King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3508
Transliteration: yothereth
Phonetic Spelling: (yo-theh'-reth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: appendage
Meaning: the lobe, flap of the liver
Word Summary
yothereth: appendage
Original Word: יֹתֶרֶתTransliteration: yothereth
Phonetic Spelling: (yo-theh'-reth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: appendage
Meaning: the lobe, flap of the liver
Strong's Concordance
caul, the lobe or flap of the liverFeminine active participle of yathar; the lobe or flap of the liver (as if redundant or outhanging) -- caul.
see HEBREW yathar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3508. yothereth
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 DrPolychr. Bible, Leviticus 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. — עַלהַֿכָּבֵד הַיֹּתֶרֶת Exodus 29:13; Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; ׳הַיּ מִןהַֿכָּבֵד 9:10; construct הַכָּבֵד יֹתֶרֶת Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 8:16, 25; 9:19 (all P).