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yo.te.ret denotes a liver-associated sacrificial portion removed or taken together with the kidneys and their fat.
The term consistently identifies a portion associated with the liver in sacrificial preparation: it is taken or removed alongside the kidneys and their fat, and in several passages is burned on the altar.
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Liver-associated sacrificial portion · dominant
The singular noun names an item taken or removed with the kidneys and their fat in sacrificial instructions. In Leviticus 3:10 the APB renders the clause “the lobe that is on the liver with the kidneys,” while Exodus 29:13 places the item among the portions burned upon the altar; Leviticus 9:10 likewise includes it among what was burned from the sin offering.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB usually presents the item as “the lobe” of or on the liver, but in Leviticus 8:16 and Leviticus 8:25 it uses “the appendage of the liver.” These renderings confirm the verse-level setting rather than establish separate senses.