Lexical Summary alyah: the fat tail (of sheep) Original Word: אַלְיָהTransliteration: alyah Phonetic Spelling: (al-yaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: the fat tail (of sheep) Meaning: the stout part, the fat tail of the Oriental sheep Strong's Concordance rump From 'alah (in the original sense of strength); the stout part, i.e. The fat tail of the Oriental sheep -- rump. see HEBREW 'alah Brown-Driver-Briggs H451. alyah אַלְיָה noun feminine fat tail of sheep, still accounted a delicacy in the East; (Mishna id. אַלִּיתָא אַלְיְתָה, ᵑ7,, etc.; Arabic , compare FlTWB i. 418 a) Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 3:9; 7:3; 8:25 (all "" חֵ֫לֶב); 9:19, probably also 1 Samuel 9:24 for הֶעָלֶיהָ see Gei Dr (compare TristrNat. Hist. Bib. ch. vi RiHWB Schafe SmithDict. Bib. Sheep). |
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