Navel of the Earth/ the hub of the land/ the centre of the country
The center of the earth; an important place.
("And Gaal went on to say, 'See, people are coming down from the navel of the earth'" - Judges 9:37 (Gaal's taunt against Abimelech to Zebul), and likewise: "'Navel' - the navel of the middle of the earth, and its prominence is called a navel, because the navel, the umbilicus in a person, is at the height of the body and at its center; so too with 'the navel of the earth'" - Metzudat Zion, Judges 9:37)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
טַבּוּר הָאָרֶץ
Definition (Hebrew)
מֶרְכַּז הָאָרֶץ. הַמָּקוֹם הֶחָשׁוּב.
("וַיֹּסֶף עוֹד גַּעַל לְדַבֵּר וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה עָם יוֹרְדִים מֵעִם טַבּוּר הָאָרֶץ"- שׁוֹפְטִים ט לז (גַּעַל הַמּוֹרָד בַּאֲבִימֶלֶךְ לִזְבֹּל), וְכֵן:"טַבּוּר- טַבּוּר מִיְּצוּעַ הָאָרֶץ וְגָבְהוּ נִקְרָא טַבּוּר ע"ש שֶׁהַטַּבּוּר וְהוּא הַשְׁרֵר שֶׁבָּאָדָם הוּא בְּגֹבַהּ הַגּוּף וּבְאֶמְצָעִיתוֹ וְכֵן עַל טַבּוּר הָאָרֶץ"- מְצוּדַת צִיּוֹן שׁוֹפְטִים ט לז)