Lexicon
מֹף
moph
H4644
N:N--L Hebrew

Memphis

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moph is used as a proper place name in Hosea 9:6, where it is named as the place that will bury them.

The attested use is as a proper place name in Hosea 9:6, named in the clause describing where those who have gone away will be buried.

Senses in use

  1. A place named as the site of burial · dominant

    The form מֹ֣ף is tagged as a proper noun in Hosea 9:6 and occurs in the clause that the APB renders, "Memphis shall bury them," after Egypt is said to gather them.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hosea 9:6, the APB presents the term as "Memphis" in the clause "Memphis shall bury them." The verse is read as a whole, but the clause clearly presents it as a place name.

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