יֹתֶ֫רֶת noun feminine appendage (technical term of P); — most probably (fat) appendage, a (fatty) mass at opening of liver of sacrificial animal, extending to kidneys (see Di Dr^{Polychr. Bible, Leviticus 3:4}); **GFM (Dec. 28, 1899, privately points out that fat parts are always distinguished from this; compare now on יתדת Id.^{SACRIFICE EB 4206} and especially Id.^{Oriental. Stud. für Th. Nöldeke (1906), 761}, where it is shewn to be the caudate lobe of the liver. — הַיֹּתֶרֶת עַלהַֿכָּבֵד Exodus 29:13; Leviticus 3:4,10,15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4; מִןהַֿכָּבֵד ׳הַיּ Leviticus 9:10; construct יֹתֶרֶת הַכָּבֵד Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 8:16,25; Leviticus 9:19 (all P).