huf’al is the passive- conjugation of the binyan hif’il.
| active binjanim | passive binyanim | |||
| pa’al | פעל | > | nif'al | נפעל |
| pi’el | פיעל | > | pu'al | פועל |
| hif'il | הפעיל | > | huf'al | הופעל |
| hitpa’el | התפעל | |||
huf’al is little used in spoken Hebrew. huf’al appears only in past and future tense, not in the present.
Frequent is also the passive participle, such as muzman – invited
huf’al: past tense passive of the hif’il-verb mazmin – to invite
| singular | 1 st person | 2 nd person | 3 rd person | ||
| I | you m | you f | he | she | |
| was invited | were Invited | was invited | |||
| הוזמנתי | הוזמנת | הוזמנת | הוזמנ | הוזמנה | |
| huzmanti | huzmanta | huzmant | huzman | husmenah | |
| plural | we | you m | you f | they | |
| were invited | were invited | were invited | |||
| הוזמנו | הוזמנתם | הוזמנתן | הוזמנו | ||
| huzmanu | huzmantem | huzmanten | huzmenu | ||
In newspapaers huf’al is found mainly in the 3rd person past tense.
| The judgement was influenced by the media. | גזר הדין הושפע מהתקשורת |
| gzar+ha-din hushpah me-ha-tikshoret |