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The Qal and Niphal (passive form of Qal) refer (generally) to the act of creation, and both always have YHWH / Elohim as agent.

The Qal Passive form is a stem formation in Biblical Hebrew that expresses simple action in passive voice. There is some debate among scholars concerning all the verbs that are parsed as Qal Passive, because they could also be identified as either a Pual or a Hophal.

In Hebrew grammar, the qal (קַל "light; easy, simple") is the simple paradigm and simplest stem formation of the verb. Qal is the conjugation or binyan in which most verbs in Hebrew dictionaries appear.

In fact, though other linguistic means can be used to express things like conditionals, the Hebrew language has only three real tenses: simple past, simple present, and simple future. That's right! No progressives, no perfect tenses, and no compound tenses to trip you up.

In verbal sentences (that is, sentences with a verb), the structure of the sentence in Biblical Hebrew is: (1) the Verb, in first position; (2) the subject, in second position; (3) the object, in third position. Other grammatical elements such as Adverb, prepositional phrases, discourse particle, etc.

Summary. The Qal stem is the stem formation that is the simplest of form in Biblical Hebrew. The Qal stem is generally used to express either simple action or stative action.

Word order in Modern Hebrew is somewhat similar to that in English: as opposed to Biblical Hebrew, where the word order is Verb-Subject-Object, the usual word order in Modern Hebrew is Subject-Verb-Object.

Verb Paradigms are structured lists of verbs arranged ing to conjugation, stem, and strong/ weak root. Paradigms are vital for your Biblical Hebrew study.