אַל תַּגִּידוּ בְגַת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Tell not in Gath

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Do not make it public. Do not tell secrets or bad news to outsiders who might rejoice.

("Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult" – 2 Samuel 1:20 (David’s lament over Saul and Jonathan), and also: "In Gath tell it not, in Beth-le-Aphrah roll yourself in the dust" – Micah 1:10)