And the word הוֹדַע (known) in או הוֹדַע אליו חטאתו (if his sin, which he has sinned, be known to him)⁶⁰ is composed of three verb conjugations:

footnotes: ⁶⁰ Leviticus 4:28.

When there is a חולם vowel וֹ after the ה, it indicates that it is in the active voice causative conjugation, likeהוֹרִיד (to lower) and הוֹשִיב (to seat).

And the פתח vowel under the ד indicates that it is in the passive voice causative conjugation, like הוּרַד (to be lowered) and הוּשַב (to be seated).

And when the preposition אל comes afterwards – it only comes in reflexive conjugation like בהתודע יוסף אל אחיו (Joseph made himself known to his brethren)⁶¹ (but after the verb ידעin causative conjugation form, active or passive, it always uses the prefix ל) – it indicates that it is in reflexive conjugation, which is composed of active and passive voice causative conjugation.

footnotes: ⁶¹ Genesis 45:1.

And the sages of blessed memory interpret in this word הוֹדַע the foreignness of all of the meanings that are within it. Active voice causative conjugation is indicative of the action of the subject, passive voice causative conjugation is indicative of no subject, and reflexive conjugation is indicative of the action on itself.