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Ezekiel 43:13

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← Ezekiel 43:12	Ezekiel 43:13 (KJV)	Ezekiel 43:14 →
This [is] the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about [shall be] most holy. Behold, this [is] the law of the house.	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.	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And these are the measures^H4060 of the altar^H4196 after the cubits^H520: The cubit^H520 is a cubit^H520 and an hand breadth^H2948; even the bottom^H2436 shall be a cubit^H520, and the breadth^H7341 a cubit^H520, and the border^H1366 thereof by the edge^H8193 thereof round about^H5439 shall be a^H259 span^H2239: and this shall be the higher place^H1354 of the altar^H4196.

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Original Hebrew

וְאֵלֶּה מִדֹּות הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בָּאַמֹּות אַמָּה אַמָּה וָטֹפַח וְחֵיק הָאַמָּה וְאַמָּה־רֹחַב וּגְבוּלָהּ אֶל־שְׂפָתָהּ סָבִיב זֶרֶת הָאֶחָד וְזֶה גַּב הַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אֵ֨לֶּה	ve./'E.leh	H428	HC/Pdxcp	and/ these
מִדּ֤וֹת	mi.Dot	H4060	HNcfpc	(are) (the) measurements of
הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙	ha./miz.Be.ach	H4196	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ altar
בָּֽ/אַמּ֔וֹת	ba./'a.Mot	H520	HRd/Ncfpa	by (the)/ cubits
אַמָּ֥ה	'a.Mah	H520	HNcfsa	a cubit
אַמָּ֖ה	'a.Mah	H520	HNcfsa	(is) a cubit
וָ/טֹ֑פַח	va./To.fach	H2948	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a hand breadth
וְ/חֵ֨יק	ve./Cheik	H2436	HC/Ncmsc	and/ a gutter
הָ/אַמָּ֜ה	ha./'a.Mah	H520	HTd/Ncfsa	(is) the/ cubit
וְ/אַמָּה	ve./'a.mah-	H520	HC/Ncfsa	and/ (is) a cubit
רֹ֗חַב	Ro.chav	H7341	HNcmsa	(the) breadth
וּ/גְבוּלָ֨/הּ	u./ge.vu.La/h	H1366	HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs	and/ border/ its
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
שְׂפָתָ֤/הּ	se.fa.Ta/h	H8193	HNcfsc/Sp3fs	edge/ its
סָבִיב֙	sa.Viv	H5439	HNcbsa	around
זֶ֣רֶת	Ze.ret	H2239	HNcfsc	a span
הָ/אֶחָ֔ד	ha./'e.Chad	H259	HTd/Acmsa	(the)/ one
וְ/זֶ֖ה	ve./Zeh	H2088	HC/Pdxms	and/ this
גַּ֥ב	gav	H1354	HNcbsc	(is) (the) mound of
הַ/מִּזְבֵּֽחַ	ha./miz.Be.ach	H4196	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ altar

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H520 — אַמָּה (ʼammâh, am-maw'): prolonged from אֵם; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance); cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for מֵאָה), measure, post.
• H1354 — גַב (gab, gab): from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve; (compare גֵּו and גּוּף); the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.; back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.
• H1366 — גְּבוּל (gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'): or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from גָּבַל; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed; border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
• H2239 — זֶרֶת (zereth, zeh'-reth): from זָרָה; the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span; span.
• H2436 — חֵיק (chêyq, khake): or חֵק; and חוֹק; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively); bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
• H2948 — טֹפַח (ṭôphach, to'-fakh): from טָפַח (the same as טֵפַח); {a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)}; hand-breadth (broad).
• H4060 — מִדָּה (middâh, mid-daw'): feminine of מַד; properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured); garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.
• H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
• H5439 — סָבִיב (çâbîyb, saw-beeb'): or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from סָבַב; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around; (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
• H7341 — רֹחַב (rôchab, ro'-khab): from רָחַב; width (literally or figuratively); breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
• H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.

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