ka.ved denotes the liver, especially its lobe or appendage in sacrificial instructions and the organ in vivid bodily imagery.

The term most often identifies the liver’s lobe or appendage among the parts removed or burned in sacrificial instructions. In two construct-form occurrences, it names the liver in imagery of grief poured out and of an arrow’s fatal strike; its contribution in Ezekiel 21:26 is not clear from the supplied translation.

1. Liver lobe or appendage in sacrificial procedure · dominant

   In Exodus 29:13 the absolute singular form occurs in the list of fat, kidneys, and a liver-related portion taken for burning on the altar; the APB renders the clause "and the lobe upon the liver." Leviticus 9:10 likewise places it with fat and kidneys from the sin offering, which the APB says were burned on the altar.

   Exodus 29:13Exodus 29:22Leviticus 3:4Leviticus 4:9Leviticus 8:16Leviticus 9:10
2. Liver in intense bodily imagery · occasional

   In Lamentations 2:11 the construct singular form occurs in the speaker’s statement that inward parts are in turmoil and that the liver is poured out because of the people’s destruction; the APB renders "my liver is poured out on the ground." In Proverbs 7:23, the same construct form is the organ an arrow cleaves in the warning image.

   Lamentations 2:11Proverbs 7:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the sacrificial verses, the APB variously presents the term in phrases such as "lobe upon the liver," "lobe of the liver," and "appendage of the liver." It uses "liver" directly in Lamentations 2:11 and Proverbs 7:23; the term’s contribution in Ezekiel 21:26 is not identifiable from the supplied translation.