Core Glossary
Core Glossary: Zechariah
| # | English Term | Original (Hebrew / LXX Greek) | Transliteration | Bengali Rendering | Status | Doctrine Category | Risk | Primary Passages | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LORD (YHWH) | יְהוָה | YHWH | সদাপ্রভু | NEW | Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan | Critical | throughout | Distinct from baseline TM প্রভু (κύριος). Established Bengali OT convention for the tetragrammaton. Translator note required linking to NT’s application of “Lord” language to Christ (Rom 10:9). |
| 2 | LORD of hosts | יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת | YHWH Tseva’ot | বাহিনীগণের সদাপ্রভু | NEW | Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan | High | 1:3, 4, 12; 4:6; 8:2; 9:15; 14:16 | Do not soften into a tribal/martial title; total sovereignty, not war-patronage. |
| 3 | word of the LORD | דְּבַר־יְהוָה | devar-YHWH | সদাপ্রভুর বচন | NEW | Inspiration of Scripture | High | 1:1; 7:8 | Authoritative divine speech-event, not human opinion. |
| 4 | angel of the LORD | מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה | mal’akh YHWH | সদাপ্রভুর দূত | NEW | Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan | Medium | 1:9-13; 3:1 | দূত permitted here (distinct from baseline’s rejection of দূত for “apostle,” a different NT office). |
| 5 | return / repent | שׁוּב | shuv | ফিরে আসা | NEW | Restoration | Medium | 1:3 | Relational covenant repentance, not mere geographic return or self-improvement. |
| 6 | zeal / jealousy (for Zion) | קִנְאָה | qin’ah | অন্তর্জ্বালা | NEW, Critical to curriculum | God’s Zeal for Zion | High | 1:14; 8:2 | Never ঈর্ষা (petty envy connotation). Ardent covenant-love-in-action. |
| 7 | horns (of the nations) | קְרָנוֹת | qeranot | শিং (metaphor for power) | NEW | Sovereign Plan | Medium | 1:18-21 | Metaphor for imperial power; avoid শক্তি as the primary gloss noun. |
| 8 | measuring line | חֶבֶל מִדָּה | chevel middah | মাপার দড়ি | NEW | Restoration of Jerusalem | Low | 2:1-2 | Standard architectural-planning image. |
| 9 | apple of his eye | בְּבָבַת עֵינוֹ | be-bavat eino | চোখের মণির মতো প্রিয় | NEW | God’s Zeal for Zion | Medium | 2:8 | Existing Bengali idiom of great preciousness; translates naturally. |
| 10 | dwell in the midst | שָׁכַן | shakhan | মধ্যে বাস করা | NEW | Restoration / Presence of God | High | 2:10-11 | Personal relational presence, not pantheistic land-indwelling; connects to দেহধারণ (baseline TM). |
| 11 | Satan / the Accuser | הַשָּׂטָן | ha-satan | শয়তান | NEW | Justification (typological) | Medium | 3:1-2 | Shared vocabulary with Muslim usage is not a doctrinal problem here (unlike মশীহ/ঈসা). |
| 12 | iniquity removed | הֶעֱבִיר עָוֹן | he’evir avon | অপরাধ দূর করা | NEW | Justification | High | 3:4 | Forensic pardon, parallels baseline TM ধার্মিক বলে গণ্য হওয়া. |
| 13 | the Branch | צֶמַח | tsemach | শাখা | NEW, Critical to curriculum | The Coming Messianic King | Critical | 3:8; 6:12-13 | Mandatory translator note tying শাখা to দায়ূদের বংশ (baseline TM) / Isaiah’s Root of Jesse; otherwise reads as generic botanical branch. |
| 14 | lampstand | מְנוֹרָה | menorah | দীপাধার | NEW | Sovereign Plan | Low | 4:2 | Cultural-historical transliteration মিনোরা optional alongside. |
| 15 | seven eyes | שִׁבְעָה עֵינֵי | shiv’ah einei | সাতটি চক্ষু | NEW | Sovereign Plan | Medium | 3:9; 4:10 | Symbol of total divine oversight; needs explanatory note. |
| 16 | not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit | לֹא בְחַיִל וְלֹא בְכֹחַ כִּי בְרוּחִי | lo ve-chayil ve-lo ve-koach ki be-ruchi | শক্তি বা সামর্থ্য দ্বারা নয়, কিন্তু আমার আত্মা দ্বারা | NEW | Power of God (cf. baseline TM) | High | 4:6 | Human might (শক্তি, negated) vs. divine enabling Spirit; do not confuse with baseline’s forbidden positive use of শক্তি for God’s own power. |
| 17 | flying scroll | מְגִלָּה עָפָה | megillah afah | উড়ন্ত পুস্তক-খণ্ড | NEW | Sovereign Plan | Low | 5:1-4 | Standard descriptive term. |
| 18 | curse (covenantal) | אָלָה | alah | অভিশাপ | NEW | Sovereign Plan | Medium | 5:3 | Note distinguishing formal covenant-sanction from folk-magical hexing. |
| 19 | Wickedness (personified) | רִשְׁעָה | rish’ah | দুষ্টতা | NEW | Sanctification (corporate) | Medium | 5:8 | Personification device; brief note needed re: symbolism, not a literal/goddess figure. |
| 20 | four winds/spirits of heaven | אַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמָיִם | arba ruchot ha-shamayim | আকাশের চার বায়ু | NEW | Sovereign Plan | Medium | 6:5 | Prefer বায়ু over আত্মা to avoid Holy Spirit conflation. |
| 21 | crown(s) | עֲטָרוֹת | atarot | মুকুট | NEW | The Coming Messianic King | Medium | 6:11-14 | Prophetic-symbolic act on a priest, not a literal coronation of Joshua. |
| 22 | priest on his throne / counsel of peace | כֹּהֵן עַל־כִּסְאוֹ / עֲצַת שָׁלוֹם | kohen al-kis’o / atsat shalom | সিংহাসনে যাজক / শান্তির মন্ত্রণা | NEW | The Coming Messianic King | High | 6:13 | Anticipates Christ as King-Priest (Heb 7-8); reuses baseline TM শান্তি. |
