Core Glossary
2 Chronicles Core Glossary — Bengali Destination Language
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md, spanning the core passage (2 Chronicles 7:11-22) and every chapter of the book (1–36). It extends, and never contradicts, the baseline Romans translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json. Terms already fixed in the baseline are marked [BASELINE — REUSE EXACTLY] and must not be re-translated or varied.
Section A: Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (No Deviation Permitted)
| Term | Bengali | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | ঈশ্বর | Ishshor | Critical | God | Never দেবতা/ভগবান/আল্লাহ for the true God |
| Holy | পবিত্র | pobitro | High | Sanctification | Applies to Temple consecration (7:16) as well as persons |
| Sanctification (moral) | পবিত্রীকরণ | pobitrikoron | High | Sanctification | Distinct from OT cultic cleansing টাহার/শুদ্ধ করা (see Section B) |
| Glory | মহিমা | mohima | High | Deity of Christ / Temple Worship | Reserve strictly for God’s glory (5:14, 7:1-3); use জাঁকজমক for merely human royal splendor (ch.9) |
| Covenant | নিয়ম | niyom | High | Davidic Covenant | Root for নিয়ম-সিন্দুক (Ark), দাউদীয় নিয়ম (Davidic Covenant) |
| Law | ব্যবস্থা | bebostha | High | Fulfillment of Prophecy | Covers Hebrew חֹק/מִשְׁפָּט/מִצְוָה/תּוֹרָה cluster; NEVER ধর্ম |
| Sin | পাপ | pap | High | Universal Human Accountability | 7:14 חַטָּאתָם |
| Called | আহুত | ahuto | High | Divine Calling | Reused for “called by my name” (7:14) |
| Prophet | ভাববাদী | bhabbadi | Low | Inspiration of Scripture | Elijah’s letter (21:12), Isaiah, Jeremiah references throughout |
| Prophecy | ভাববাণী | bhabbani | Low | Fulfillment of Prophecy | Ch.36 “fulfillment of prophecy” |
| David | দায়ূদ | Dayud | Medium | Davidic Covenant | Proper name throughout |
| Israel | ইস্রায়েল | Israel | Medium | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | Proper name throughout |
| Messiah / Christ | খ্রীষ্ট | Khrishto | Critical | Messianic Promise | Reserved EXCLUSIVELY for the eschatological title; never for generic “anointed” (see অভিষেক করা, Section B) |
| Election | ঈশ্বরের মনোনয়ন | Ishshorer monownoyon | High | Effectual Calling | Root reused for “chosen” (7:12, 7:16) |
| Providence | ঈশ্বরের পরিচালনা | Ishshorer porichalona | High | Providence | Applies to 16:9, 36:22 |
| Lord (generic/NT) | প্রভু | provu | Critical | Lordship of Christ | NOT used for YHWH (see সদাপ্রভু, Section B) |
Section B: New Terms Introduced by 2 Chronicles
B1. Divine Names and Titles
| Term | Bengali | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LORD (YHWH, Tetragrammaton) | সদাপ্রভু | Sodaprobhu | Critical | Temple Worship and God’s Presence; Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | প্রভু (reserved for generic/NT κύριος), ঈশ্বর (reserved for אֱלֹהִים/God generally) | Established Bengali Bible tradition’s rendering of the covenant name; must not collapse into প্রভু. Saturates every chapter of 2 Chronicles |
| Name of the LORD | সদাপ্রভুর নাম | Sodaprobhur nam | High | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | Name-theology (ch.2, 7:16); must not be read as a mantra/invocation-formula with independent power |
B2. Temple, Sacrifice, and Worship
| Term | Bengali | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House of the LORD / Temple (structure) | মন্দির / সদাপ্রভুর গৃহ | mondir / Sodaprobhur gṛiho | High | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | মন্দির for the physical structure (established Bengali Bible usage for the Jerusalem Temple, distinct from baseline’s rejection of মন্দির for “church” — that rejection concerned the church-as-assembly, not a literal temple building); সদাপ্রভুর গৃহ for the relational “house of the LORD” phrase. Requires theologian-reviewed contextual notes distinguishing the aniconic, empty-Ark Temple from Hindu mandir image-worship practice |
| Sacrifice / house of sacrifice | বলিদান / বলিদানের গৃহ | bolidan | High | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | বলিদান/বলি also names Hindu Kali/Durga animal sacrifice; requires clarifying note anchoring this as the divinely instituted, Christ-typological Levitical system |
| Burnt offering | হোমবলি | homboli | High | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | যজ্ঞ-related terms rejected | Avoid Vedic yajna vocabulary |
| Altar | বেদি | bedi | High | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | যজ্ঞবেদি (rejected — explicit Vedic fire-altar term) | Pair contextually with বলিদান |
| Cherubim | করূব | korub | Medium | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | Not objects of veneration; distinguish from deity-vehicle imagery |
| Veil / curtain | পর্দা | porda | Medium | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | Architectural, theological boundary marker |
| Ark of the Covenant | নিয়ম-সিন্দুক | niyom-shinduk | Medium | Temple Worship and God’s Presence; Davidic Covenant | — | Reuses baseline নিয়ম; সিন্দুক clarifies “chest,” not a boat |
| Cloud (of glory/presence) | মেঘ | megh | Medium | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | Historical theophany, not generic weather imagery |
| Consecrate (positive set-apartness) | পবিত্র করা | pobitro kora | High | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | Reuses baseline পবিত্র root; distinct from cleanse (see below) |
