Yes, you got it right! גלויות is an adverb, it describes the verb and specifies in what manner the action is done. The word "גלוי" means exposed, or revealed, and figuratively it can also mean "honest" or "frank", when talking about a person. So גלויות means "frankly", or "openly". The form "ות" you're seeing here is telling you it's an adverb, similar to "ly" in English ("gently", "quietly"..) and it has nothing to do with the feminine form. I know, it can be very confusing! Hope that helps, Roni

I don't know for sure, without seeing the context. I think it's an adverb. גָּלוּי means "open" or "revealed." The יוֹת-ending makes it *appear* to be feminine plural. A different theory: גָּלוּת (galut) is a common noun which means "exile" (specifically, to wherever Jews lived after they were exiled from the land of Israel (first by the Babylonians, then later by Rome). In that case, גְּלוּיוֹת (the feminine plural form of גָּלוּת) means "the exiles" (亡命者). The phrase "קיבוץ גלויות" (kibbutz galuyot - literally "gathering of exiles") refers to the hope (expressed in the Bible) of the gathering together and return of the exiles of Judah and Israel.