H3508 H3508
Lobe/appendage of the liver — the caudate lobe, a fatty protrusion burned in Israelite sacrificial ritual
The noun יֹתֶרֶת (yothereth) denotes the appendage or lobe of the liver — almost certainly the caudate lobe, a fatty projection easily separated during butchering. It appears exclusively in sacrificial instructions, always in the phrase 'the yothereth on the liver' (הַיֹּתֶרֶת עַל הַכָּבֵד). This lobe was burned on the altar as part of the fat portions offered to YHWH in burnt offerings, peace offerings, and sin offerings (Exod 29:13, 22; Lev 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; 8:16, 25; 9:10, 19). Its consistent inclusion alongside the kidneys and the fat tail reflects the Priestly concern for specifying exactly which visceral fats belonged to God.
Senses
1. lobe, appendage (of the liver) — The caudate lobe or fatty appendage of the liver, a specific anatomical protrusion designated for burning on the altar in Israelite sacrificial ritual. Always appears in the stereotyped phrase 'the appendage on the liver' alongside the kidneys and suet in instructions for burnt offerings (Exod 29:13, 22), peace offerings (Lev 3:4, 10, 15), sin offerings (Lev 4:9), and ordination rites (Lev 8:16, 25; 9:10, 19). Spanish 'lóbulo del hígado' and English 'lobe of the liver' both render the anatomical specificity. 11×
AR["-الزِّيَادَةَ","الزِّيادَةَ","زِيَادَةَ","وَ-زِيَادَةَ"]·ben["-যকৃতের-পর্দা","অতিরিক্ত","এবং-যকৃতের-পর্দা","যকৃতের-পর্দা","যকৃৎ","সেই-অতিরিক্ত"]·DE["appendage-von","der-Anhang","der-Anhang-von","der-appendage","der-lobe","und-der-Anhang-von"]·EN["and-the-appendage-of","appendage-of","the-appendage","the-appendage-of","the-lobe"]·FR["appendice-de","et-le-appendage-de","le-appendage","le-appendage-de","le-appendice","le-lobe"]·heb["ה-יותרת","ו-יותרת","יותרת"]·HI["और-जिगर-के-ऊपर-की-झिल्ली-को","जिगर","जिगर-के-ऊपर-की-झिल्ली-को","लपेट"]·ID["dan-umbai","umbai","umbai-hati","umbai-itu"]·IT["appendage-di","e-il-appendice-di","il-appendage","il-appendice","il-appendice-di","il-lobe"]·jav["ingkang-langkung","lan-ingkang-langkung","selaput","tambahan"]·KO["그-간-위-의-꼽리","그-덮개를","그-돌기를","그리고-덮개를","덮개를","돌기를"]·PT["apêndice-de","e-apêndice-de","lóbulo-de","o-apêndice","o-lobo-do","o-lóbulo"]·RU["долю","и-долю","придаток"]·ES["el-lóbulo","el-lóbulo-de","lóbulo-de","y-el-lóbulo-de"]·SW["ini-dogo","kitambi","na-kitambi","utando"]·TR["-örtü","lobunu","ve-lobunu","örtü"]·urd["-جھلی","اور-جھلی","جگر-کا-حصہ","جھلی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יֹתֶ֫רֶת n.f. appendage (term. techn. of P);—most prob. (fat) appendage, a (fatty) mass at opening of liver of sacrificial animal, extending to kidneys (v. Di DrPolychr. Bible, Lv 3, 4); GFM (Dec. 28, 1899, privately) points out that fat parts are always disting. from this; cf. now on יתרת Id.Sacrifice EB 4206 and especially Id.Oriental. Stud. für Th. Noldeke (1906), 761, where it is shewn to…