Lexical Definition

‎מֹף‎ Môph (mofe) Memphis ^N:N--L
of Egyptian origin

Memphis. Compare ‎נֹף‎.

• § Memphis = "haven of the good"
• Moph, the capital of Lower Egypt

1) a capital of Lower Egypt located on the western bank of the Nile about 9 miles (15 km) south of Cairo

Extended Information

spelling of: נֹף

• Memphis = "haven of the good"
• Another spelling of noph (‎נ‎ֹ‎ף‎, ‎מ‎ֹ‎ף‎ "Memphis" נֹף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מֹף‎ proper name, of a location Memphis (Egyptian Mr-nfr, i.e. M§nn¥f§r, * M§nn¥f§, Steind^{BAS i. 594 f.}; Assyrian Mêmpi, Mimpi Schr^{COT Isa 19:13} Dl^{Par. 314}; compare Erman^{Ägypten 48, 243} Eb^{Cicerone i. 114 f.}; ᵐ5 (and Gk) Μεμφις, on coins Μενφι(ς) Steind^l.c.); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Hos 9:6 = ‎נֹף‎ Isa 19:13; Jer 2:16; Jer 44:1; Jer 46:14; Jer 46:19; Ezek 30:13, and ‎יוֺמָם וְנֹף צָרֵי‎ vEzek 30:16 (without clear meaning, probably text error Siegf in Kau; ᵐ5 (apparently) ‎וְנָפֹצוּ מֵימֵיהֶם‎ and their waters shall be disperesed (compare Nah 3:8); Co ‎חומותיה ונפרצו‎ and its walls shall be torn down); ‎נֹף‎ also vNah 3:15 (for ᵑ0 ‎נא‎) ᵐ5 Co. ‎מִפְגָּע‎ see ‎פגע‎. ‎מַפָּח‎, ‎מַפֻּחַ‎ see ‎נפח‎. ‎מְפִ(י)בשֶׁת‎ see ‎׳‎‎מְרִיב‎ below ‎ריב‎.

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