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METHEG-AMMAH

(Heb. meṯeg hāʾammâ)

A Hebrew phrase of uncertain meaning (lit., “the bridle of a cubit”; 2 Sam. 8:1). As a proper noun (so NRSV, NJPSV, REB), it refers to a town which David took from Philistine control, but no town by this name is known elsewhere. The rendering of the phrase by earlier commentators as “control of the mother city” is commonly rejected. The parallel passage in 1 Chr. 18:1 refers to “Gath and its daughter villages” (LXX “pasture-land,” reading Heb. migrāš); this is the meaning expected from the context of 2 Samuel. Some scholars argue that the phrase should be interpreted as a metaphor for ruling; i.e., David broke the Philistine hegemony over the land.

Ronald A. Simkins






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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