Ezekiel 42:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

Young's Literal Translation
And the upper chambers [are] short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;

King James Bible
Now the upper chambers [were] shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

Hebrew
Now the upper
הָעֶלְיוֹנֹ֖ת (hā·‘el·yō·w·nōṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme

chambers
וְהַלְּשָׁכ֥וֹת (wə·hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3957: Room, chamber, hall, cell

[were] smaller
קְצֻר֑וֹת (qə·ṣu·rō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the galleries
אַתִּיקִ֜ים (’at·tî·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 862: A ledge, offset in a, building

took more space
יוֹכְל֨וּ (yō·wḵ·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power

from the chambers
מֵהֵ֗נָה (mê·hê·nāh)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person feminine plural
Strong's 2007: Themselves

on the lower
מֵֽהַתַּחְתֹּנ֛וֹת (mê·hat·taḥ·tō·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-m, Article | Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 8481: Lower, lowest

and middle floors
וּמֵהַתִּֽכֹנ֖וֹת (ū·mê·hat·ti·ḵō·nō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Article | Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 8484: Central

of the building.
בִּנְיָֽן׃ (bin·yān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1146: A structure

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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