Lexicon
פֵּרָה
pe.rah
H6512
H:N-F Hebrew

mole

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pe.rah denotes moles in the setting of places where discarded idols are cast.

The attested use places the plural noun in the “digging places of moles,” where people cast away silver and gold idols in Isaiah 2:20.

Senses in use

  1. Moles in their digging places · dominant

    In Isaiah 2:20, the feminine plural absolute form occurs in the phrase concerning the digging places to which idols of silver and gold are cast. The APB renders the clause “to the digging places of moles and to bats.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 2:20, the APB presents the term within “the digging places of moles”; The precise division of that phrase is not independently marked.

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