חֵפֶר, (חָפַר) grave-digging. Y. Taan. IV, end, 69ᶜ בטל הח׳ the grave-digging (for the generation of the wilderness) ceased; Lam. R. introd. (R. Z’era). Y. l. c. צאו לח׳ go out for grave-digging; (Lam. R. l. c.; Midr. Sam. ch. XXXII, end לַחְפּוֹר).