Noph

The Hebrew name of an Egyptian city (Isa 19:13; Jer 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19; Ezek 30:13, 16). In Hos 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.