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בַּעֲשֹׂותְךָ֥ נֹורָאֹ֖ות לֹ֣א נְקַוֶּ֑ה יָרַ֕דְתָּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃ (Isaiah 64:2) When You did awesome things we did not expect, You came down — from before You the mountains quaked and flowed. Word-by-Word Explanation בַּעֲשֹׂותְךָ — “when You did.” Preposition בְּ (“in, when”) + infinitive construct of עָשָׂה (“to do, make”) + suffix -ךָ (“You,” masculine). Idiomatically: “when You did.” נֹורָאֹות — “awesome things / fearful deeds.” Plural noun from יָרֵא (“to fear”), describing acts that inspire awe and dread. לֹא נְקַוֶּה — “we did not hope / expect.”… Learn Hebrew