en_tn/psa/044/014.md

an insult among ... a shaking of the head

These phrases are parallel emphasizing how intensely the nations around them mock them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

You make us an insult among the nations

The word "insult" can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: "You make the nations around us insult us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns)

a shaking of the head among the peoples

The phrase "a shaking of the head" can be translated in verbal form. Alternate translation: "something at which the peoples shake their heads" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns)

a shaking of the head

This was a gesture that people used to show scorn to others.