Study it in the app“And these are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): the base, a cubit, and a cubit wide, and its border on its rim all around, one span; and this is the elevation of the altar.”
And theseוְאֵלֶּהare the measurementsמִדּוֹתof the altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַin cubitsבָּאַמּוֹת(the cubit beingאַמָּהa cubitאַמָּהand a handbreadth):וָטֹפַחthe base,וְחֵיק הָa cubit,אַמָּהand a cubitוְאַמָּהwide,רֹחַבand its borderוּגְבוּלָהּonאֶלits rimשְׂפָתָהּall around,סָבִיבoneהָאֶחָדspan;זֶרֶתand thisוְזֶהis the elevationגַּבof the altar.הַמִּזְבֵּחַ
measure
The size or measure of something.
Where else “midot” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appearscubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amot” appearshandbreadth
Handbreadth: the width of four fingers, about 7.5 centimeters.
Where else “tofach” appearsbase
The lower part of the altar or of a chariot, where what falls collects.
Where else “chek” appearswidth
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appearsborder
The border of a land.
Where else “gevula” appearsedge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefata” appearsaround
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsspan
Span: the open hand from the thumb to the little finger, about 22 centimeters.
Where else “zeret” appearsrim
A curved or raised part of something.
Where else “gav” appears12This is the instruction of the house: on the top of the mountain all its territory all around shall be most holy. Look, this is the instruction of the house.
13 · This verse (above)
14And from the base on the earth to the lower ledge, two cubits, and the width, one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, and the width, a cubit.
