Lexical Definition

‎יֹתֶרֶת‎ yôthereth (yo-theh'-reth) lobe ^H:N-F
feminine active participle of ‎יָתַר‎

caul.

• the lobe or flap of the liver (as if redundant or outhanging)

1) appendage, overhang, protrusion, the caudate lobe of the liver of a sacrificial animal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יֹתֶ֫רֶת‎ noun feminine appendage (technical term of P); — most probably (fat) appendage, a (fatty) mass at opening of liver of sacrificial animal, extending to kidneys (see Di Dr^{Polychr. Bible, Lev 3:4}); **GFM (Dec. 28, 1899, privately points out that fat parts are always distinguished from this; compare now on ‎יתדת‎ Id.^{SACRIFICE EB 4206} and especially Id.^{Oriental. Stud. für Th. Nöldeke (1906), 761}, where it is shewn to be the caudate lobe of the liver. — ‎הַיֹּתֶרֶת עַלהַֿכָּבֵד‎ Exod 29:13; Lev 3:4; Lev 3:10; Lev 3:15; Lev 4:9; Lev 7:4 ‎מִןהַֿכָּבֵד‎ ‎׳‎‎הַיּ‎ Lev 9:10 construct ‎יֹתֶרֶת הַכָּבֵד‎ Exod 29:22; Lev 8:16; Lev 8:25; Lev 9:19 (all P).

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