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title: שֹׁר — navel-string · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׁר (8270), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: navel-string. BDB 1906: navel-string. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׁר

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«שֹׁר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **navel-string** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 8270 · **BDB:** שֹׁר²

### Glosses

navel (2); cord (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

navel-string [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8270/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

navel-string [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8270/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] navel-string (cf. Aramaic שׁוּרָא Ez 16:4 𝔗, ܫܶܪܳܐ, Arabic سُرٌّ, all id.);—sf. לֹא כָרַּת שָׁרֵּךְ Ez 16:4 (Ges§ 22 s Kö ii. 1. 45) thy navel-string was not cut; questioned are: שָׁרֶּ֑ךָ Pr 3:8 (De al. navel, synechd. for body, ‖ עַצְמוֹתֶיךָ; 𝔊 τῷ σώματί σου, cf. 𝔖, Clericus Bi Frankenberg בְּשָֽׂרְךָ, Ew Hi Kmp al. שְׁאֵרְךָ, Toy either); שָׁרְרֵךְ Ct 7:3 (𝔊 ὀμφαλός σου; ‖ בִּטְנֵךְ), = שָׁרֵּךְ Thes al.; now often interpreted as = vulυa, cf. Arabic سِرٌّ secret part, Hi Stickel Buhl Öttli, noticed also by Thes, but Arabism dub., v. Bu.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (23 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (18 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֹׁר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8270/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.8/)

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רִ֭פְאוּת תְּהִ֣י לְשָׁרֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝שִׁקּ֗וּי לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* healing may.it.be to navel your and refreshment to bones your

*JPS 1917:* It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

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[Song of Songs 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.3/)

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שָׁרְרֵךְ֙ אַגַּ֣ן הַסַּ֔הַר אַל־יֶחְסַ֖ר הַמָּ֑זֶג בִּטְנֵךְ֙ עֲרֵמַ֣ת חִטִּ֔ים סוּגָ֖ה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* navel your \[is\].(the).bowl of.(the) roundness not may.it.lack (the).mixed wine belly your \[is\].a.heap of.wheat(s) \[which.is\].fenced.around with (the) lilies

*JPS 1917:* Thy navel is like a round goblet, wherein no mingled wine is wanting; thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

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