how to say “coming full circle” in Hebrew
סְגִירַת מַעֲגָל
Tomorrow evening, Jews around the world will be celebrating רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה – Rosh Hashana, the head of the year – thus coming full circle seasonally and religiously.
– Rosh Hashana, the head of the year – thus coming full circle seasonally and religiously.The Hebrew expression for coming full circle borrows from applied physics, where a closed circuit is a מַעֲגָל סָגוּר .
.Coming full circle is סְגִירַת מַעֲגָל – literally, closing of a circle/circuit.
– literally, closing of a circle/circuit.For example:
הַפְּגִישָׁה הַפִּתְאוֹמִית שֶׁלִּי אִתָּהּ אַחֲרֵי שָׁנִים רַבּוֹת, הָיְתָה מִין סְגִירַת מַעֲגָל לִשְׁנֵינוּ.
My sudden reunion with her after many years was a sort of coming full circle for both of us.