Ezekiel 43:14

And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
bottom	וּמֵחֵ֨יק u.me.Cheik	H2436	the bosom (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
ground	הָאָ֜רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
lower	הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה֙ ha.tach.to.Nah	H8481	bottommost · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
settle	הָעֲזָרָ֤ה ha.'a.za.Rah	H5835	an inclosure · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
two	שְׁתַּ֣יִם she.Ta.yim	H8147	two · cardinal number, feminine dual absolute
cubits	אַמּ֔וֹת 'a.Mot	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
breadth	וְרֹ֖חַב ve.Ro.chav	H7341	width (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
one	אֶחָ֑ת 'e.Chat	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
cubit	אַמָּ֣ה 'a.Mah	H520	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
lesser	הַקְּטַנָּ֜ה ha.ke.ta.Nah	H6996	abbreviated · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
settle	וּמֵהֳעֲזָרָ֨ה u.me.ho.'a.za.Rah	H5835	an inclosure · conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
greater	הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ ha.ge.do.Lah	H1419	great (in any sense) · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
settle	הָעֲזָרָ֤ה ha.'a.za.Rah	H5835	an inclosure · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
four	אַרְבַּ֣ע 'ar.Ba'	H702	four · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
cubits	אַמּ֔וֹת 'a.Mot	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
breadth	וְרֹ֖חַב ve.Ro.chav	H7341	width (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cubit	הָאַמָּֽה ha.'a.Mah	H520	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 43:13–end

This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they had a temple, Ezr 3:3. But this was an altar in the temple. Now here we have, I. The measures of the altar, Eze 43:13. It was six yards square at the top and seven yards square at the bottom; it was four yards and a half high; it had a lower bench or shelf, here called a settle, a yard from the ground, on which some of the priests stood to minister, and another two yards above that, on which others of them stood, and these were each of them half a yard broad, and had ledges on either side, that they might stand firm…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 43:13

As to the altar of burnt offering, which was the appointed means of access to God.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 43:13

The cubit is a cubit and a hand breadth - It is the same cubit by which all the previous admeasurements were made, and was a hand breadth or four inches longer than the Babylonian cubit.

John Gill on Ezekiel 43:14

And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle,.... From the basis or foundation of the altar, as it stood upon the ground, to the lower settle or "court" (w), as it is called, where the priests stood; and in which they could walk round the altar, to do their business: shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; that is, two cubits high, and one broad: and from the lesser settle or court, to the greater settle or court, shall be four cubits, and, the breadth one cubit; the lowermost settle is called the lesser, not in quantity, but in height, it being but two cubits high from the ground; but the upper settle was four cubits from that, and one broad, for the priests to wa…

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Ezekiel 43:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 43:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 43:13

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 43:13

John Gill on Ezekiel 43:14

Ezekiel 43:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 43:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 43:13

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 43:13

John Gill on Ezekiel 43:14

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 43:13-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 43:13-16

Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14