Ezekiel 42:5

New English Translation

⁵Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space^[a] from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

Ezekiel 42:5 tn The verb יוֹכְלוּ (yokh^elu) “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.

New English Translation (NET)