Word Study · Strong's H4965 · Hebrew
מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה
Metheg ha-Ammah
meh'-theg haw-am-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Metheg hâ-ʼAmmâh
“Metheg-ha-Ammah, an epithet of Gath”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Metheg-ha-Ammah, an epithet of Gath
Rendered in the KJV as
Metheg-ammah.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הָאַמָּ֖ה1
- מֶ֥תֶג1
How it is rendered · 2
- Metheg-1
- the -ammah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
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- HNcmsc · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 8:1מֶ֥תֶגmetegnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.here: Metheg-
- 2 Samuel 8:1הָאַמָּ֖הhaamahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSome time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.here: the -ammah