METHEG-AMMAH mē’ thĕg ăm’ ə (מֶ֥תֶג הָאַמָּ֖ה, metheg-ha-’ammah). A name or phrase occurring in 2 Samuel 8:1, where it is said that David took Metheg-hammah out of the hand of the Philistines. The ASV has tr. the name as “the bridle of the mother city.” The parallel passage (1 Chron 18:1) reads that David took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines. KB lists the name as unexplained.