| Cleanse (remove ritual/cultic defilement) | শুদ্ধ করা | shuddho kora | Critical | Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah | শুচি (rejected — too close to Hindu shuddhi in the baseline’s existing “holy” entry) | Legitimate OT ceremonial-cleansing category; mandatory translator note distinguishing from ongoing Hindu ritual purity practice and from NT moral sanctification. Theologian review required before first use |
| Incense | ধূপ | dhup | High | Temple Worship and God’s Presence; Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | Ubiquitous in Hindu devotional practice; requires clarifying note (priest-restricted OT offering symbolizing prayer, not daily devotional atmosphere) |
| Dedicate / dedication (ceremonial inauguration) | উৎসর্গ করা / উদ্বোধন করা | utshorgo kora / uddhoboton kora | Low-Medium | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | Distinct from পবিত্র করা (consecrate) |
| Fire from heaven | আকাশ থেকে আগুন | akash theke agun | Medium | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | Unique historical sign, not comparable to a repeatable Hindu havan fire ritual |
| Praise | প্রশংসা / স্তুতি | proshongsha / stuti | Medium | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | স্তুতি carries Vaishnava bhakti-hymn associations; reserve exclusively for worship of সদাপ্রভু/ঈশ্বর |
| Tithe | দশমাংশ | dashamangsho | Medium | Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah | — | Distinguish from Hindu dan/dakshina and Islamic zakat |
| Passover | নিস্তারপর্ব | nistarparbo | Medium | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | Established Bengali Christian term |
B3. Kingship, Covenant, and Reform
| Term | Bengali | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Throne (Davidic) | সিংহাসন | shinghashon | Medium | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; Hope of Restoration | — | Cross-reference baseline Davidic Covenant, Messianic Promise; note Bengali secular/religious generic usage requires context-anchoring |
| Anoint (ritual, human office) | অভিষেক করা | abhishek kora | High | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | Same word as Hindu deity-image abhishekam ritual; must be distinguished from both idol-ritual and from খ্রীষ্ট (the unique eschatological title) |
| Statutes / Rules / Commandments | বিধি / শাসন / আদেশ (collapsing into ব্যবস্থা) | bidhi / shashon / adesh | Medium | Fulfillment of Prophecy | ধর্ম (rejected, baseline) | Hebrew near-synonym cluster (חֹק, מִשְׁפָּט, מִצְוָה) |
| Rebellion / transgression | বিদ্রোহ | bidroho | Medium | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; Exile as Covenant Consequence | — | ch.10 |
| Levite | লেবীয় | lebiyo | Low | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | — | ch.11 |
| Priest | যাজক | jajok | Medium | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | পুরোহিত (rejected — Brahmin/caste associations) | ch.11 |
| ”Did evil/right in the eyes of the LORD” (regnal formula) | সদাপ্রভুর দৃষ্টিতে যা মন্দ/ভাল তাই করলেন | — | High | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | Structural refrain, 10+ occurrences; consistency mandatory |
| Fear of the LORD | সদাপ্রভুর ভয় | Sodaprobhur bhoy | High | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | Reverential awe, not servile terror; mandatory clarifying note |
| Seek the LORD | সদাপ্রভুর অন্বেষণ করা / খোঁজ করা | — | Medium | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | — | Positive structural counterpart-refrain to “forsake” |
| Forsake | পরিত্যাগ করা | poritag kora | High | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; Exile as Covenant Consequence | — | Most important recurring structural keyword in the book (10+ occurrences); absolute consistency required |
| The eyes of the LORD | সদাপ্রভুর দৃষ্টি | Sodaprobhur drishti | Low-Medium | Providence | — | ch.16; figurative, not literal |
| Trust / rely | নির্ভর করা | nirbhor kora | Medium | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | বিশ্বাস (not substituted — reserved per baseline for NT saving faith) | Conceptual cousin of বিশ্বাস; cross-reference in teaching notes |
| Book of the Law | ব্যবস্থার পুস্তক | beboshthar pustok | Medium | Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah | — | Reuses baseline ব্যবস্থা |
B4. Sin, Idolatry, and Judgment
| Term | Bengali | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other gods | অন্য দেবতা | onno debota | Critical | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; Exile as Covenant Consequence | ঈশ্বর (never used for false gods) | Central polemical category of the whole book |
| Worship / bow down (to false gods) | পূজা করা | puja kora | Critical | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | Deliberate lexical split: পূজা করা reserved EXCLUSIVELY for condemned worship of false gods/idols in this curriculum; উপাসনা করা / সেবা করা reserved for legitimate worship of সদাপ্রভু/ঈশ্বর. Theologian sign-off required; highly sensitive toward Hindu-background readers, since পূজা is the ordinary Bengali word for Hindu devotional worship generally |
| Idol / carved image | প্রতিমা / মূর্তি | protima / murti | Critical | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | মূর্তি is the everyday word for Hindu devotional images; use only within clearly framed historical-narrative condemnation contexts |
| High places | উঁচু স্থান | unchu sthan | Medium | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | Illegitimate worship sites |
| Asherah | আশেরা | Ashera | Medium | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | Transliterated proper noun/cult object |
| Baal | বাল | Bal | Medium | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | Transliterated proper noun |
