Hebrew knows only one past tense (unlike English: I ate, I have eaten, I had eaten).

past tense in Hebrew is avar (English: it passed).

pa’al means: he acted and denotes at the same time the binyan pa’al. The forms of past tense can be used with or without personal pronouns. Thus I pursued can be translated as ani radafti or radafti.
past tense of the pa’al-verb lirdof – to pursue, present: rodef – pursues:

If the third consonant of the shoresh is a he, as in ro’eh, the he of the 3^rd person female singular will change into a tav. In the 1^st and 2^nd person the he will become a yud.

past tense of the pa’al-verb lir’ot – to see (from present ro’eh)

The past tense of kal-verbs are:

of kam – rises; lakum – to rise

Note:
hu kam can mean he rises or he rose.
She rises is hi kama and she rose is hi kamah. The forms differ only in emphasis. This goes also for all other kal-verbs.

Past tense of to be: