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nā´v'l (ש×ר, shoÌ„r. The Septuagint in suggests a different reading, namely, instead of ש×רּך, shorrekhaÌ„, ש×רך, sheÌ„rekhaÌ„ = ש××רך, she'eÌ„rkhaÌ„, “thy fleshâ€)): The King James Version translates the Hebrew shaÌ„rı̄r in the description of Behemoth () by “navel,†where modern translators have substituted “musclesâ€; similarly in the translation of shoÌ„rer () it has been replaced by “body.â€, There remain two passages of the Revised Version (British and American) where “navel†is retained as the translation of shoÌ„r. Thus we find the word used, pars pro toto, for the whole being: “It (the fear of Yahweh) will be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones†(). The uttermost neglect which a new-born babe can experience is expressed by Ezekiel: “In the day thou wast born thy navel (i.e. umbilical cord) was not cut neither wast thou washed in water to cleanse thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all†().