The Meaning of Ezekiel 43:16 Explained

Ezekiel 43:16

KJV: And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

YLT: And the altar is twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four squares.

Darby: And the hearth of God was twelve cubits long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.

ASV: And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the altar  [shall be] twelve  [cubits] long,  twelve  broad,  square  in the four  squares  thereof. 

What does Ezekiel 43:16 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 43:16 mean?

- The altar [hearth] [is] two [and] ten [cubits] long two [and] ten wide square at four its corners
[והאראיל] (וְהָאֲרִיאֵ֗ל) שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ בִּשְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה רֹ֑חַב רָב֕וּעַ אֶ֖ל אַרְבַּ֥עַת רְבָעָֽיו

[והאראיל]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵבֶה  
Sense: reed, papyrus.
(וְהָאֲרִיאֵ֗ל)  The  altar  [hearth]  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲרִיאֵל  
Sense: hearth, altar hearth, altar.
שְׁתֵּ֤ים  two 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
עֶשְׂרֵה֙  [and]  ten  [cubits] 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
אֹ֔רֶךְ  long 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
בִּשְׁתֵּ֥ים  two 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
רֹ֑חַב  wide 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
רָב֕וּעַ  square 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: רָבַע  
Sense: to square, be squared.
אֶ֖ל  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אַרְבַּ֥עַת  four 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
רְבָעָֽיו  its  corners 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֶבַע  
Sense: fourth part, four sides.

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