abstract:Noph or Moph was the Hebrew name for the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, 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.
The word that came to Jeremiahconcerningall the Jews which dwellin the landofEgypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and atNoph, and in the country of Pathros, saying.