- Original: מתג האמּה - Transliteration: metheg ha-'Ammah - Phonetic: meh'-theg haw-am-maw' - Definition: 1. mother city a. bridle of the mother city (ie control or authority of) - Origin: from H4964 and H520 with the art. interposed - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H4964 and H520 with the article interposed; bit of the metropolis; Metheg-ha-Ammah an epithet of Gath: - Metheg-ammah. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Metheg, 1 2 Samuel 8:1