The Meaning of Ezekiel 43:15 Explained

Ezekiel 43:15

KJV: So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

YLT: And the altar is four cubits, and from the altar and upward are four horns.

Darby: And the upper altar was four cubits; and from the hearth of God and upward were four horns.

ASV: And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So the altar  [shall be] four  cubits;  and from the altar  and upward  [shall be] four  horns. 

What does Ezekiel 43:15 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 43:15 mean?

And the altar [hearth] [is] four cubits [high] - and extending upward with horns four
וְהַֽהַרְאֵ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣ע אַמּ֑וֹת וּמֵהָאֲרִאֵ֣יל‪‬‪‬ וּלְמַ֔עְלָה הַקְּרָנ֖וֹת אַרְבַּֽע

וְהַֽהַרְאֵ֖ל  And  the  altar  [hearth]  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲרִיאֵל  
Sense: hearth, altar hearth, altar.
אַרְבַּ֣ע  four 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
אַמּ֑וֹת  cubits  [high] 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וּמֵהָאֲרִאֵ֣יל‪‬‪‬  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Article, Noun, masculine singular
וּלְמַ֔עְלָה  and  extending  upward 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעַל 
Sense: higher part, upper part adv.
הַקְּרָנ֖וֹת  with  horns 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: קֶרֶן 
Sense: horn.
אַרְבַּֽע  four 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.