| Molech / child sacrifice | মোলক / আগুনে দিয়ে দেওয়া | Molok | Critical | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | Content must not be softened or euphemized |
| Spirit (created/non-divine being) | আত্মা (unqualified) | attha | Critical | Providence | পবিত্র আত্মা (never substituted here) | Must be clearly distinguished from the Holy Spirit at every occurrence (ch.18, ch.36) |
| Leprosy | কুষ্ঠরোগ | kushthorog | Low | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | — | Judgment-sign, not merely illness |
| Disaster / calamity | অমঙ্গল / বিপর্যয় | omongol / biporjoy | Medium | Exile as Covenant Consequence | — | 7:22, related to “evil” root |
B5. Repentance, Restoration, and Exile
| Term | Bengali | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humble themselves | নিজেদেরকে নত করা | nijederke noto kora | High | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | প্রণাম / প্রণিপাত করা (rejected — ritual physical-prostration gesture) | Controlling condition of 7:14; recurs 12:6-7, 33:12 |
| Turn from wicked ways (OT shuv-repentance) | মন্দ পথ থেকে ফিরে আসা | mondo poth theke phire asha | High | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | মন পরিবর্তন করা (kept distinct — reserved for NT metanoia, not substituted here) | Covenantal “return,” distinct from NT change-of-mind repentance vocabulary |
| Forgive | ক্ষমা করা | kshama kora | Medium | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | ধার্মিক বলে গণ্য হওয়া (never substituted — reserved for NT justification) | OT covenant-pardon, distinct from NT forensic justification |
| Heal (national/covenantal restoration) | আরোগ্য করা / সুস্থ করা | arogyo kora / sustho kora | Medium | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | — | Must be framed nationally/covenantally, not narrowed to physical healing |
| Seek my face | আমার মুখ অন্বেষণ করা | amar mukh onneshon kora | Medium | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | — | Hebrew idiom; requires explanatory note |
| Pray / prayer | প্রার্থনা করা / প্রার্থনা | prarthona kora / prarthona | Medium | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | — | Context must keep address exclusively to সদাপ্রভু |
| Exile / captivity | নির্বাসন | nirbashon | Critical | The Exile as Covenant Consequence | — | Must be framed as covenantal judgment, fulfilling 7:19-22; theologian-reviewed |
| Captivity (early anticipatory mention) | বন্দিত্ব | bondittwo | High | The Exile as Covenant Consequence; Hope of Restoration | — | ch.6, anticipates ch.36 |
| Foreigner / stranger | বিদেশী | bideshi | Medium | Hope of Restoration; Unity of Jews and Gentiles | — | Individual sojourner, distinct nuance from baseline’s পরজাতি |
| Fulfillment of prophecy (seventy years) | ভাববাণীর পূর্ণতা | bhabbanir purnota | Low-Medium | Hope of Restoration | — | Reuses baseline doctrine phrase |
| Rebuild / go up (return and restoration) | নির্মাণ করা / পুনর্নির্মাণ করা / ফিরে যাওয়া | nirman kora / punornirman kora / phire jawa | Medium | Hope of Restoration | — | Book’s closing theological payoff; consistency with নির্বাসন essential |
Section C: Cross-Reference Notes for Phase 2
- সদাপ্রভু vs প্রভু — This is the single most consequential NEW distinction this curriculum introduces beyond the Romans baseline. Every occurrence of YHWH in 2 Chronicles must use সদাপ্রভু; প্রভু remains reserved for generic/NT κύριος usage. Any segment where these are confused must be flagged Critical for theologian review.
- আত্মা vs পবিত্র আত্মা — Chapters 18 and 36 require mandatory disambiguating translator notes; automated validation should scan for unqualified আত্মা and confirm a contextual note is attached.
- পূজা করা vs উপাসনা করা / সেবা করা — This deliberate lexical split (Section B4) must be enforced as strictly as the baseline’s forbidden-substitution list; automated validation should flag any occurrence of পূজা directed at সদাপ্রভু/ঈশ্বর as an error.
- শুদ্ধ করা vs পবিত্র করা — Ch.29’s cleansing terminology must not drift into পবিত্র করা’s consecration sense or vice versa; both terms may co-occur in the same passage (Hezekiah both cleanses and consecrates) and must remain distinguishable.
- অভিষেক করা vs খ্রীষ্ট — Any occurrence of ritual anointing language (chs. 1, 23) must include a note preventing conflation with the baseline’s reserved Messianic title.
- সেক/ফরসেক refrain pair (সদাপ্রভুর অন্বেষণ করা / পরিত্যাগ করা) — Render with absolute consistency across all 36 chapters; this pair is the Chronicler’s primary structural-theological vocabulary and anchors the Faithful and Unfaithful Kings doctrine end to end.
- 7:14 core-passage vocabulary (নত করা, প্রার্থনা করা, অন্বেষণ করা, ফিরে আসা, ক্ষমা করা, আরোগ্য করা) must be applied identically at its narrative echoes in 12:6-7 and 33:12, per the Theological Consistency Rules established in the baseline’s
12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
This glossary must be loaded alongside the baseline translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json before Phase 2 segment translation of any 2 Chronicles material begins. New entries here are candidates for promotion into an updated translation_memory.json version at the start of Phase 2.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বর
Transliteration: Ishshor
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / God
Rejected alternatives: ভগবান, আল্লাহ
Original: אֱלֹהִים
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. In 2 Chronicles renders אֱלֹהִים (Elohim), the category-word for God, kept distinct from সদাপ্রভু (YHWH, the covenant name) and from প্রভু (generic/NT lord).
