Rump
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.
(2): ( n.) The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.
(3): ( n.) The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant.
King James Dictionary [2]
RUMP, n.
1. The end of the back bone of an animal with the parts adjacent. Among the Jews, the rump was esteemed the most delicate part of the animal. 2. The buttocks.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(or rather tail [ אִלְיָה , Alydh ]) OF THE Sacrifices Moses ordained that the rump and fat of the sheep offered for peace offerings should be given to the fire of the altar ( Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 3:9; Leviticus 7:3; Leviticus 8:25; Leviticus 9:19). The rump was esteemed the most delicate part of the animal, being the fattest (see Bochart, Hieroz. 1, 491 sq.). Travelers, ancient and modern, speak of the rumps or tails of certain breeds of sheep in Syria and Arabia as weighing twenty or thirty pounds (Russell, Aleppo, 2, 147). Herodotus says (3, 113) that some may be seen three cubits, or four feet and a half, long; they drag upon the ground; and for fear they should be hurt, or the skin torn, the shepherds put under the tails of these sheep little carriages, which the animals draw after them. The pagans had also such regard for the rumps or tails that they always made them a part of their sacrifices (Diod. Sic. 2, 24). In the Description de l'Egypte (Paris, 1820, large fol.) is inserted a plate of an Egyptian ram. remarkable for the enormous size of the tail, the weight of which exceeded forty-four pounds. (See Sheep).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
rump : the King James Version uses this word as translation of אליה , 'alyāh ( Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 3:9; Leviticus 7:3; Leviticus 8:25; Leviticus 9:19 ), where the Revised Version (British and American) correctly renders "fat tail." Reference is here had to the broad tail of the Syrian sheep, which occasionally weighs as much as 20 lbs., and is considered one of the daintiest portions of mutton. It was one of those portions of the peace and trespass offering which were not eaten by the priest or the sacrificer, but which with other choice portions were waved before the Lord and wholly burnt on the altar as a sweet savor unto Yahweh.
