To bend the knee and then " bow" from the waist while praying. During the Amidah we daven at every occurrence of the word L-rd, G-d, or pronouns referring to Him.
Ritual bending of the knees during prayer that causes the body to sway backward and forward.
(DAH-ven) Yiddish for “pray.
ray(ing), or lead(ing) prayers, often with strong swaying from the hips.
Yiddish: Pray. See Prayers and Blessings; Jewish Liturgy.
Davenen; ( Yiddish): praying, prayers; in Chabad usage also signifies the avodah of praying at length, the reading of passages in the Siddur being interspersed with pauses for disciplined meditation from memory on related texts in Chassidus