Lord
Approved rendering: প্রভু
Transliteration: provu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: মালিক, ঈশ্বর
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Reserved for generic/NT κύριος usage. Must NEVER be substituted for সদাপ্রভু (YHWH) anywhere in 2 Chronicles; this is the single most consequential new discipline this curriculum adds to the baseline.
Messiah
Approved rendering: খ্রীষ্ট
Transliteration: Khrishto
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: মশীহ, অবতার পুরুষ
Original: מָשִׁיחַ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Reserved EXCLUSIVELY for the unique eschatological title guaranteed through the Davidic covenant (7:18) and fulfilled exclusively in Jesus. Must never be confused with অভিষেক করা, the ordinary ritual anointing of human kings/priests described repeatedly in this book.
Justification
Approved rendering: ধার্মিক বলে গণ্য হওয়া
Transliteration: dharmik bole gonyo howa
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance (cross-reference discipline)
Rejected alternatives: ক্ষমা পাওয়া, পুণ্য লাভ করা
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Retained here strictly for cross-reference discipline: 2 Chronicles 7:14’s OT covenant-pardon (ক্ষমা করা, see forgive entry) must never be substituted with or collapsed into this NT forensic justification phrase.
Salvation
Approved rendering: পরিত্রাণ
Transliteration: poritran
Doctrine: Salvation (cross-reference discipline)
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি, মোক্ষ, নাজাত
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Retained for cross-reference teaching continuity with 2 Chronicles 7:22’s Exodus-deliverance reference (‘brought them out of the land of Egypt’), which this curriculum renders বের করে আনলেন rather than পরিত্রাণ directly.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: পবিত্র আত্মা
Transliteration: Pobitro Attha
Doctrine: Created Spirits vs. the Holy Spirit (cross-reference discipline)
Rejected alternatives: ব্রহ্ম, পরমাত্মা
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Retained for mandatory cross-reference discipline against the unqualified আত্মা (spirit_created entry below) at 2 Chronicles 18:18-22 and 36:22, where confusion between the two would produce a serious Trinitarian error.
Lord Yhwh
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভু
Transliteration: Sodaprobhu
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence; Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Rejected alternatives: প্রভু (reserved for generic/NT κύριος), ঈশ্বর (reserved for Elohim/God generally)
Original: יְהוָה
Category: God
NEW term beyond the Romans baseline, since Romans (NT Greek) never transliterates the Tetragrammaton directly. Established Bengali Bible tradition’s rendering of YHWH. Must never collapse into প্রভু or ঈশ্বর. Saturates nearly every chapter of 2 Chronicles and anchors 7:14’s ‘my people who are called by my name.‘
Cleanse
Approved rendering: শুদ্ধ করা
Transliteration: shuddho kora
Doctrine: Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah
Rejected alternatives: শুচি
Original: טָהַר
Category: Reform
The baseline rejects শুচি for ‘holy’/‘sanctification’ due to Hindu ritual-purity (shuddhi) association. Here the underlying Hebrew (טהר) genuinely is ritual/cultic purification of a defiled physical space — a legitimate OT category. Mandatory translator note: (a) a real cultic-purification act, not merely metaphorical; (b) distinct from ongoing Hindu ritual-purity practice because it is a one-time, divinely commanded restoration pointing to Christ’s once-for-all purifying work (Hebrews 9-10). Theologian review required before first use.
Other Gods
Approved rendering: অন্য দেবতা
Transliteration: onno debota
Doctrine: Idolatry and False Worship
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বর (never used for false gods)
Original: אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים
Category: Idolatry
দেবতা’s ubiquity in everyday Bengali Hindu religious speech means every occurrence needs contextual clarity that these are illegitimate, rejected objects of worship, never variant names for the true ঈশ্বর.
Worship False Gods
Approved rendering: পূজা করা
Transliteration: puja kora
Doctrine: Idolatry and False Worship
Original: הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה
Category: Idolatry
Deliberate lexical split: পূজা করা reserved EXCLUSIVELY for condemned worship of false gods/idols (7:19), so that উপাসনা করা / সেবা করা remain unambiguously available for legitimate worship of সদাপ্রভু/ঈশ্বর. Theologian sign-off required.
Idol
Approved rendering: প্রতিমা / মূর্তি
Transliteration: protima / murti
Doctrine: Idolatry and False Worship
Original: פֶּסֶל
Category: Idolatry
মূর্তি is the everyday word for Hindu devotional images. Reserve for clear historical-narrative condemnation contexts only, never as a blanket ethnographic judgment on Hindu neighbors’ faith. Every occurrence theologian-reviewed.
Molech
Approved rendering: মোলক
Transliteration: Molok
Doctrine: Idolatry and False Worship
Original: מֹלֶךְ
Category: Idolatry
Deity to whom Ahaz sacrifices his own sons by fire (ch.28), the most extreme apostasy in the book. Content must not be softened, euphemized, or abbreviated.
