Metheg-ammah: Bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in
(2 Samuel 8:1) "David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the
Philistines" (R.V., "took the bridle of the mother-city"); i.e.,
subdued their capital or strongest city, viz., Gath
(1 Chronicles 18:1)