| 23 | true justice / kindness and mercy | מִשְׁפַּט אֱמֶת / חֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים | mishpat emet / chesed ve-rachamim | সত্য বিচার / দয়া ও করুণা | NEW | Sovereign Plan (ethics) | Medium | 7:9 | chesed = covenant-loyalty, not sentimental pity. |
| 24 | hearts like flint | לֵב שָׁמִיר | lev shamir | পাথরের মতো কঠিন হৃদয় | NEW | Sovereign Plan | Low | 7:12 | Natural Bengali idiom, translates well. |
| 25 | city of truth / holy mountain | עִיר הָאֱמֶת / הַר־הַקֹּדֶשׁ | ir ha-emet / har ha-qodesh | সত্যের নগর / পবিত্র পর্বত | NEW | Restoration of Jerusalem | High | 8:3 | Reuses baseline TM পবিত্র; requires pastoral framing re: modern political Jerusalem. |
| 26 | remnant | שְׁאֵרִית | she’erit | অবশিষ্ট লোক | NEW | Election (cf. baseline TM) | Medium | 8:6, 11-12 | God’s sovereign preserving choice, not merit-based survival. |
| 27 | fasts turned to feasts / seek the LORD | הַצֹּמוֹת לְשִׁמְחָה / בַּקֵּשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה | ha-tsomot le-simchah / baqesh et-YHWH | উপবাস আনন্দোৎসবে পরিণত / সদাপ্রভুর খোঁজ করা | NEW | Restoration | Low-Medium | 8:19, 21-22 | Eschatological reversal of mourning into joy. |
| 28 | your king (Messianic King) | מַלְכֵּךְ | malkekh | তোমার রাজা | NEW, core passage | The Coming Messianic King | High | 9:9 | রাজা alone is generic/secular; mandatory framing via দায়ূদের বংশ + খ্রীষ্ট (baseline TM). |
| 29 | righteous | צַדִּיק | tsaddiq | ধার্মিক | Adjective form of baseline TM ধার্মিকতা | Salvation / Coming King | Critical | 9:9 | Never any ধর্ম-root rendering. |
| 30 | having salvation / saved (passive) | נוֹשָׁע | nosha | পরিত্রাণপ্রাপ্ত | Compound built on baseline TM পরিত্রাণ | Salvation / Coming King | Critical | 9:9 | Passive “vindicated by God,” not merely active “brings salvation”; translator note on both senses REQUIRED. |
| 31 | humble | עָנִי | ani | দীন | NEW | The Coming Messianic King | Medium | 9:9 | Avoid ascetic-renunciation connotation; royal self-humbling, not indigence. |
| 32 | donkey / colt, foal of a donkey | חֲמוֹר / עַיִר בֶּן־אֲתֹנוֹת | chamor / ayir ben-atonot | গর্দভ / গর্দভশাবক | NEW, core passage | The Coming Messianic King | High | 9:9 | Prefer formal গর্দভ over colloquial গাধা (Bengali insult idiom); peace-symbolism note required; must harmonize with future Matt 21:5/John 12:15 renderings. |
| 33 | chariot / war horse / battle bow | רֶכֶב / סוּס / קֶשֶׁת מִלְחָמָה | rekhev / sus / qesheth milchamah | রথ / যুদ্ধের ঘোড়া / যুদ্ধের ধনুক | NEW, core passage | The Coming Messianic King | Low-Medium | 9:10 | Deliberate contrast with peaceable donkey-mount of 9:9. |
| 34 | he shall speak peace to the nations | וְדִבֶּר שָׁלוֹם לַגּוֹיִם | ve-dibber shalom la-goyim | জাতিগণকে শান্তির কথা বলবেন | NEW, core passage; reuses baseline TM শান্তি | The Coming Messianic King | Medium | 9:10 | Authoritative royal decree, not a casual wish; জাতিগণ ≠ baseline TM পরজাতি (reserve latter for Jew/Gentile contrast). |
| 35 | his rule from sea to sea | מָשְׁלוֹ מִיָּם עַד־יָם | moshlo miyyam ad-yam | তাঁর শাসন সমুদ্র থেকে সমুদ্র পর্যন্ত | NEW, core passage | The Coming Messianic King | Medium | 9:10 | Connect to ঈশ্বরের রাজ্য (baseline TM Kingdom of God). |
| 36 | I will cut off / blood of the covenant | וְהִכְרַתִּי / דַּם־בְּרִיתֵךְ | ve-hikhrati / dam-beritekh | উচ্ছেদ করব / নিয়মের রক্ত | NEW; reuses baseline TM নিয়ম | Coming King / Restoration | High | 9:10-11 | নিয়মের রক্ত must harmonize with future Matt 26:28 rendering. |
| 37 | prisoners from the waterless pit | אֲסִירֵי הַבּוֹר אֲשֶׁר אֵין־מַיִם בּוֹ | asirei ha-bor asher ein-mayim bo | জলহীন কূপের বন্দিরা | NEW | Salvation (cf. baseline TM) | Medium | 9:11 | Vivid hopeless-captivity image; connect to পরিত্রাণ doctrine. |
| 38 | idols speak lies / diviners | תְּרָפִים / קוֹסְמִים | terafim / qosemim | প্রতিমা / গণক | NEW | Sovereign Plan (contrast true prophecy) | High | 10:2 | প্রতিমা collides with Hindu Durga Puja devotional-image vocabulary; গণক still an active social role. Pastoral framing note required — critique is of false spiritual mediation, not an ethnographic attack. |
| 39 | cornerstone / tent peg | פִּנָּה / יָתֵד | pinnah / yated | কোণের পাথর / তাঁবুর গোঁজ | NEW | The Coming Messianic King | Medium | 10:4 | Anticipates NT cornerstone Christology (Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:6). |
| 40 | shepherd(s) | רֹעֶה / רֹעִים | ro’eh / ro’im | মেষপালক | NEW | The Coming Messianic King | Medium | 10:2-3; 11:4-17; 13:7 | Feeds into John 10 Good Shepherd Christology in a future Gospels curriculum. |
| 41 | flock doomed to slaughter | צֹאן הַהֲרֵגָה | tson ha-haregah | হত্যার জন্য নির্ধারিত মেষপাল | NEW | Sovereign Plan | Medium | 11:4, 7 | Stark judgment image; should not be softened. |
| 42 | thirty pieces of silver / potter | שְׁלֹשִׁים כֶּסֶף / יוֹצֵר | shloshim kesef / yotser | ত্রিশ রৌপ্যমুদ্রা / কুম্ভকার | NEW | The Coming Messianic King (typology) | High | 11:12-13 | Must harmonize with future Matt 27:9-10 rendering (Judas typology). |
| 43 | break my covenant with all the peoples | הֵפֵר אֶת־בְּרִיתִי | hefer et-beriti | নিয়ম ভেঙে দেওয়া | reuses baseline TM নিয়ম | Sovereign Plan | Medium | 11:10 | |