Spirit Created
Approved rendering: আত্মা
Transliteration: attha
Doctrine: Created Spirits vs. the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: পবিত্র আত্মা (never substituted here)
Original: רוּח
Category: God
Must NEVER be rendered পবিত্র আত্মা. Mandatory translator note at every occurrence (18:18-22’s lying spirit; 36:22’s stirred spirit of Cyrus) distinguishing an unqualified created spirit-being or human disposition from the divine Holy Spirit.
Exile
Approved rendering: নির্বাসন
Transliteration: nirbashon
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Original: גָּלָה
Category: Exile
Forced deportation as covenant judgment, the full historical realization of the curse threatened in 7:20 (ch.36). Must be framed as covenantal judgment, not a merely political/military defeat narrative.
High Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: পবিত্র
Transliteration: pobitro
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: শুচি, নির্মল
Original: קָדוֹשׁ
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Applies to Temple consecration (7:16) and personnel as well as to persons generally.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: পবিত্রীকরণ
Transliteration: pobitrikoron
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: শুদ্ধিকরণ
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Distinct from the OT cultic-cleansing verb শুদ্ধ করা (see cleanse entry below), which addresses removal of ritual/cultic defilement rather than ongoing moral sanctification.
Glory
Approved rendering: মহিমা
Transliteration: mohima
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / God
Rejected alternatives: জ্যোতি, তেজ
Original: כָּבוֹד
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Reserved strictly for God’s own glory (5:13-14; 7:1-3). For the human-king sense in ch.9 (Solomon’s wealth/splendor, same Hebrew root כבוד), use জাঁকজমক (see royal_splendor entry) instead, to prevent accidental elevation of royal wealth to divine-glory status.
Covenant
Approved rendering: নিয়ম
Transliteration: niyom
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: চুক্তি, অঙ্গীকার
Original: בְּרִית
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Root for নিয়ম-সিন্দুক (Ark of the Covenant) and দাউদীয় নিয়ম (Davidic Covenant) in this curriculum.
Law
Approved rendering: ব্যবস্থা
Transliteration: bebostha
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: ধর্ম, শরিয়ত, নিয়ম
Original: תּוֹרָה
Category: Law
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Collapses the Hebrew תּוֹרָה/חֹק/מִשְׁפָּט/מִצְוָה cluster into a single term. NEVER ধর্ম.
Sin
Approved rendering: পাপ
Transliteration: pap
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: অধর্ম, অশুচিতা
Original: חַטָּאָה
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Renders חַטָּאָה/חַטָּאתָם in 2 Chronicles 7:14 and throughout.
Called
Approved rendering: আহুত
Transliteration: ahuto
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: আমন্ত্রিত, নিমন্ত্রিত
Original: נִקְרָא
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Reused for ‘my people who are called by my name’ (7:14, נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עֲלֵיהֶם); must retain the effectual, identity-conferring force established at Romans 1:6-7.
Election
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বরের মনোনয়ন
Transliteration: Ishshorer monownoyon
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, নিয়তি, কর্মফল
Original: בָּחַר
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Verb form মনোনীত করেছি reused for God’s choice of a place, not a person (7:12, 7:16).
Providence
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বরের পরিচালনা
Transliteration: Ishshorer porichalona
Doctrine: Providence and Sovereignty over Nations
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, নিয়তি
Original: הֵעִיר… אֶת־רוּחַ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Applies to 16:9 (‘the eyes of the LORD run to and fro’) and 36:22 (God stirring the spirit/disposition of Cyrus).
Seed Of David
Approved rendering: দায়ূদের বংশ
Transliteration: Dayuder bongsho
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and Messianic Promise
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Directly relevant to 2 Chronicles’ Davidic covenant material (7:18; 13:5; 21:7; 36:20-21).
Name Of The Lord
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভুর নাম
Transliteration: Sodaprobhur nam
Doctrine: Divine Name Theology
Original: שֵׁם יְהוָה
Category: God
God’s revealed Name, said to ‘dwell’ in the Temple (2:4; 6:5-6; 7:16). Must not be read as an invocation-formula or mantra with independent power, given widespread Hindu name-chanting (japa) and Islamic Asma ul-Husna-style devotional recitation. Anchor as covenant character/relationship, not a manipulable formula.
House Of The Lord
Approved rendering: মন্দির / সদাপ্রভুর গৃহ
Transliteration: mondir / Sodaprobhur gṛiho
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: בֵּית יְהוָה
Category: Temple Worship
মন্দির for the physical Temple structure (established Bengali Bible usage, distinct from the baseline’s rejection of মন্দির for ‘church,’ which concerned church-as-assembly, not a literal temple building); সদাপ্রভুর গৃহ for the relational phrase. Requires theologian-reviewed note distinguishing the aniconic, empty-Ark Temple from Hindu mandir image-worship practice.
Sacrifice
Approved rendering: বলিদান / বলিদানের গৃহ
Transliteration: bolidan
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: בֵּית זֶבַח
Category: Temple Worship
বলিদান is the same word used for Kali/Durga animal sacrifice across Bengal (notably Kalighat). Mandatory note anchoring this as the divinely instituted, Christ-typological Levitical sacrificial system (cf. Hebrews), not a parallel devotional blood-offering practice.
Burnt Offering
Approved rendering: হোমবলি
Transliteration: homboli
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: যজ্ঞ-related vocabulary
Original: עוֹלָה
Category: Temple Worship
Avoid Vedic yajna fire-sacrifice vocabulary, which would import unwanted Hindu ritual associations absent from the biblical text.
