To publish/ to bring out in print
Publish in written form. Print a book or newspaper. Or: Publicize something that was not previously known.
("The Lord is angry because I have sinned against him, until my adversary adversaries and my judges bring me out to the light, I will see him in his righteousness" - Micah 7:9, and so: "And so was the custom in Chaleb, when the wise man saw that his days were near and there was no one to bring his books to the light, he was overcome with tears..." - Life of his grandmother/ Truth from the land will rejoice, Hemed, 36)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הוֹצִיא לָאוֹר
Definition (Hebrew)
פִּרְסֵם בְּצוּרָה כְּתוּבָה. הִדְפִּיס סֵפֶר אוֹ עִתּוֹן.אוֹ:פִּרְסֵם בָּרַבִּים דָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה יָדוּעַ.
("זַעַף ה' אֶשָּׂא כִּי חָטָאתִי לוֹ עַד אֲשֶׁר יָרִיב רִיבִי וְעָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּטִי יוֹצִיאֵנִי לָאוֹר אֶרְאֶה בְּצִדְקָתוֹ"- מִיכָה ז ט, וְכֵן:"וְכָךְ הָיָה הַמִּנְהָג בְּחָלָב, כְּשֶׁהָיָה הֶחָכָם רוֹאֶה שֶׁיָּמָיו קָרְבוּ וְאֵין מִי שֶׁיּוֹצִיא סְפָרָיו לָאוֹר , הָיָה גּוֹעֶה בִּבְכִיָּה..."- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ אֱמֶת מֵאֶרֶץ תִּצְמַח, חֶמֶד, 36)