how to say “discovery” and “revelation” in Hebrew
גִּלּוּי
Last summer I did a video on the Hebrew expression for Columbus discovered America.
The word for to discover is the same as that for to reveal: לְגַלּוֹת , an active-intensive verb of the root ג.ל.ה (g.l.h).
, an active-intensive verb of the root ג.ל.ה (g.l.h).For example:
הִיא גִּלְּתָה לִי אֶת הַסּוֹד.
She revealed the secret to me.
Likewise, discovery and revelation are the same word: גִּלּוּי .
.For example,
גִּלּוּי אָמֶרִיקָה is the discovery of America
is the discovery of Americaand
גִּלּוּי נָאוֹת is proper disclosure, or proper revelation of information.
is proper disclosure, or proper revelation of information.