Altar
Approved rendering: বেদি
Transliteration: bedi
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: যজ্ঞবেদি
Original: מִזְבֵּח
Category: Temple Worship
যজ্ঞবেদি explicitly names the Vedic/Hindu fire-sacrifice altar and is rejected. বেদি (a more general platform/altar term) is preferred, always paired contextually with বলিদান.
Consecrate
Approved rendering: পবিত্র করা
Transliteration: pobitro kora
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: הִקְדִּישׁ
Category: Temple Worship
Reuses পবিত্র root; positive setting-apart for divine ownership (7:16), distinct from cleanse (শুদ্ধ করা), which removes defilement. Both actions co-occur in Hezekiah’s reform (ch.29) and must remain distinguishable.
Incense
Approved rendering: ধূপ
Transliteration: dhup
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence; Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Original: קְטֹרֶת
Category: Temple Worship
No substitute exists in Bengali; ধূপ is ubiquitous in Hindu household/temple devotional practice. Mandatory note: biblical incense was priest-restricted, symbolizing prayer ascending to God, not an ongoing devotional-atmosphere practice. Central to Uzziah’s judgment narrative (ch.26).
Anoint
Approved rendering: অভিষেক করা
Transliteration: abhishek kora
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; Davidic Covenant and Messianic Promise
Original: מָשַׁח
Category: Kingship
Identical vocabulary to Hindu deity-image ritual anointing/bathing (abhishekam). Mandatory disambiguating note at every occurrence (chs.1, 23) distinguishing (a) ordinary human royal/priestly consecration, (b) deity-image ritual, (c) the reserved eschatological title খ্রীষ্ট (Messiah).
Regnal Evaluation Formula
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভুর দৃষ্টিতে যা মন্দ/ভাল তাই করলেন
Transliteration: n/a (fixed clause)
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Rejected alternatives: generic ‘was a good/bad king’ paraphrase
Original: עָשָׂה הָרַע/הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה
Category: Kingship
The Chronicler’s structural evaluative refrain, recurring 10+ times from ch.21 through ch.36. Must be rendered with absolute consistency; must not be softened to a generic political judgment, which would lose the explicit divine courtroom framing.
Fear Of The Lord
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভুর ভয়
Transliteration: Sodaprobhur bhoy
Doctrine: The Fear of the LORD
Original: יִרְאַת יְהוָה
Category: Covenant Loyalty
ভয় is ordinary Bengali for fright/dread. Mandatory clarifying note establishing this as reverential awe and worshipful submission, not servile fear, applied uniformly at every recurrence (17:10; 19:7,9; 20:29; 26:5).
Forsake
Approved rendering: পরিত্যাগ করা
Transliteration: poritag kora
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Original: עָזַב
Category: Covenant Loyalty
The single most important recurring structural keyword in the book (7:19; 12:1; 21:10; 24:20,24; 28:6; 29:6; 34:25; 36:14-16). Absolute lexical consistency required.
Humble Themselves
Approved rendering: নিজেদেরকে নত করা
Transliteration: nijederke noto kora
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Rejected alternatives: প্রণাম / প্রণিপাত করা
Original: יִכָּנְעוּ
Category: Repentance
The controlling first condition of 7:14, narratively enacted at 12:6-7 and 33:12. প্রণাম/প্রণিপাত করা (ritual physical prostration) would reduce moral-spiritual reorientation to a culturally familiar devotional gesture.
Turn From Wicked Ways
Approved rendering: মন্দ পথ থেকে ফিরে আসা
Transliteration: mondo poth theke phire asha
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Rejected alternatives: মন পরিবর্তন করা (reserved for NT metanoia, not substituted here)
Original: שׁוּב
Category: Repentance
OT covenantal ‘return’ (שׁוּב), distinct from NT change-of-mind repentance vocabulary. Same root used negatively for apostasy (‘turn aside,’ 7:19).
Captivity Anticipatory
Approved rendering: বন্দিত্ব
Transliteration: bondittwo
Doctrine: Hope of Restoration; The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Original: שְׁבִי
Category: Exile
First mention of the exile theme within Solomon’s dedication prayer (6:36-39), anticipating ch.36’s fulfillment. Must be taught in continuity with নির্বাসন.
Wisdom
Approved rendering: প্রজ্ঞা
Transliteration: progya
Doctrine: Wisdom as a Gift from God
প্রজ্ঞা/জ্ঞান strongly evoke Hindu jñāna-yoga and Buddhist prajñā self-attained meditative paths. Solomon’s wisdom (1:7-12; 9:1-8) is a relational gift from a personal God for practical governance, not a self-attained spiritual state.
Medium Risk Terms
David
Approved rendering: দায়ূদ
Transliteration: Dayud
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and Messianic Promise
Original: דָּוִד
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Proper name throughout 2 Chronicles.
Israel
Approved rendering: ইস্রায়েল
Transliteration: Israel
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Spans both the divided southern kingdom of Judah and the northern remnant (e.g. Hezekiah’s Passover, ch.30).
Cherubim
Approved rendering: করূব
Transliteration: korub
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: כְּרוּבִים
Category: Temple Worship
Transliterated. Never venerated; function purely as presence-markers, distinct from Hindu deity-vehicle (vahana) imagery such as Garuda.
