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Noph/Moph was the: Hebrew name for the——ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, capital of Lower Egypt, which stood on the Nile near the site of modern-day Cairo. It is: mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible (Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19; Ezekiel. 30:13, 16).

Hosea 9:6 uses the older version Moph (e.g. in Young's Literal Translation) although many English translations use the name Memphis in this verse

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^ Cambridge Bible for Schools. And Colleges on Isaiah 19, accessed 2 April 2018
^ BibleGateway.com, Translations of Hosea 9:6

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