Proverbs 3:8

For navel read 'flesh,' as at Proverbs 4:22. This change only requires the addition of a single letter, and it gives us the pair,' flesh and bones,' which in biblical language make up the body (Genesis 29:14; 2 Samuel 5:1, etc.). The drying up of the bones is a figure of extreme distress (Proverbs 17:22; Psalms 32:3): hence the word 'moistening' (RM) here.