| 44 | house of David | בֵּית דָּוִיד | beit David | দায়ূদের বংশ | reuses baseline TM exactly | The Coming Messianic King | High | 12:8, 10, 12 | Already established via seed_of_david entry. |
| 45 | spirit of grace and pleading | רוּחַ חֵן וְתַחֲנוּנִים | ruach chen ve-tachanunim | অনুগ্রহ ও প্রার্থনার আত্মা | NEW; reuses baseline TM অনুগ্রহ | The Piercing of the One They Have Pierced | High | 12:10 | আত্মা ambiguity (disposition vs. Holy Spirit’s person) must be preserved, not resolved, per translator note. |
| 46 | pierced | דָּקַר | daqar | বিদ্ধ করা | NEW, Critical to curriculum | The Piercing of the One They Have Pierced | Critical | 12:10 | Must retain “me”/“him” grammatical shift; must harmonize with future John 19:37 rendering; never softened to non-violent metaphor. |
| 47 | mourning for an only son | מִסְפֵּד עַל־הַיָּחִיד | mispedh al-ha-yachid | একমাত্র পুত্রের জন্য বিলাপের মতো | NEW | The Piercing of the One They Have Pierced | High | 12:10 | Deepest ANE mourning category; intensity must not be diluted. |
| 48 | fountain opened for sin and uncleanness | מָקוֹר נִפְתָּח לְחַטָּאת וּלְנִדָּה | maqor niftach le-chatat u-le-niddah | পাপ ও অশুচিতা দূর করার উৎস | NEW, Critical to curriculum; reuses baseline TM পাপ | The Piercing of the One They Have Pierced / Restoration | Critical | 13:1 | Pairs moral sin (পাপ) with OT ceremonial impurity (অশুচিতা) deliberately; mandatory note distinguishing this typological OT category from ongoing Hindu shuddhi ritual-purity practice. |
| 49 | refine like silver / test like gold | צָרַף / בָּחַן | tsaraf / bachan | পরিশোধন করা / পরীক্ষা করা | NEW | Providence (cf. baseline TM) | High | 13:9 | Personal purposive discipline (ঈশ্বরের পরিচালনা), not impersonal karmic suffering. |
| 50 | strike the shepherd | הַךְ אֶת־הָרֹעֶה | hakh et-ha-ro’eh | মেষপালককে আঘাত কর | NEW | The Piercing of the One They Have Pierced | High | 13:7 | Must harmonize with future Matt 26:31 rendering. |
| 51 | ”They are my people… The LORD is my God” | עַמִּי הוּא… יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי | ammi hu… YHWH Elohai | তারা আমার প্রজা… সদাপ্রভু আমার ঈশ্বর | NEW; reuses baseline TM ঈশ্বর | Restoration / Covenant | Medium-High | 13:9 | Classic covenant-formula refrain; render consistently across future OT curricula. |
| 52 | the day of the LORD | יוֹם־לַיהוָה | yom la-YHWH | সদাপ্রভুর দিন | NEW | Sovereign Plan | High | 14:1 | Specific climactic historical-eschatological event, not cyclical-age cosmology. |
| 53 | living waters | מַיִם חַיִּים | mayim chayim | জীবন্ত জল | NEW | Restoration | Medium | 14:8 | Harmonize with future John 4/7 “living water” rendering. |
| 54 | the LORD will be king over all the earth; one LORD, and his name one | יְהוָה לְמֶלֶךְ עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ / יְהוָה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד | YHWH le-melekh al-kol-ha’aretz / YHWH echad u-shemo echad | সদাপ্রভু সমস্ত পৃথিবীর উপরে রাজা হবেন / সদাপ্রভু এক, তাঁর নাম এক | NEW, Critical to curriculum | The Coming Messianic King | High | 14:9 | Mandatory note: OT oneness affirmation compatible with, not contradicted by, NT Trinitarian revelation; must not be read as anti-Trinitarian nor weaponized against Muslim-background readers’ shared monotheism. |
| 55 | holy to the LORD | קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה | qodesh la-YHWH | সদাপ্রভুর উদ্দেশে পবিত্র | reuses baseline TM পবিত্র | Restoration / Sanctification | Medium | 14:20-21 | Totalizing scope (even horse-bells, cooking pots) must be preserved. |
| 56 | Feast of Tabernacles | חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת | chag ha-sukkot | কুটিরবাস-পর্ব | NEW | Unity of Jews and Gentiles (cf. baseline doctrine) | Medium | 14:16-19 | Unfamiliar festival; brief explanatory note recommended. |
Reused Baseline Romans TM Terms Appearing in Zechariah
The following baseline terms recur across Zechariah and must be reused exactly as recorded in translation_memory.json:
| Term | Bengali (baseline TM) | Key Zechariah Passages |
|---|---|---|
| holy | পবিত্র | 2:12; 8:3; 14:20-21 |
| covenant | নিয়ম | 9:11; 11:10 |
| righteousness (adjective ধার্মিক derived) | ধার্মিকতা / ধার্মিক | 9:9 |
| salvation | পরিত্রাণ | 9:9, 11 |
| sin | পাপ | 13:1 |
| glory | মহিমা | 2:5, 8 |
| grace | অনুগ্রহ | 12:10 |
| peace | শান্তি | 6:13; 8:19; 9:10 |
| covenant name David / seed of David | দায়ূদ / দায়ূদের বংশ | 12:7-12; 13:1 |
| Israel | ইস্রায়েল | throughout |
| God | ঈশ্বর | throughout |
| kingdom of God (conceptual link) | ঈশ্বরের রাজ্য | 9:10; 14:9 |
| election (remnant conceptual link) | ঈশ্বরের মনোনয়ন | 8:6, 11-12 |
| providence (refining conceptual link) | ঈশ্বরের পরিচালনা | 13:9 |
| power of God (negated human-might contrast) | ঈশ্বরের সামর্থ্য | 4:6 |
| gentiles (reserved for Jew/Gentile-contrast contexts only) | পরজাতি | (contrast term; see জাতিগণ note above) |
Cross-Reference Flags for Future Curricula
Several Zechariah terms are directly quoted in the New Testament and must be harmonized when those NT books are later processed through this pipeline:
