Noph or Moph was the Hebrew name for the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, capital of Lower Egypt,<ref name=Cambridge>Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Isaiah 19, accessed 2 April 2018</ref> 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).

Template:Bibleverse uses the older version Moph <ref name=Cambridge /> (e.g. in Young's Literal Translation) although many English translations use the name Memphis in this verse<ref>BibleGateway.com, Translations of Hosea 9:6</ref>

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