# shaved off half their beards This act was meant as an insult to humiliate the men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) # were deeply ashamed Here "deeply" is an idiom that means "very." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]]) # then return It is understood that they should return to Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])