כִּ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֣י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י ט֔וֹב

   KI TOV

   for good
3. clause🔊 וַיִּכְרְעוּ֩ אַפַּ֨יִם אַ֤רְצָה עַל־הָרִֽצְפָה֙ וַיִּֽשְׁתּֽ͏ַחֲו֔וּ וְהוֹד֤וֹת לַיהוָה֙ כִּ֣י ט֔וֹב כִּ֥י לְעוֹלָ֖ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

   va-yik-re-U a-PA-yim AR-tsa al-ha-rits-FA va-yish-ta-kha-VU ve-ho-DOT la-ye-ho-VAH KI TOV KI le-o-LAM khas-DO

   and they bowed down face-down to the ground upon the pavement and they worshiped and giving thanks to the LORD for good for to eternity or forever his steadfast love
4. sentence🔊 וְכֹ֣ל בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל רֹאִים֙ בְּרֶ֣דֶת הָאֵ֔שׁ וּכְב֥וֹד יְהוָ֖ה עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת וַיִּכְרְעוּ֩ אַפַּ֨יִם אַ֤רְצָה עַל־הָרִֽצְפָה֙ וַיִּֽשְׁתּֽ͏ַחֲו֔וּ וְהוֹד֤וֹת לַיהוָה֙ כִּ֣י ט֔וֹב כִּ֥י לְעוֹלָ֖ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

   ve-KHOL be-NE yis-ra-EL ro-IM be-RE-det ha-ESH u-khe-VOD ye-ho-VAH al-ha-BA-yit va-yik-re-U a-PA-yim AR-tsa al-ha-rits-FA va-yish-ta-kha-VU ve-ho-DOT la-ye-ho-VAH KI TOV KI le-o-LAM khas-DO

   and all sons of Israel seeing in the coming down of the fire and the glory of the LORD upon the house and they bowed down face-down to the ground upon the pavement and they worshiped and giving thanks to the LORD for good for to eternity or forever his steadfast love

Exegesis

The concluding clauses la-Yə-hō-wāh kî ṭōw {לַיהוָה כִּי טוֹב | la-Yə-hō-wāh kî ṭōw} and kî lə-’ô-lām ḥaś-dô {כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ | kî lə-’ô-lām ḥaś-dô} use kî for causal emphasis, linking divine goodness and steadfast love.