niphal

And it is not altogether unworthy of observation what Kimchi notes, that the verb N+oB+o# is most frequently used in the passive conjugation niphal, because it denotes a receiving of that from God by way of revelation which is spoken unto others in a way of prophecy.

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

The niphal form of the verb implies that these things were said, not directly to God, but of God, to one another (Eze 33: 20) [Moore].

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

There is a _niphal_ conjugation, formed by prefixing _n_.

History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857

"ni-marad", assimilating the name "to a certain extent to the 'niphal forms' of the Hebrew verbs and making a change", says Pinches, "in conformity with the genius of the Hebrew language".

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904