cha.phor denotes a mole in Isaiah’s picture of idols being thrown into moles’ digging places.

The attested use places the term in the “digging places of moles” to which idols are cast in Isaiah 2:20.

1. Moles’ digging places · dominant

   In Isaiah 2:20, the form חְפֹּ֥ר is a Qal infinitive construct within the destination phrase for discarded silver and gold idols; the APB renders the clause “to the digging places of moles and to bats.”

   Isaiah 2:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 2:20, the APB presents the relevant clause as “to the digging places of moles and to bats”; The term’s individual English correspondence cannot be isolated further.