אֵלַי יְגוּנַּב דָּבָר, וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב

ביטוי (אנגלית)

a word is stolen to me, to come to know a secret/get wind of

הגדרה (אנגלית)

It became known to me in secret. The matter was brought to my attention.

("And unto me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof" – Job 4:12; also: "When he sat, he looked at him, and whispered in a sad tone, and a word was stolen to me, and my ear received a whisper thereof" – Agnon, Ido and Inam, 301; also: "Day by day I walk to your abode / and a word on my lips is dried... / and no word is stolen to you anymore" – Yaakov Fichman, Day by Day I Walk to Your Abode)