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Noph or Moph was the
Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
name for the ancient Egyptian city of
Memphis Memphis most commonly refers to: * Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt * Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city Memphis may also refer to: Places United States * Memphis, Alabama * Memphis, Florida * Memphis, Indiana * Memp ...
, capital of Lower Egypt,Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
on Isaiah 19, accessed 2 April 2018
which stood on the
Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest ...
near the site of modern-day
Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
. It is mentioned several times in the
Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' 44:1; 46:14, 19; Ezekiel. 30:13, 16). uses the older version ''Moph'' (e.g. in
Young's Literal Translation Young's Literal Translation (YLT) is a translation of the Bible into English, published in 1862. The translation was made by Robert Young, compiler of '' Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible'' and ''Concise Critical Comments on the New Te ...
) although many
English translations Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...
use the name ''Memphis'' in this verse BibleGateway.com
Translations of Hosea 9:6
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Hebrew Bible cities Ancient Egypt {{Egypt-geo-stub