# H4965 מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה

מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה (Metheg hâ-ʼAmmâh), Strong’s H4965: Metheg-ha-Ammah, an epithet of Gath KJV: Metheg-ammah.. Occurs 2 times.

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*Metheg hâ-ʼAmmâh* — Metheg-ha-Ammah, an epithet of Gath

KJV: Metheg-ammah.

Built from [מֶתֶג metheg](https://besorah.bible/word/H4964) (a bit) + [אַמָּה ʼammâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H520) (a mother) — means “bit of the metropolis”

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מֶ֫תֶג n.m. bridle
- 1 lit. bridle, for animals
- 2 fig. = control, authority

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 8:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=1) — After this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand…