הִשְׁתַּחֲוָאָה, (שָׁחָה), Hithpa.) prostration for prayer. Ber. 34ᵇ; Meg. 22ᵇ ה׳ זו פישוט וכ׳ prostration means spreading out hands and feet. Y. Ber. I, 3ᵈ top לך ה׳ 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.