השתחוה

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השתחוה

/hiʃ.taħˈwaː/
/hiʃ.ta.ħăˈvɔː/ [hiʃ.taː.ħaˈvɔː]
/hiʃ.ta.ħəˈwɔ/ [hiʃ.tæː.ħæˈwɔː]
/hiʃ.ta.χaˈva/ West
/hiʃ.ta.ħaˈwa/ East
/hiʃ.ta.χaˈvɔ/
/hiʃ.ta.χaˈva/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From the root ח־ו־ה or ח־י־ה as either the only remnant of a hishtaph'el binyan (compare the Arabic cognate binyan Form X استفعل (istaf’ala), which remains highly productive in Arabic)—in which case cognate with Ugaritic 𐎅𐎌𐎚𐎈𐎆𐎊 (hštḥwy)—or borrowed from the Ugaritic word. Later reanalyzed as being a hithpa'lel form of the root ש־ח־ה (“bow down”).

verb הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה · השתחווה · hishtakhavá · לְהִשְׁתַּחֲווֹת · הִשְׁתַּחֲווּת · הִשְׁתַּחֲוֵיתִי

construction hitpa'el to bow
construction hitpa'el to bow down, to prostrate oneself

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {השתחוה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%95%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}