אַלְיָה
ʾalyâ
fat tail
Strong's H451NounHebrewTWOT 95a

אַלְיָה (ʾalyâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning fat tail. It appears 5 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H451).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 95a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 95a)fat tail; stout, tail; rump
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אַלְיָה noun, feminine: fat tail

fat tail of sheep, still accounted a delicacy in the East

Strong's H451 אַלְיָה: the stout part, i.e. the fat tail of the Oriental sheep
KJV:rump.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 95: אָלָה ʾālâ — wail; bewail; lament

See it in Scripture

Exodus 29:22Leviticus 3:9

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