shor denotes the umbilical cord, named in a birth scene and retained in a bodily image of well-being.

The term denotes the umbilical cord: Ezekiel 16:4 places it in the newborn’s care, while Proverbs 3:8 uses the same construct singular form in a saying about bodily well-being whose specific English correspondence is not explicit in the translation.

1. Umbilical cord in bodily imagery · dominant

   In Ezekiel 16:4, the construct singular form occurs in the clause about a newborn whose cord “was not cut.” In Proverbs 3:8, the same form appears in a saying whose APB rendering speaks of healing for flesh and refreshment for bones; the translation does not isolate the term’s specific contribution there.

   Ezekiel 16:4Proverbs 3:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 16:4 the APB explicitly renders the birth clause with “your umbilical cord was not cut.” In Proverbs 3:8 it renders the verse as bodily healing and refreshment without identifying a matching English term.