יֹתֶרֶת
yôthereth · yo-theh'-reth
the lobe or flap of the liver (as if redundant or outhanging)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine active participle of H3498 (יָתַר);
the lobe or flap of the liver (as if redundant or outhanging)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: caul.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
The hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֹתֶרֶת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the caul11 · 100%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.