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title: מֹף — Memphis. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹף (4644), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Memphis. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Memphis. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹף

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«מֹף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Memphis. Compare** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4644 · **BDB:** מֹף

### Glosses

Memphis (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Memphis. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4644/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Memphis [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4644/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Memphis (Egyptian Mr-nfr, i.e. Mĕnnūfĕr, Mĕnnū́fĕ, SteindorffBAS i. 594 f.; Assyrian Mêmpi, Mimpi, SchrCOT Is 19, 13 DlPar 314; cf. ErmanÆgypten 48, 243 EbCicerone i. 114 f.; 𝔊 (and Gk) Μεμφις, on coins Μενφι(ς) Steind.l.c.);—מ׳ Ho 9:6=נֹף Is 19:13 Je 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19 Ez 30:13, and וְנֹף צָרֵי יוֹמָם v 16 (without clear meaning, prob. textual error Siegfrin Kau; 𝔊 (appar.) וְנָפֹצוּ מֵימֵיהֶם and their waters shall be dispersed (cf. Na 3:8); Co ונפרצו חומותיה and its walls shall be torn down); נֹף also v 15 (for MT נא) 𝔊 Co.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4644/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 9:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.9.6/)

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כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה הָֽלְכוּ֙ מִשֹּׁ֔ד מִצְרַ֥יִם תְּקַבְּצֵ֖ם מֹ֣ף תְּקַבְּרֵ֑ם מַחְמַ֣ד לְכַסְפָּ֗ם קִמּוֹשׂ֙ יִֽירָשֵׁ֔ם ח֖וֹחַ בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) there! they.have.gone from.\[the\] devastation Egypt it will.gather.them Memphis it will.bury.them desirable.thing\[s\] of silver their nettle\[s\] it will.take.possession.of.them thornbush\[es\] \[will be\] in.their.tents

*JPS 1917:* For, lo, they are gone away from destruction, yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their precious treasures of silver, nettles shall possess them, thorns shall be in their tents.

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