The Meaning of Ezekiel 43:13 Explained

Ezekiel 43:13

KJV: And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

YLT: And these are measures of the altar by cubits: The cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth, and the centre is a cubit, and a cubit the breadth; and its border on its edge round about is one span, and this is the upper part of the altar.

Darby: And these are the measures of the altar in cubits: the cubit is a cubit and a hand breadth. The bottom was a cubit in height and the breadth a cubit, and its border on the edge thereof round about, one span: and this was the base of the altar.

ASV: And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And these [are] the measures  of the altar  after the cubits:  The cubit  [is] a cubit  and an hand breadth;  even the bottom  [shall be] a cubit,  and the breadth  a cubit,  and the border  thereof by the edge  thereof round about  [shall be] a  span:  and this [shall be] the higher place  of the altar. 

What does Ezekiel 43:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 43

1  The returning of the glory of God into the temple
7  The sin of Israel hindered God's presence
10  The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of the law of the house
13  The measures
18  and ordinances of the altar

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 43:13 mean?

And these [are] the measurements of the altar in cubits the [cubit] [is] one cubit and a handbreadth and the base one cubit [high] and one cubit wide and with a rim by its edge all around of span one and this [is] the height of the altar
וְאֵ֨לֶּה מִדּ֤וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ בָּֽאַמּ֔וֹת אַמָּ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה וָטֹ֑פַח וְחֵ֨יק הָאַמָּ֜ה וְאַמָּה־ רֹ֗חַב וּגְבוּלָ֨הּ אֶל־ שְׂפָתָ֤הּ סָבִיב֙ זֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ד וְזֶ֖ה גַּ֥ב הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ

וְאֵ֨לֶּה  And  these  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
מִדּ֤וֹת  the  measurements 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִדָּה 
Sense: measure, measurement, stature, size, garment.
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙  of  the  altar 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.
בָּֽאַמּ֔וֹת  in  cubits 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
אַמָּ֥ה  the  [cubit]  [is] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
אַמָּ֖ה  one  cubit 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וָטֹ֑פַח  and  a  handbreadth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: טֹפַח  
Sense: span, hand breadth.
וְחֵ֨יק  and  the  base 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֹוק 
Sense: bosom, hollow, bottom, midst.
הָאַמָּ֜ה  one  cubit  [high] 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וְאַמָּה־  and  one  cubit 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
רֹ֗חַב  wide 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
וּגְבוּלָ֨הּ  and  with  a  rim 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
שְׂפָתָ֤הּ  its  edge 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
סָבִיב֙  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
זֶ֣רֶת  of  span 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: זֶרֶת  
Sense: span.
הָאֶחָ֔ד  one 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וְזֶ֖ה  and  this  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
גַּ֥ב  the  height 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: גַּב 
Sense: convex surface, back.
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ  of  the  altar 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.

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