חֲפֹר chăphôr — a hole
Translated in the KJV as mole.
from H2658; a hole; only in connection with H6512, which ought rather to be joined as one word, thus חַפַרְפֵּרָה; by reduplication from H2658; a burrower, i.e. probably a rat.
chăphôr in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Infinitive construct 1
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
What the stems mean
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