Easton: Caul

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Caul) · external_aligned

(Heb. yothe’reth; i.e., “something redundant”), the membrane which covers the upper part of the liver (Ex. 29:13, 22; Lev. 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; marg., “midriff”). In Hos. 13:8 (Heb. seghor; i.e., “an enclosure”) the pericardium, or parts about the heart, is meant.

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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