Noph: The Hebrew name of an Egyptian city
(Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; 44:1; 46:14,19)
(Ezekiel 30:13,16) In
(Hosea 9:6) the Hebrew name is Moph, and is
translated "Memphis," which is its Greek and Latin form. It was one of
the most ancient and important cities of Egypt, and stood a little to
the south of the modern Cairo, on the western bank of the Nile. It was
the capital of Lower Egypt. Among the ruins found at this place is a
colossal statue of Rameses the Great.
