# 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]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shame]]