Moresheth-Gath (Hebrew: מוֹרֶשֶׁת גַּת), also Moreshet-Gat, was a town of the tribe of Judah in ancient Israel mentioned in the Bible.
Biblical exegetes, Avraham ibn Ezra and David Kimhi, both explain the word as being "a place-name in the land of the Philistines," Kimhi adding that the name implies "the inheritance of Gath," namely, the city of Gath which was captured by David and which came into his inheritance (1 Chronicles 18:1); moresheth, in Hebrew, being derived from the Hebrew yerushah (ירושה= lit.
[1] Jonathan ben Uzziel's Aramaic Targum, on the same verse, does not write Moreshet as a proper noun, but rather explains the word as a verb, meaning, "those who inherit Gath" (מחסיני גת), which is also the same approach taken by Rashi, in his commentary on the verse.
"[3] Later scholars of biblical literature have understood Moresheth-Gath to be a place-name written in the construct state, meaning, "Maresha of Gath".
[11] It may also be the city Muchrashti,[9] mentioned in the Amarna letters,[12] and not coincidentally, as the town was located on an important route to Egypt and the south, explaining its fortification by Rehoboam.