A shared semantic drift for the pair ‘ivrer ‘ventilated’ (transitive (a)) – ‘uvrar ‘was ventilated’ (verbal passive (b)): a. xašuv important.sg.m le-‘avrer to-ventilate ‘et acc ha-nose. the-matter.m ‘It’s important to discuss the matter openly.’ b. xašuv important.sg.m še-ha-nose that-the-matter.m ye‘uvrar. be.ventilated.3sg.m.fut ‘It’s important that the matter be discussed openly.’