Numbers 21:30 contains this place name in a victory song fragment that is textually difficult throughout the verse. The name appears nowhere else, leading many scholars to suspect corruption—perhaps originally 'Nobah' (a known location) or a verb form ('we destroyed'). The Septuagint read it as a verb, suggesting ancient translators also found the name puzzling. Victory songs often listed conquered cities as trophies; if Nophah is authentic, it was a Moabite or Amorite settlement destroyed in Israel's Transjordanian campaigns. Textual uncertainty hasn't obscured the passage's triumphant tone.