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# an insult among ... a shaking of the head
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These phrases are parallel emphasizing how intensely the nations around them mock them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# You make us an insult among the nations
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The word "insult" can be translated as a verb. AT: "You make the nations around us insult us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# a shaking of the head among the peoples
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The phrase "a shaking of the head" can be translated in verbal form. AT: "something at which the peoples shake their heads" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# a shaking of the head
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This was a gesture that people used to show scorn to others.
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