35.5 Hishtapel minor stem

There is one verb that is so important it gets it’s own stem

• The verb is חָוָה , and the stem’s name is Hishtapel

• חָוָה occurs 173 times in the Bible, only in Hishtapel

• חוה means: to prostrate oneself in worship (as to God, or another deity) or submission (as to a king)

• Since חָוָה is a 3ה verb, it will consistently exhibit the distinctive 3ה endings

  • הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה - HstP3ms - he worshipped
  • תִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶה - HstI2ms - you will worship
  • הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ - HstM2mp/HstP3mp - (you all) worship!/they worshipped
  • הִשְׁתַּחֲוֹת - Hst∞ - to worship, to bow down
  • מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה - HstPtms - worshiping, bowing down

• Bible Examples:

  • וְהִשְׁתַּחֲו֧וּ לַיהוָ֛ה - (and) they will worship Adonai (Isa 27:13)
  • וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַבְרָהָם לִפְנֵי עַם הָאָרֶץ - (and) Abraham bowed down before the people of the land (Gen 23:12)
  • וְנִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְנָשׁוּבָה אֲלֵיכֶם - (and) we will worship, and we will return to you (Gen 22:5)