What does יֹתֶרֶת mean in the Bible?
יֹתֶרֶת is a Hebrew word meaning "the lobe or flap of the liver (as if redundant or outhanging)".
Hebrew · H3508
יֹתֶרֶת
The lobe or flap of the liver (as if redundant or outhanging)
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יֹתֶרֶת H3508
What does יֹתֶרֶת mean in the Bible?
יֹתֶרֶת is a Hebrew word meaning "the lobe or flap of the liver (as if redundant or outhanging)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3508?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the lobe (9), and the lobe (2).
Where does יֹתֶרֶת appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 29:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (9), Exodus (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the lobe 9× Exodus 29:13, Exodus 29:22, Leviticus 3:4, Leviticus 3:10
and the lobe 2× Leviticus 7:4, Leviticus 9:19
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 29:13 הַיֹּתֶ֙רֶת֙ to the lobe Article | Noun - feminine singular Exodus 29:22 יֹתֶ֤רֶת to the lobe Noun - feminine singular construct Leviticus 3:4 הַיֹּתֶ֙רֶת֙ to the lobe Article | Noun - feminine singular Leviticus 3:10 הַיֹּתֶ֙רֶת֙ to the lobe Article | Noun - feminine singular Leviticus 3:15 הַיֹּתֶ֙רֶת֙ to the lobe Article | Noun - feminine singular Leviticus 4:9 הַיֹּתֶ֙רֶת֙ to the lobe Article | Noun - feminine singular Leviticus 7:4 הַיֹּתֶ֙רֶת֙ to and the lobe Article | Noun - feminine singular Leviticus 8:16 יֹתֶ֣רֶת to the lobe Noun - feminine singular construct Leviticus 8:25 יֹתֶ֣רֶת to the lobe Noun - feminine singular construct Leviticus 9:10 הַיֹּתֶ֤רֶת to the lobe Article | Noun - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 29:13
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 2
Exodus 2 Leviticus 9
Source forms
הַיֹּתֶ֙רֶת֙ 6x hay·yō·ṯe·reṯ Exodus 29:13, Leviticus 3:4, Leviticus 3:10, Leviticus 3:15
יֹתֶ֣רֶת 2x yō·ṯe·reṯ Leviticus 8:16, Leviticus 8:25
הַיֹּתֶ֤רֶת 1x hay·yō·ṯe·reṯ Leviticus 9:10
וְיֹתֶ֖רֶת 1x wə·yō·ṯe·reṯ Leviticus 9:19
יֹתֶ֤רֶת 1x yō·ṯe·reṯ Exodus 29:22
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - feminine singular 7x Exodus 29:13, Leviticus 3:4, Leviticus 3:10, Leviticus 3:15
Noun - feminine singular construct 3x Exodus 29:22, Leviticus 8:16, Leviticus 8:25
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct 1x Leviticus 9:19
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. the lobe or flap of the liver (as if redundant or outhanging)
Source Gloss
the lobe or flap of the liver (as if redundant or outhanging)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
the lobe or flap of the liver (as if redundant or outhanging) BDB: appendage Usage: caul.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain