how to say “to discover” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /]לְגַלּוֹת

לגלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /] means to reveal:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /]אל תגלה לה את הסוד.

Don’t tell her (reveal to her) the secret. (spoken to a male)

It also means to discover:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /]קולומבוס גילה את אמריקה?

Columbus discovered America?

לגלות comes from the root ג.ל.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /] and is a פיעל verb.

Likewise, a revelation or discovery is גילוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /].

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