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H451 אַלְיָה (ʼalyâh) al-yaw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 422 (in the original sense of strength); the stout part, i.e. the fat tail of the Oriental sheep

KJV Usage: rump

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אַלְיָה (al.yah) — fat tail. tail, fat-tail (of sheep-an Eastern delicacy)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f

Animals

fat tail = hindmost part of a sheep, which contains a relatively large quantity of fat, ► which was to be sacrificed to God

EXO 29:22 · LEV 3:9 · LEV 7:3 · LEV 8:25 · LEV 9:19

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אַלְיָה n.f. fat tail of sheep, still accounted a delicacy in the East base

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