OET interlinear REV 21:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἐμέτρησεν τὸ τεῖχος αὐτῆς, ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν

˱he˲_measured (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐμέτρησεν τό τεῖχος αὐτῆς ἑκατόν τεσσεράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν μέτρον ἀνθρώπου ὅ ἐστίν ἀγγέλου)

John is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [he measured her wall and found it to be 144 cubits]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐμέτρησεν τό τεῖχος αὐτῆς ἑκατόν τεσσεράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν μέτρον ἀνθρώπου ὅ ἐστίν ἀγγέλου)

This could be the measurement: (1) of the height of the wall. Alternate translation: [144 cubits high] (2) of the thickness of the wall. Alternate translation: [144 cubits thick]

Note 3 topic: translate-bdistance

ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐμέτρησεν τό τεῖχος αὐτῆς ἑκατόν τεσσεράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν μέτρον ἀνθρώπου ὅ ἐστίν ἀγγέλου)

A cubit was the measurement of the distance from a person’s elbow to his longest fingertip, typically about half a meter or about 18 inches. If it would be helpful in your language, you could give the equivalent in modern measurements. However, you might also wish to retain the ancient measurement, since there may be some symbolic significance to the number 144. Alternate translation: [about 70 meters] or [about 200 feet]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μέτρον ἀνθρώπου ὅ ἐστιν ἀγγέλου

˓a˒_measure ˱of˲_human_origin that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐμέτρησεν τό τεῖχος αὐτῆς ἑκατόν τεσσεράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν μέτρον ἀνθρώπου ὅ ἐστίν ἀγγέλου)

Since cubits were the distance from an elbow to a fingertip, John needs to specify from what size person the angel determined this measurement. This could mean: (1) that the angel appeared to John in human form and so the distance from his elbow to his fingertip was the same as that of a human. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [The angel appeared in human form, and so he used an ordinary human cubit to measure] (2) that the angel may have been a giant compared with humans, but the angel still used a human-sized cubit. Alternate translation: [The angel used the cubit measure that people ordinarily use]