| Zechariah Passage | NT Quotation | Shared Term Requiring Harmonized Rendering |
|---|---|---|
| 9:9 | Matt 21:5; John 12:15 | king, righteous, having salvation, humble, donkey/colt |
| 11:12-13 | Matt 27:9-10 | thirty pieces of silver, potter |
| 12:10 | John 19:37 | pierced |
| 13:7 | Matt 26:31 | strike the shepherd |
| 9:11 (blood of the covenant) | Matt 26:28 | blood of the covenant |
| 14:8 (living waters) | John 4:10-14; 7:38 | living water |
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বর
Transliteration: Ishshor
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / Divine Name and Sovereignty of YHWH
Rejected alternatives: ভগবান, আল্লাহ
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. In Zechariah, אֱלֹהִים (Elohim) refers to the same one true God named by the covenant name יְהוָה (see new term yhwh); the covenant-formula refrain 13:9 pairs both. Never ভগবান or আল্লাহ.
Lord
Approved rendering: প্রভু
Transliteration: provu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ / Divine Name and Sovereignty of YHWH
Rejected alternatives: মালিক, ঈশ্বর
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Reserved for κύριος/NT Lordship of Christ (Rom 10:9). Kept doctrinally DISTINCT from the new term yhwh (সদাপ্রভু), the Hebrew tetragrammaton; a mandatory translator note bridges the two, since the NT deliberately claims YHWH’s identity for Christ using this title.
Jesus
Approved rendering: যীশু
Transliteration: Jishu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈসা
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Used in translator notes anchoring Zechariah’s typological/messianic content (9:9 fulfilled Matt 21:5/John 12:15; 11:12-13 fulfilled Matt 27:9-10; 12:10 fulfilled John 19:37; 13:7 quoted by Jesus in Matt 26:31).
Messiah
Approved rendering: খ্রীষ্ট
Transliteration: Khrishto
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King / Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: মশীহ, অবতার পুরুষ
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Mandatory anchor term for রাজা (your_king_messianic) and শাখা (the_branch) throughout Zechariah, so these terms are read as the single, exclusive Jewish messianic promise fulfilled in Jesus, not a generic ruler or one avatar among others.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: পবিত্র আত্মা
Transliteration: Pobitro Attha
Doctrine: Sanctification / The Outpoured Spirit of Grace and Supplication
Rejected alternatives: ব্রহ্ম, পরমাত্মা
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Held in deliberate tension with spirit_of_grace_and_pleading (12:10), where আত্মা’s ambiguity (inward disposition vs. the Holy Spirit’s own person) must be preserved rather than resolved toward this term.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বরের পুত্র
Transliteration: Ishshorer Putro
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King / Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: দেবপুত্র, ঈশ্বরের অংশ
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Forward-looking doctrinal anchor: Zechariah’s Davidic covenant material (house of David, 12:7-12; seed_of_david throughout) is the Old Testament root of the NT’s Son of God Christology; not directly rendered in Zechariah’s Hebrew text itself but essential background for teaching notes.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: পুনরুত্থান
Transliteration: punorutthan
Doctrine: The Piercing of the One They Have Pierced (forward typology)
Rejected alternatives: পুনর্জন্ম, পুনর্জীবন
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Never পুনর্জন্ম. Relevant as the doctrinal sequel implied but not narrated in Zechariah: the pierced one (12:10) is later bodily raised, per NT fulfillment; also relevant to having_salvation_nosha’s passive-vindication sense.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: দেহধারণ
Transliteration: dehodharon
Doctrine: Restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple / Presence of God Dwelling in Zion
Rejected alternatives: অবতার, দেহ প্রকাশ
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Never অবতার. Cross-referenced from dwell_in_the_midst (Zech 2:10-11): God’s promise to dwell personally among his people anticipates the eternal Son’s permanent assumption of human nature, not a repeatable divine descent.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: ধার্মিকতা
Transliteration: dharmikota
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King / Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ধর্ম, পুণ্য, ন্যায়
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Never ধর্ম. Root noun underlying the new adjective term righteous_tsaddiq (9:9), used of the coming king himself.
Justification
Approved rendering: ধার্মিক বলে গণ্য হওয়া
Transliteration: dharmik bole gonyo howa
Doctrine: Typological Justification and Cleansing
Rejected alternatives: ক্ষমা পাওয়া, পুণ্য লাভ করা
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Directly parallels iniquity_removed (Zech 3:4): God’s forensic declaration of pardon over Joshua the high priest, an OT type of this doctrine.
