Lexicon
אַלְיָה
al.yah
H0451
H:N-F Hebrew

fat tail

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al.yah denotes the fat tail named among the portions taken from sacrificial animals.

The term consistently identifies the fat tail as a specified portion of a sacrificial animal, listed alongside other fat and internal portions in the offering procedures.

Senses in use

  1. Fat tail among sacrificial portions · dominant

    In Exodus 29:22, the singular absolute noun is named among portions taken from the ram. In Leviticus 3:9, Leviticus 7:3, Leviticus 8:25, and Leviticus 9:19, the APB renders the corresponding item "the fat tail" within lists that also include fat covering the midst, kidneys, or the liver's lobe.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the item as "the fat tail" in lists of portions from a ram or other sacrificial animal. In Leviticus 3:9, it further describes this item as "near the spine,".

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