חפר פרות

Literally, “to dig fruit”, likely a corruption, as the term is attested as a single word in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

חֲפַרְפֶּרֶת • (khafarpéret, ḥăp̄ar pereṯ) f (plural indefinite חֲפַרְ פָּרוֹת)

1. alternative spelling of חֲפַרְפֶּרֶת (ḥăp̄arpereṯ)
   • Tanach, Isaiah 2:20, with translation of the New International Version:

     בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יַשְׁלִיךְ הָאָדָם אֵת אֱלִילֵי כַסְפּוֹ וְאֵת אֱלִילֵי זְהָבוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לוֹ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לַחְפֹּר פֵּרוֹת וְלָעֲטַלֵּפִים

     bajjōm hahūʾ jaŝlīḵ hāʾāḏām ʾēṯ ʾĕlīlē kaspō vəʾēṯ ʾĕlīlē zəhāḇō ʾăŝer ʿāśū lō ləhiŝtaḥăvoṯ laḥəp̄or pēroṯ vəlāʿăṭallep̄im

     In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.

• Attested in the Masoretic Text. Mostly rendered as a single word outside of this one context.

• “חפר פרות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language