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<p>Noph or Moph was the <a href="/facts/Hebrew_language/hqKCSy9d">Hebrew</a> name for the <a href="/facts/Ancient_Egypt/BDsEGK4g">ancient Egyptian</a> city of <a href="/facts/Memphis%2c_Egypt/g8BoleBx">Memphis</a>, capital of Lower Egypt, which stood on the <a href="/facts/Nile/vGoXVUFH">Nile</a> near the site of modern-day <a href="/facts/Cairo/dXjj60ar">Cairo</a>. It is mentioned several times in the <a href="/facts/Hebrew_Bible/04qRIX0c">Hebrew Bible</a> (Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; <a href="/facts/Jeremiah_44%3a1/D5vxuEWz">44:1</a>; 46:14, 19; Ezekiel. 30:13, 16). </p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea+9:6&version=ylt">Hosea 9:6</a> uses the older version <i>Moph</i> (e.g. in <a href="/facts/Young%2527s_Literal_Translation/SgYShsRq">Young's Literal Translation</a>) although many <a href="/facts/English_translations_of_the_Bible/5zf1bREm">English translations</a> use the name <i>Memphis</i> in this verse </p>