To come to know a secret/ get wind of
A secret matter has become known. It was leaked to me.
(A secret matter became known. It was leaked to me. "And to me a word is stolen, and my ear takes a crumb from it" - Job 4:12, and likewise: "At the sudden hearing, the listener's silence is aroused. Truly, something was stolen to his ear, touching and not knowing" - David Avidan/ Time of Incompetence, and likewise: "All the years it was assumed that no one of the household's sons stole to my ear" - H. Baer/ Notsot, 65)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
גֻּנַּב דָּבָר, וְאֵלִי גֻּנַּב ש...
Definition (Hebrew)
נוֹדַע דְּבַר סוֹד. הֻדְלַף לִי.
("וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב וַתִּקַּח אָזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֶנְהוּ"- אִיּוֹב ד יב, וְכֵן:"בְּבִתְאַחַת שָׁמַע הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ/ אֶת חֵרְשׁוּתוֹ מִתְקוֹמֶמֶת. אָמְנָם/ מַשֶּׁהוּ גֻּנַּב לְאָזְנָיו, נוֹגֵעַ/ וְלֹא יוֹדֵעַ"- דָּוִד אֲבִידָן/ שְׁעַת לֹא כֹּשֶׁר, וְכֵן:"כָּל הַשָּׁנִים סְבוּרָה הָיְתָה שֶׁשְּׁמָם לֹא גֻּנַּב לְאָזְנִי אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי בֵּיתָהּ"- ח.בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 65)