Salvation
Approved rendering: পরিত্রাণ
Transliteration: poritran
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King / Salvation
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি, মোক্ষ, নাজাত
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Never মুক্তি, মোক্ষ, or নাজাত. Root noun underlying having_salvation_nosha (9:9) and prisoners_waterless_pit (9:11).
Yhwh
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভু
Transliteration: sodaprovu
Doctrine: Divine Name and Sovereignty of YHWH
Rejected alternatives: প্রভু (reserved for NT κύριος), ঈশ্বর (reserved for אֱלֹהִים/θεός generic)
Original: יְהוָה
Category: God
NEW, Critical. Established Bengali OT convention for the tetragrammaton, distinct from baseline TM প্রভু. Recurs throughout Zechariah. Mandatory translator note required bridging to the NT’s application of Lord-language to Christ (Rom 10:9) — a deliberate doctrinal claim on YHWH’s own identity.
The Branch
Approved rendering: শাখা
Transliteration: shakha
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King / Priest-King Typology
Original: צֶמַח
Category: Christology
NEW, Critical, core curriculum term. Zech 3:8; 6:12-13. Generic শাখা reads as an ordinary botanical branch; MANDATORY translator note at every occurrence tying it to দায়ূদের বংশ (seed_of_david) and Isaiah’s Root of Jesse imagery. Consider visually marked form (‘শাখা’ পুরুষ) in study materials.
Righteous Tsaddiq
Approved rendering: ধার্মিক
Transliteration: dharmik
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King / Salvation
Original: צַדִּיק
Category: Salvation
NEW, Critical, core passage term (Zech 9:9). Adjective form of baseline TM ধার্মিকতা. NEVER any ধর্ম-root rendering implying religious duty or identity rather than right standing before God.
Having Salvation Nosha
Approved rendering: পরিত্রাণপ্রাপ্ত
Transliteration: poritranpropto
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King / Salvation
Rejected alternatives: তিনি ত্রাণ আনেন (active gloss, rejected as primary rendering)
Original: נוֹשָׁע
Category: Salvation
NEW, Critical, core passage term (Zech 9:9). Compound built on baseline TM পরিত্রাণ. The Hebrew verb is grammatically passive: the king himself is delivered/vindicated by God, not merely a victor by his own might. MANDATORY translator note explaining both the passive (primary) and active (secondary, downstream-Scripture) senses is required at every occurrence.
Pierced
Approved rendering: বিদ্ধ করা
Transliteration: bidhdho kora
Doctrine: The Piercing of the One They Have Pierced
Rejected alternatives: ক্ষতবিক্ষত করা / আঘাত দেওয়া (rejected as too weak), মনে কষ্ট দেওয়া (rejected: erases lethal, bodily force)
Original: דָּקַר (LXX ἐξεκέντησαν)
Category: Christology
NEW, Critical, book-defining term (Zech 12:10). Must retain the startling first-person/third-person grammatical shift (‘they look on ME… whom they have pierced HIM’). Must NEVER be softened to a non-violent metaphor. Must be renderable identically when a future John curriculum translates John 19:37.
Fountain For Sin And Uncleanness
Approved rendering: পাপ ও অশুচিতা দূর করার উৎস
Transliteration: pap o oshuchita dur korar utso
Doctrine: Typological Justification and Cleansing
Original: מָקוֹר נִפְתָּח לְחַטָּאת וּלְנִדָּה
Category: Salvation
NEW, Critical. Zech 13:1. Reuses baseline TM পাপ. Deliberately pairs moral sin (পাপ) with OT ceremonial impurity (অশুচিতা), categories the baseline otherwise keeps separate to avoid Hindu shuddhi collision. MANDATORY translator note explaining this as a superseded OT typological category fulfilled in Christ, NOT an endorsement of ongoing Hindu ritual-purity practice.
Lord King Over All Earth One Lord
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভু সমস্ত পৃথিবীর উপরে রাজা হবেন; সদাপ্রভু এক, এবং তাঁর নাম এক
Transliteration: sodaprovu shomosto prithibir upore raja hoben; sodaprovu ek, ebong tar naam ek
Doctrine: Divine Oneness and Trinitarian Compatibility / The Coming Messianic King
Original: יְהוָה לְמֶלֶךְ עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ / יְהוָה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד
Category: God
NEW, Critical. Zech 14:9. Strongly echoes Islamic tawhid emphasis on absolute divine oneness. MANDATORY translator note required clarifying that this OT oneness affirmation is fully compatible with, and not contradicted by, later NT Trinitarian revelation; must never be used to argue against Trinitarian doctrine nor to obscure the genuine shared ground of monotheism with Muslim-background readers.
High Risk Terms
Sin
Approved rendering: পাপ
Transliteration: pap
Doctrine: Typological Justification and Cleansing
Rejected alternatives: অধর্ম, অশুচিতা
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Deliberately paired with অশুচিতা (ceremonial impurity) in fountain_for_sin_and_uncleanness (13:1); the baseline’s careful separation of these two categories must be explained, not silently overridden, at that occurrence.
Glory
Approved rendering: মহিমা
Transliteration: mohima
Doctrine: Restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple
Rejected alternatives: জ্যোতি, তেজ
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Never তেজ. God’s radiant presence returning to dwell in Zion (2:5, 8).
Grace
Approved rendering: অনুগ্রহ
Transliteration: anugroho
Doctrine: The Outpoured Spirit of Grace and Supplication
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা, পুণ্য, ভাগ্য
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Root noun underlying the compound spirit_of_grace_and_pleading (12:10).
Seed Of David
Approved rendering: দায়ূদের বংশ
Transliteration: Dayuder bongsho
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant / The Coming Messianic King
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Reused exactly for ‘house of David’ (12:8, 10, 12) and as the mandatory anchoring phrase for your_king_messianic (9:9) and the_branch (3:8; 6:12-13).
