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title: נֹף — Noph · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֹף (5297), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Noph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֹף

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«נֹף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Noph** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 5297 · **BDB:** נֹף

### Glosses

Memphis (5); of.Memphis (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Noph [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5297/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. מֹף.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֹף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5297/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.16/)

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גַּם־בְּנֵי־נֹ֖ף וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס יִרְע֖וּךְ קָדְקֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* also the.people of.Memphis and Tahpanhes they will.graze.you crown.of.head

*JPS 1917:* The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes feed upon the crown of thy head.

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[Isaiah 19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.13/)

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נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙ שָׂ֣רֵי צֹ֔עַן נִשְּׁא֖וּ שָׂ֣רֵי נֹ֑ף הִתְע֥וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם פִּנַּ֥ת שְׁבָטֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* they.have.become.fools the.officials of.Zoan they.have.been.deceived the.officials of.Memphis they.have.misled (et) Egypt the.corner its.tribes her

*JPS 1917:* The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.

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