of rodef – pursues; lirdof – to pursue
| singular | 1 st person | 2 nd person | 3 rd person | ||
| I | you m | you f | he | she | |
| was pursued | were pursued | was pursued | |||
| נרדפתי | נרדפת | נרדפת | נרדף | נרדפה | |
| nirdafti | nirdafta | nirdaft | nirdaf | nirdefah | |
| plural | 1 st person | 2 nd person | 3 rd person | ||
| we | you m | you f | they | ||
| were pursued | were pursued | were pursued | |||
| נרדפנו | נרדפתם | נרדפתם | נרדפו | ||
| nirdafnu | nirdaftem | nirdaften | nirdefu | ||
Similarities of the 3rd person singular nif’al in present and past tense:
Note: the 3rd person male nif’al is mostly identical in present and past tense. hu nirdaf can mean he was pursued or he is pursued. Note the difference in female forms.
| present | past | ||
| she falls asleep | היא נרדמת | she fell asleep | היא נרדמה |
| hi nirdemet | hi nirdemah | ||
| he falls asleep | הוא נרדם | he fell asleep | הוא נרדם |
| hu nirdam | hu nirdam | ||
| he looks good | הוא נראה טוב | he looked good | הוא נראה טוב |
| hu nir’eh tov | hu nir’ah tov | ||
| she looks good | היא נראית טוב | she looked good | היא נראתה |
| hi nir’et tov | hi nir’atah tov | ||
| she disappears | היא נעלמת | she disappeared | היא נעלמעה |
| hi ne'elemet | hi ne'elmah | ||
| she gets scared | היא נבהלת | she got scared | היא נבהלה |
| hi nivhelet | hi nivhalah | ||
| Note: | |||
| it seems | נדמה | it seemed | נדמה היה |
| nidmeh | nidme hayah |