- הִשְׁתַּחֲוָו׳
- הִשְׁתַּחֲוָאָה, הִשְׁתַּחֲוָיָה, וָיָיה …, הִשְׁתַּחֲוָו׳f. (שָׁחָה), Hithpa.) prostration for prayer. Ber.34b; Meg.22b ה׳ זו פישוטוכ׳ prostration means spreading out hands and feet. Y. Ber. I, 3 top לךה׳ before Thee prostration is due; a. fr.Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 43d top שְׁתַּחְוָיָה.Pl. הִשְׁתַּחֲוָויוֹת, הִשְׁתַּחֲיָ׳. Shek. VI, 1. Ber.31a מפני כריעות וה׳ in consequence of his repeated kneelings and prostrations.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