Election
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বরের মনোনয়ন
Transliteration: Ishshorer monownoyon
Doctrine: Remnant and Election
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, নিয়তি, কর্মফল
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Conceptual anchor for remnant (8:6, 11-12); never karma-determined fate.
Providence
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বরের পরিচালনা
Transliteration: Ishshorer porichalona
Doctrine: Providence and Refining Discipline
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, নিয়তি
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Conceptual anchor for refine_like_silver_test_like_gold (13:9); never impersonal karmic fatalism.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বরের সামর্থ্য
Transliteration: Ishshorer shamorthyo
Doctrine: Power of God versus Human Might
Rejected alternatives: শক্তি
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. NEVER শক্তি for God’s own power. See not_by_might_nor_by_power (4:6) for the one legitimate exception, where শক্তি negates HUMAN might, not God’s.
Holy
Approved rendering: পবিত্র
Transliteration: pobitro
Doctrine: Restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple / Holiness Extending to Everyday Life
Rejected alternatives: শুচি, নির্মল
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Applied across city_of_truth_holy_mountain (8:3) and holy_to_the_lord (14:20-21).
Saints
Approved rendering: পবিত্র লোক
Transliteration: pobitro lok
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: সাধু, সাধুগণ
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. NEVER সাধু/সাধুগণ. Applies directly to Zechariah 14:5’s ‘all the holy ones with him’ (קְדֹשִׁים) — see new term holy_ones_14_5, a required addition identified during the linguistic gap analysis.
Covenant
Approved rendering: নিয়ম
Transliteration: niyom
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant / Covenant Curse and Blessing
Rejected alternatives: চুক্তি, অঙ্গীকার
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Recurs in blood_of_the_covenant (9:11) and break_covenant_with_peoples (11:10).
Lord Of Hosts
Approved rendering: বাহিনীগণের সদাপ্রভু
Transliteration: bahinigoner sodaprovu
Doctrine: Divine Name and Sovereignty of YHWH / Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan for His People
Original: יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת
Category: God
NEW. Recurs 1:3,4,12; 4:6; 8:2; 9:15; 14:16. Must not be softened into a tribal war-patron title; frame as total sovereignty over history, distinct from Hindu deity-army/warrior-goddess iconography.
Word Of The Lord
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভুর বচন
Transliteration: sodaprovur bochon
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Original: דְּבַר־יְהוָה
Category: Prophecy
NEW. Opens the book (1:1) and recurs at 7:8. Must mark authoritative divine speech distinct from the prophet’s own words, from Qur’anic verbal dictation, and from Hindu shruti.
Return Repent
Approved rendering: ফিরে আসা
Transliteration: phire asha
Doctrine: Covenant Repentance
Original: שׁוּב
Category: Salvation
NEW. Zech 1:3’s programmatic call. Relational covenant repentance reciprocated by God, never mere geographic return nor karmic self-improvement.
Zeal For Zion
Approved rendering: অন্তর্জ্বালা
Transliteration: ontorjala
Doctrine: God’s Zeal for Zion
Rejected alternatives: ঈর্ষা, প্রচণ্ড অনুরাগ (secondary option)
Original: קִנְאָה
Category: God
NEW coinage, core curriculum doctrine. NEVER ঈর্ষা (petty envy/rivalry). Ardent, protective covenant-love-in-action; requires a standing distinguishing note at every occurrence (1:14; 2:8; 8:2), not a single footnote.
Dwell In The Midst
Approved rendering: মধ্যে বাস করা
Transliteration: moddhe bash kora
Doctrine: The Presence of God Dwelling in Zion
Original: שָׁכַן
Category: God
NEW. Zech 2:10-13. Must be read as personal relational presence, not pantheistic land-indwelling; connects to দেহধারণ and মহিমা (baseline TM) for later NT cross-reference.
Iniquity Removed
Approved rendering: অপরাধ দূর করা
Transliteration: oporadh dur kora
Doctrine: Typological Justification and Cleansing
Original: הֶעֱבִיר עָוֹן
Category: Salvation
NEW. Zech 3:4. Forensic, instantaneous pardon, parallel to baseline TM justification (ধার্মিক বলে গণ্য হওয়া).
Not By Might Nor By Power
Approved rendering: শক্তি বা সামর্থ্য দ্বারা নয়, কিন্তু আমার আত্মা দ্বারা
Transliteration: shokti ba shamorthyo dara noy, kintu amar attha dara
Doctrine: Power of God versus Human Might
Original: לֹא בְחַיִל וְלֹא בְכֹחַ כִּי בְרוּחִי
Category: God
NEW. Zech 4:6. This is the ONE legitimate context in the entire curriculum where শক্তি may appear, because it negates human/political might, not God’s own positive power (reserved for সামর্থ্য). Mandatory disambiguating note required so translators do not read this as contradicting the baseline’s blanket শক্তি prohibition.
Priest On Throne Counsel Of Peace
Approved rendering: সিংহাসনে যাজক / শান্তির মন্ত্রণা
Transliteration: shinghashone yajok / shantir montrona
Doctrine: Priest-King Typology / The Coming Messianic King
Original: כֹּהֵן עַל־כִּסְאוֹ / עֲצַת שָׁלוֹם
Category: Christology
NEW. Zech 6:13. Anticipates Christ as King and High Priest (Heb 7-8); reuses baseline TM শান্তি. Cross-reference note required for a future Hebrews-based curriculum.
City Of Truth Holy Mountain
Approved rendering: সত্যের নগর / পবিত্র পর্বত
Transliteration: shotyer nogor / pobitro porbot
Doctrine: Restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple
Original: עִיר הָאֱמֶת / הַר־הַקֹּדֶשׁ
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Zech 8:3. Reuses baseline TM পবিত্র. Requires careful pastoral framing distinguishing theological restoration from claims about the modern political city of Jerusalem.
