One of your friends or colleagues is talking your ear off – blabbering, nagging, or over analyzing. In Hebrew, you would kindly ask that person to stop being a ‘hafran,’ or literally, ‘digger.’ Guy explains how and when to use this illustrative slang.

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New Words and Expressions:

Hofer, hoferet – Digging, excavating, talk a lot – חופר, חופרת

Lahpor (lahfor) – To dig, to talk a lot – לחפור

Lahpor bor – To dig a hole – לחפור בור

“Hi lo mafsika lahfor li” – She wouldn’t stop talking to me – היא לא מפסיקה לחפור לי

“Tagidu la, giveret, at hoferet, kol ha-zman medaberet” – Tell her, mam, you keep talking all the time – תגידו לה, גברת, את חופרת, כל הזמן מדברת

“Ma ata hofer?” – Why do you keep talking, overanalyzing? – מה אתה חופר

Dai lahfor – Enough talking and talking – די לחפור

Dai lahfor li – Stop blabbering – די לחפור לי

Hafarti? – Did I talk too much? – חפרתי

Hafira, hafirot – Excavation, excavations – חפירות

Hafira Archi’ologit – An archaeological excavation – חפירה ארכיאולוגית

Hafran, hafranit (hafrawi) – Someone who obsessively, never stops talking – חפרן, חפרנית

Hafarperet – Mole, double agent – חפרפרת

Playlist and Clips:

E-Z – Kolboinikit (lyrics)

Shai Yom Tov – At Hoferet

Hafira Archi’ologit

Hafran (monologue)