Veil
Approved rendering: পর্দা
Transliteration: porda
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: פָּרֹכֶת
Category: Temple Worship
Literal architectural curtain marking restricted access to God’s presence, not a generic decorative drape.
Ark Of The Covenant
Approved rendering: নিয়ম-সিন্দুক
Transliteration: niyom-shinduk
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence; Davidic Covenant and Messianic Promise
Original: אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית
Category: Temple Worship
Reuses নিয়ম; সিন্দুক clarifies ‘chest,’ avoiding confusion with a boat-ark (Noah). The Ark’s deliberate absence of any idol inside is doctrinally significant against the idol-worship narratives that follow.
Cloud Of Presence
Approved rendering: মেঘ
Transliteration: megh
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: עָנָן
Category: Temple Worship
Anchored as a specific historical theophany (5:13-14), not generic weather imagery nor comparable to Hindu deity-descent-via-celestial-vehicle imagery.
Dedicate
Approved rendering: উৎসর্গ করা / উদ্বোধন করা
Transliteration: utshorgo kora / uddhoboton kora
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: חָנַךְ
Category: Temple Worship
Formal, joyful ceremonial inauguration of the Temple (7:1-10), distinct from পবিত্র করা (positive moral/cultic consecration).
Fire From Heaven
Approved rendering: আকাশ থেকে আগুন
Transliteration: akash theke agun
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: אֵשׁ
Category: Temple Worship
A unique, historical, once-for-all sign of divine approval (7:1-3), not a repeatable ritual fire-phenomenon comparable to a Hindu havan/yajna fire ritual.
Praise
Approved rendering: প্রশংসা / স্তুতি
Transliteration: proshongsha / stuti
Doctrine: Thanksgiving and Praise in Corporate Worship
Original: הָלַל
Category: Worship Practice
স্তুতি carries Vaishnava bhakti-hymn associations (stuti, bhajan directed at Krishna/Vishnu). Use consistently and exclusively for praise directed at সদাপ্রভু/ঈশ্বর.
Tithe
Approved rendering: দশমাংশ
Transliteration: dashamangsho
Doctrine: Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah
Original: מַעֲשֵׂר
Category: Worship Practice
Established Bengali Christian term (ch.31). Distinguish from Hindu dan/dakshina to Brahmins and Islamic zakat, which operate under different theological rationale.
Passover
Approved rendering: নিস্তারপর্ব
Transliteration: nistarparbo
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence; Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah
Original: פֶּסַח
Category: Worship Practice
Established Bengali Christian term (chs.30, 35), anchored in the historical Exodus deliverance; distinct from generic seasonal-festival vocabulary.
Throne
Approved rendering: সিংহাসন
Transliteration: shinghashon
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and Messianic Promise; Hope of Restoration
Original: כִּסֵּא
Category: Kingship
Generic royal/deity-seat term in Bengali religious literature. Requires context-anchoring note identifying this specifically as the covenantally guaranteed Davidic throne (7:18), cross-referenced to Messianic Promise, at first use and at its near-extinction (ch.22) and restoration (ch.36).
Statutes Rules Commandments
Approved rendering: বিধি / শাসন / আদেশ
Transliteration: bidhi / shashon / adesh
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: ধর্ম
Original: חֻקִּים / מִשְׁפָּטִים / מִצְוֹת
Category: Law
Hebrew near-synonym cluster (חֹק/מִשְׁפָּט/מִצְוָה) collapses into the single baseline term ব্যবস্থা, with these sub-terms available where a verse pairs multiple Hebrew terms (7:17, 7:19). Never ধর্ম.
Rebellion
Approved rendering: বিদ্রোহ
Transliteration: bidroho
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Original: פֶּשַׁע
Category: Kingship
Political and covenantal rebellion against the Davidic throne (ch.10, division of the kingdom), foreshadowing the fuller Exile doctrine.
Priest
Approved rendering: যাজক
Transliteration: jajok
Doctrine: Priesthood and the Levitical Order
Rejected alternatives: পুরোহিত
Original: כֹּהֵן
Category: Priesthood
পুরোহিত carries caste and Brahminical-lineage associations absent from the biblical Levitical office. যাজক is the correct, established Bengali Christian term.
Seek The Lord
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভুর অন্বেষণ করা
Transliteration: Sodaprobhur onneshon kora
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Original: דָּרַשׁ יְהוָה
Category: Covenant Loyalty
The Chronicler’s positive counterpart-refrain to ‘forsake’ (15:2, 15:12-15, 16:12, 17:4, 20:3-4, 22:9, 26:5, 31:21, 34:3). Must be rendered with strict consistency.
Eyes Of The Lord
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভুর দৃষ্টি
Transliteration: Sodaprobhur drishti
Doctrine: Providence and Sovereignty over Nations
Original: עֵינֵי יְהוָה
Category: God
Anthropomorphic idiom for God’s watchful providential surveillance (16:9), echoing 7:15. Figurative, not to be visually literalized.
Trust Rely
Approved rendering: নির্ভর করা
Transliteration: nirbhor kora
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Rejected alternatives: বিশ্বাস (reserved per baseline for NT saving faith)
Original: בָּטַח
Category: Faith
Relational security placed in YHWH rather than military alliances or human strength (ch.16, 32). Deliberately kept distinct from বিশ্বাস.
