Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 19
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יש הבדלים בין הקל והנפעל. שבהקל מביטים על הפועל. ובהנפעל יביט על שתעשה הפעולה, לא על הפועל, ואף שלא כיון הפועל בפעולתו רק שנעשית מאליה. כמו:
There is a difference between the active and passive voice of a verb: The active voice focuses on the subject. And the passive voice focuses on the action being performed, not on the subject, and even that the subject does not perform its action, only that the action is done on its own:
יְמצה – היא הכוונה; יִמָצֶה – מעצמו. (ויקרא ס' שלה).
יְמצה (shall squeeze) - intentionally, יִמָצֶה (shall be drained) – on its own.
"כנגע ראיתי" – הוא בכוונה; "כנגע נראה לי" – הוא מעצמו במקרה. (מצורע ס' פא).
כנגע ראיתי (I perceived it to be as it were a plague) - intentionally; כנגע נראה לי (There seems to me to be as it were a plague in the house)⁵⁰ – on its own, accidentally.
footnotes: ⁵⁰ Leviticus 14:35.