H4493 H4493
shaking, wagging (especially of the head in derision)
This construct noun refers to head-shaking or wagging, specifically the gesture of derision where onlookers shake their heads at someone in contempt. Psalm 44:14 laments that Israel has become 'an object of head-shaking' among the nations—neighbors mock them by wagging their heads in scorn. This physical gesture communicated disdain and ridicule in ancient Near Eastern body language, often directed at the defeated or disgraced.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Israel's lament in Psalm 44:14 describes becoming 'a shaking of the head' among neighbors—an object of the contemptuous head-wagging gesture. The phrase 'מְנוֹד רֹאשׁ' literally means 'shaking of head,' a derisive body language. Parallel terms (reproach, scorn, derision, byword) confirm this is mocking gesture. Translations consistently capture head-shaking (English 'shaking of,' Spanish 'meneo de'), the physical act of contempt directed at the humiliated. 1×
AR["هَزَّ"]·ben["মাথা-নাড়ান-"]·DE["ein-shaking-von"]·EN["a-shaking-of"]·FR["de-signe-de-tête"]·heb["מנוד-"]·HI["हिलाना"]·IT["[מנוד]"]·jav["gedheg-gedheg"]·KO["머리-흔들기-로"]·PT["meneio-de"]·RU["киванием"]·ES["meneo-de"]·SW["kutikisa"]·TR["sallama-"]·urd["سر-ہلانا"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† [מָנוֹד] n.[m.] a shaking, wagging;—only cstr. מְנוֹד רֹאשׁ ψ 44:15 object of head-shaking, in derision (of Isr.; ‖ מָשָׁל; v 14 חֶרְפָּה, לַעַג, קֶלֶס).