Eze 42:5 | NET2full | STEP | Now the upper chambers were narrower , because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building .

‏ Ezekiel 42:5

5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space ^{▼▼tn The verb יוֹכְלוּ (yokhelu) “took space” is listed by BDB 37 as אָכַל (’akhal, “eat, consume”), though it prefers to emend the text. HALOT also lists this verb as אכל (1:46) while also listing it under יכל,“prevail” (2:410-11). If אָכַל is correct, then the א (’alef) has dropped out. See the note at Ezek 21:28. BHS refers to a few medieval manuscripts and a Qumran manuscript including the א, יֹאכְלוּ instead of יוֹכְלוּ; both are pronounced the same.} from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.