Your King Messianic
Approved rendering: তোমার রাজা
Transliteration: tomar raja
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
Original: מַלְכֵּךְ
Category: Christology
NEW, core passage term (Zech 9:9). রাজা alone is a common secular Bengali word for any historical king/zamindar/raja. MANDATORY translator note anchoring it to দায়ূদের বংশ and খ্রীষ্ট (baseline TM).
Donkey Colt Foal
Approved rendering: গর্দভ / গর্দভশাবক
Transliteration: gordhobho / gordhobhoshabok
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
Rejected alternatives: গাধা (rejected: common Bengali insult slang)
Original: חֲמוֹר / עַיִר בֶּן־אֲתֹנוֹת
Category: Christology
NEW, core passage term (Zech 9:9). NEVER colloquial গাধা, which is live Bengali insult slang (‘fool/stubborn ass’). Use formal/literary গর্দভ/গর্দভশাবক. Mandatory note on the deliberate peace-symbolism (contrasted with the war-horse of v.10); must harmonize with a future Matt 21:5/John 12:15 rendering.
Blood Of The Covenant
Approved rendering: তোমার নিয়মের রক্ত
Transliteration: tomar niyomer rokto
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King / Restoration
Original: דַּם־בְּרִיתֵךְ
Category: Covenant
NEW. Zech 9:11. Reuses baseline TM নিয়ম. Must be renderable identically or near-identically when a future Gospels curriculum translates Matt 26:28’s ‘blood of the covenant.‘
Idols And Diviners
Approved rendering: প্রতিমা / গণক
Transliteration: protima / gonok
Doctrine: True Worship versus False Spiritual Mediation
Original: תְּרָפִים / קוֹסְמִים
Category: Prophecy
NEW. Zech 10:2. প্রতিমা collides with Hindu devotional-image vocabulary (Durga Puja প্রতিমা); গণক names a still-active social role in Hindu and folk-Muslim contexts. Mandatory pastoral framing note required at every occurrence: the critique targets false spiritual mediation, not an ethnographic attack on a neighbor’s religious community.
Thirty Pieces Of Silver
Approved rendering: ত্রিশ রৌপ্যমুদ্রা / কুম্ভকার
Transliteration: trish roopyomudra / kumbhokar
Doctrine: Betrayal Price Typology
Original: שְׁלֹשִׁים כֶּסֶף / יוֹצֵר
Category: Christology
NEW. Zech 11:12-13. Must harmonize with a future Gospels-curriculum rendering of Matt 27:9-10’s Judas-betrayal quotation.
Spirit Of Grace And Pleading
Approved rendering: অনুগ্রহ ও প্রার্থনার আত্মা
Transliteration: anugroho o prarthonar attha
Doctrine: The Outpoured Spirit of Grace and Supplication
Original: רוּחַ חֵן וְתַחֲנוּנִים
Category: God
NEW. Zech 12:10. Reuses baseline TM অনুগ্রহ. আত্মা’s ambiguity between an inward disposition and the Holy Spirit’s own person MUST be preserved, not resolved, per mandatory translator note.
Mourning For Only Son
Approved rendering: একমাত্র পুত্রের জন্য বিলাপের মতো
Transliteration: ekmatro putrer jonno bilaper moto
Doctrine: The Piercing of the One They Have Pierced
Original: מִסְפֵּד עַל־הַיָּחִיד
Category: Christology
NEW. Zech 12:10. Deepest ANE mourning category; intensity must not be diluted. A cultural note on the ANE ‘only son’ mourning custom may aid comprehension.
Refine Like Silver Test Like Gold
Approved rendering: আগুনে পরিশোধন করা / পরীক্ষা করা
Transliteration: agune porishodhon kora / porikkha kora
Doctrine: Providence and Refining Discipline
Original: צָרַף / בָּחַן
Category: God
NEW. Zech 13:9. Must be framed as personal, purposive divine discipline (baseline TM ঈশ্বরের পরিচালনা), not impersonal karmic cause-and-effect.
Strike The Shepherd
Approved rendering: মেষপালককে আঘাত কর
Transliteration: m’eshpalokke aghat koro
Doctrine: Shepherd-King Christology
Original: הַךְ אֶת־הָרֹעֶה
Category: Christology
NEW. Zech 13:7. Must harmonize with a future Gospels-curriculum rendering of Matt 26:31’s direct quotation.
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভুর দিন
Transliteration: sodaprovur din
Doctrine: The Day of the LORD
Original: יוֹם־לַיהוָה
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Zech 14:1. Must denote a specific, climactic historical-eschatological event, not a vague recurring ‘age’ (avoid resonance with Hindu yuga-cycle cosmology).
Holy Ones 14 5
Approved rendering: পবিত্র লোক
Transliteration: pobitro lok
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: সাধুগণ, সাধু
NEW cross-reference entry, required addition identified during linguistic gap analysis. Zech 14:5’s ‘all the holy ones (קְדֹשִׁים) with him’ MUST reuse baseline TM পবিত্র লোক exactly and NEVER সাধুগণ/সাধু, consistent with the baseline’s saints entry.
Vision Darshan
Approved rendering: দর্শন
Transliteration: dorshon
Doctrine: Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan for His People
Rejected alternatives: স্বপ্ন (rejected as too narrow, ‘dream’)
NEW, required addition identified during linguistic gap analysis. Established Bengali OT term for prophetic vision-reports, but collides with the live Hindu devotional practice of temple darshan (seeing/being seen by a deity’s murti). Retain দর্শন (abandoning it breaks continuity with the wider Bengali OT tradition), but require the standing framing formula ‘সদাপ্রভু আমাকে এই দর্শন দেখালেন’ at the opening of each of the eight night-visions (chs. 1-6), naming God as the giver of the sight, never the prophet as an achieving seeker.