High Places
Approved rendering: উঁচু স্থান
Transliteration: unchu sthan
Doctrine: Idolatry and False Worship
Original: בָּמוֹת
Category: Idolatry
Elevated, often syncretistic local cultic sites competing with the one authorized Temple. Any parenthetical পূজাস্থান gloss must follow the পূজা lexical-split rule.
Asherah
Approved rendering: আশেরা
Transliteration: Ashera
Doctrine: Idolatry and False Worship
Original: אֲשֵׁרָה
Category: Idolatry
Transliterated proper-noun cult object; requires no further Bengali gloss.
Baal
Approved rendering: বাল
Transliteration: Bal
Doctrine: Idolatry and False Worship
Original: בַּעַל
Category: Idolatry
Transliterated proper-noun Canaanite deity, a recurring object of condemned worship among unfaithful kings.
Disaster Calamity
Approved rendering: অমঙ্গল / বিপর্যয়
Transliteration: omongol / biporjoy
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Original: רָעָה
Category: Judgment
Shares its root with the Chronicler’s evaluative refrain ‘did evil.’ Retain covenantal-judgment framing; avoid pairing with ভাগ্য/নিয়তি vocabulary.
Forgive
Approved rendering: ক্ষমা করা
Transliteration: kshama kora
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Rejected alternatives: ধার্মিক বলে গণ্য হওয়া (never substituted — reserved for NT justification)
Original: סָלַח
Category: Repentance
Judicial pardon of national covenant guilt (7:14), restoring covenant relationship. Distinct from the NT’s individual forensic justification.
Heal Restoration
Approved rendering: আরোগ্য করা / সুস্থ করা
Transliteration: arogyo kora / sustho kora
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Original: רָפָא
Category: Repentance
Restoration to wholeness applied metaphorically to the land (7:13-14). Must be framed as national-covenantal restoration, not narrowed to individual physical healing.
Seek My Face
Approved rendering: আমার মুখ অন্বেষণ করা
Transliteration: amar mukh onneshon kora
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Original: יְבַקְשׁוּ פָנַי
Category: Repentance
Hebrew idiom (7:14) for actively pursuing God’s favorable presence and attention, not literal visual contact. Mandatory explanatory translator note.
Pray
Approved rendering: প্রার্থনা করা
Transliteration: prarthona kora
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance; Prayer and Intercession
Original: יִתְפַּלְּלוּ
Category: Prayer
Covenantal petition addressed to YHWH alone (7:14). Context (addressed to সদাপ্রভু alone) must remain unambiguous.
Foreigner Stranger
Approved rendering: বিদেশী
Transliteration: bideshi
Doctrine: Anticipation of Gentile Inclusion
Original: נָכְרִי
Category: Restoration
Individual non-Israelite sojourner (6:32-33), distinct nuance from the baseline’s পরজাতি (Gentiles as a people-group category).
Rebuild Return
Approved rendering: নির্মাণ করা / পুনর্নির্মাণ করা / ফিরে যাওয়া
Transliteration: nirman kora / punornirman kora / phire jawa
Doctrine: Hope of Restoration
Original: בָּנָה
Category: Restoration
The reversal of exile — restoration to the land and rebuilding of the Temple under Cyrus’s decree (36:22-23). Consistency with house_of_the_lord and নির্বাসন renderings essential.
Book Of The Law
Approved rendering: ব্যবস্থার পুস্তক
Transliteration: beboshthar pustok
Doctrine: Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah
Original: סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה
Category: Law
The rediscovered Mosaic law-scroll (ch.34) that catalyzes Josiah’s reform, reusing ব্যবস্থা.
Fulfillment Of Prophecy
Approved rendering: ভাববাণীর পূর্ণতা
Transliteration: bhabbanir purnota
Doctrine: Hope of Restoration
Original: לְמַלֹּאת דְּבַר־יְהוָה
Category: Restoration
Reuses the baseline’s fixed doctrine phrase. Must retain linear-historical, not cyclical-cosmological, sense (36:22).
Royal Splendor
Approved rendering: জাঁকজমক
Transliteration: jakjomok
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence (fenced from Deity of Christ’s glory)
Rejected alternatives: মহিমা (reserved exclusively for God’s glory)
The same Hebrew root כבוד describes both God’s glory and Solomon’s human wealth/splendor (ch.9). মহিমা must be reserved strictly for God’s own glory; জাঁকজমক used for Solomon’s royal wealth to prevent accidental elevation of royal wealth to divine-glory status.
Low Risk Terms
Prophet
Approved rendering: ভাববাদী
Transliteration: bhabbadi
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: জ্যোতিষী
Original: נָבִיא
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Applies to Azariah, Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Huldah references throughout 2 Chronicles.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: ভাববাণী
Transliteration: bhabbani
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: গণনা
Original: נְבוּאָה
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly.
Levite
Approved rendering: লেবীয়
Transliteration: lebiyo
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: לְוִיִּם
Category: Priesthood
Members of the tribe of Levi set apart for Temple service (ch.11, ch.31), distinct from the Aaronic priesthood but supporting it.
Leprosy
Approved rendering: কুষ্ঠরোগ
Transliteration: kushthorog
Doctrine: Judgment and Divine Justice
Original: צָרַעַת
Category: Judgment
Standard medical/biblical term for Uzziah’s judgment-sign (ch.26); frame theologically as judgment, not merely illness.
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