MOLE (תִּנְשֶׁ֫מֶת֒, H9491, meaning obscure. [See Lizard.] Swan; Heb. חְפֹּ֥ר פֵּרֹ֖ות, mole KJV, RSV; KJVmg. “conjectural,” Isa 2:20 only) “their idols...to the moles and to the bats.” This is a strange combination and the tr. mole is doubtful. No true mole (Insectivora) is found in this area, but the small heaps of soil pushed up by the mole rats are an obvious and frequent sight in all areas with a rainfall of over four inches. Moles are rodents of a specialized family. They spend most of their life underground and their eyes have disappeared; the ft., but mostly the enormous protruding incisor teeth, are used for burrowing. Mole rats are entirely vegetarian and feed on roots, bulbs, etc. The smallest is about four inches long, others reach eight inches. In the winter rainy season they build breeding mounds, like those of pocket gophers, that may be five ft. long and three ft. tall.