en_tn/2sa/10/04.md

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