Dict: smith - METHEGAMMAH

smith:

METHEGAMMAH - M>@ - (bridle of the metropolis), a place which David took from the Philistines, apparently in his last war with them. (2 Samuel kjv@8:1) Ammah may be taken as meaning "mother-city" or "metropolis," comp. (2 Samuel 20:19) and Metheg-he
- Ammah "the bridle of the mother-city"
viz. of Gath, the chief town of the Philistines.