כִּ֧י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֧י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֧י בְיַד־יְהוָ֛ה

   KI be-yad-ye-ho-VAH

   for by the hand of the LORD
3. clause🔊 כִּ֧י בְיַד־יְהוָ֛ה הַמִּצְוָ֖ה בְּיַד־נְבִיאָֽיו׃

   KI be-yad-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-VA be-yad-ne-vi-AV

   for by the hand of the LORD the commandment by the hand of his prophets
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּֽעֲמֵ֨ד אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֜ם בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֗ה בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ בִּנְבָלִ֣ים וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת בְּמִצְוַ֥ת דָּוִ֛יד וְגָ֥ד חֹזֵֽה־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְנָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֑יא כִּ֧י בְיַד־יְהוָ֛ה הַמִּצְוָ֖ה בְּיַד־נְבִיאָֽיו׃

   va-ya-a-MED et-ha-le-vi-YIM BET ye-ho-VAH bim-tse-le-TA-yim bin-va-LIM u-ve-khi-no-ROT be-mits-VAT da-VID ve-GAD kho-ZE-ha-ME-lekh ve-na-TAN ha-na-VI KI be-yad-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-VA be-yad-ne-vi-AV

   and he caused to stand or stationed the Levites {direct object} house of the LORD with cymbals with harps and with lyres according to the commandment of David and Gad seer of the king and Nathan the prophet for by the hand of the LORD the commandment by the hand of his prophets

Exegesis

The causal conjunction ki {כִּ֧י | kī} introduces the divine authority clause beyad yehovah hamitsvah beyadneviav {בְיַד־יְהוָ֛ה הַמִּצְוָ֖ה בְּיַד־נְבִיאָֽיו | bĕ·yad yəhōwāh ham·mîẓ·wāh bĕ·yad nə·ḇî·ʼāv} ‘for the command came by the hand of the LORD through His prophets’. The parallelism of royal and prophetic directives, framed by “by the hand of,” underscores unified divine and human authority in temple worship.

Root and etymology

kaf–vav–nun🔊 כ־ו־ןkaf–vav–nun

“to prepare, establish”

• 🔊 הָכוֹןhākhônpreparationEzra 3:3