me-teg ha-am-mah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Meteg haammah is the Hebrew word usually translated “metheg-” and “-ammah”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.”
Meaning
- This name means mother city
How it's translated
- metheg- 1
- -ammah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה meteg haammah · Metheg-ammah
This name means mother city Another name of gat (גַּת "Gath" H1661)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.