Proverbs 3:8

“It will be healing to your navel, and refreshment to your bones.”

Proverbs 3:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 3:8, word by word

It will beתְּהִיtehi

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “tehi” appears
healingרִפְאוּתrifut

healing

Healing, health that cures.

Where else “rifut” appears
to your navelשָׁרֶּshare

navel

The navel, the umbilical cord; figuratively, the center of the body and of its strength.

Where else “share” appears
and refreshmentשִׁקּוּיshikuy

refreshment

Relief that restores strength.

Where else “shikuy” appears
to your bonesעַצְמוֹתֶיatsmote

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

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Translation note

“Your navel”: so the Hebrew says; it can be understood as the center of the body, that is, the whole body.

The context

7Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear YHWH and turn away from evil.

8 · This verse (above)

9Honor YHWH with your wealth, and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;

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