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mōf מֹף ‘Memphis’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of Egyptian origin

mōf pr n loc
Memphis = "haven of the good"
1) a capital of Lower Egypt located on the western bank of the Nile about 9 miles (15 km) south of Cairo

Mentioned in Hosea 9:6

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