Temple Of The Lord
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভুর মন্দির
Transliteration: sodaprovur mondir
Doctrine: Restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple
Rejected alternatives: bare মন্দির (rejected as unqualified)
NEW, required addition identified during linguistic gap analysis. মন্দির is the single most common Bengali word for a Hindu place of worship (দুর্গা মন্দির, কালী মন্দির) and the word most readers will reach for first; bare, unqualified use risks a moment of category confusion. Do NOT avoid মন্দির altogether — it is the entrenched, unavoidable Bengali Bible OT convention. Instead ALWAYS pair with সদাপ্রভুর at first occurrence per chapter (1:16; 4:9; 6:12-15; 8:9). Must never be treated as interchangeable with baseline TM church (মণ্ডলী).
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: শান্তি
Transliteration: shanti
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
Rejected alternatives: সুখ, স্বস্তি
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Central to speak_peace_to_nations (9:10) and priest_on_throne_counsel_of_peace (6:13).
David
Approved rendering: দায়ূদ
Transliteration: Dayud
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Recurs in house of David material (12:7-12) and 13:1.
Israel
Approved rendering: ইস্রায়েল
Transliteration: Israel
Doctrine: Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan for His People
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বরের রাজ্য
Transliteration: Ishshorer Rajyo
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বরের দেশ
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Conceptual anchor for rule_from_sea_to_sea (9:10) and lord_king_over_all_earth_one_lord (14:9).
Gentiles
Approved rendering: পরজাতি
Transliteration: porojati
Doctrine: Universal Worship and Inclusion of the Nations
Rejected alternatives: বিদেশী
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Reserve strictly for explicit Jew/Gentile-contrast contexts; use জাতিগণ (new term, see speak_peace_to_nations) for Zechariah’s OT ‘nations-at-large’ prophetic idiom to avoid anachronistically importing the Pauline category.
Church
Approved rendering: মণ্ডলী
Transliteration: mondoli
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: মন্দির, গির্জা
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Must NEVER be confused with or treated as interchangeable with the new term temple_of_the_lord (সদাপ্রভুর মন্দির) — Zechariah’s literal, physical Jerusalem temple and the NT’s ecclesial মণ্ডলী are two distinct referents that must not be merged in cross-reference footnotes.
Mission
Approved rendering: সুসমাচার প্রচার
Transliteration: susomachar prochar
Doctrine: Universal Worship and Inclusion of the Nations
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json. Relevant background concept for the nations streaming to worship at Zion (8:20-23; 14:16-19).
Angel Of The Lord
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভুর দূত
Transliteration: sodaprovur dut
Doctrine: Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan for His People
Original: מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה
Category: God
NEW. দূত is safe here, distinct from the baseline’s rejection of দূত for the NT ecclesial office ‘apostle’ (প্রেরিত).
Horns Of The Nations
Approved rendering: শিং (ক্ষমতার প্রতীক)
Transliteration: shing (khomotar protik)
Doctrine: Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan for His People
Original: קְרָנוֹת
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Metaphor for imperial military/political power (1:18-21); avoid শক্তি as the primary gloss noun to keep vocabulary distinct from সামর্থ্য.
Apple Of His Eye
Approved rendering: চোখের মণির মতো প্রিয়
Transliteration: chokher monir moto priyo
Doctrine: God’s Zeal for Zion
Original: בְּבָבַת עֵינוֹ
Category: God
NEW. Zech 2:8. Existing natural Bengali idiom of great preciousness.
Satan Accuser
Approved rendering: শয়তান
Transliteration: shoitan
Doctrine: Typological Justification and Cleansing
Original: הַשָּׂטָן
Category: Salvation
NEW. Zech 3:1-2. Shared vocabulary with Bengali Muslim usage is not a doctrinal problem here, unlike মশীহ/ঈসা, since the underlying accusing-adversary figure is theologically consistent across traditions.
Seven Eyes
Approved rendering: সাতটি চক্ষু
Transliteration: shat-ti chokkhu
Doctrine: Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan for His People
Original: שִׁבְעָה עֵינֵי
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Zech 3:9; 4:10. Symbol of total divine oversight; needs explanatory note, not intuitive Bengali idiom.
Covenant Curse
Approved rendering: অভিশাপ
Transliteration: obhishap
Doctrine: Covenant Curse and Blessing
Original: אָלָה
Category: Covenant
NEW. Zech 5:3. Must be distinguished from folk-magical hexing (its primary Bengali association) as a formal covenant-legal sanction pronounced by God’s word.
Wickedness Personified
Approved rendering: দুষ্টতা
Transliteration: dushtota
Doctrine: Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan for His People
Original: רִשְׁעָה
Category: Sin
NEW. Zech 5:8, the woman ‘Wickedness’ in the basket. Personification device needs a brief note so the female figure is understood as symbolic, not literal or a goddess-figure.
Four Winds Of Heaven
Approved rendering: আকাশের চার বায়ু
Transliteration: akasher char bayu
Doctrine: Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan for His People
Rejected alternatives: আকাশের চার আত্মা
Original: אַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמָיִם
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Zech 6:5. Prefer বায়ু over আত্মা to avoid confusion with পবিত্র আত্মা vocabulary.
Crowns
Approved rendering: মুকুট
Transliteration: mukut
Doctrine: Priest-King Typology
Original: עֲטָרוֹת
Category: Christology
NEW. Zech 6:11-14. Prophetic-symbolic act placed on Joshua the priest, not a literal historical coronation.
True Justice Kindness Mercy
Approved rendering: সত্য বিচার / দয়া ও করুণা
Transliteration: shotyo bichar / doya o koruna
Doctrine: Covenant Repentance
Original: מִשְׁפַּט אֱמֶת / חֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Zech 7:9. দয়া/করুণা must convey covenant-rooted, obligatory chesed-loyalty, not merely sentimental pity.
Remnant
Approved rendering: অবশিষ্ট লোক
Transliteration: obhoshishto lok
Doctrine: Remnant and Election
Original: שְׁאֵרִית
Category: Salvation
NEW. Zech 8:6, 11-12. Must be read as God’s sovereign preserving choice (baseline TM ঈশ্বরের মনোনয়ন), not karma-determined survival by merit.
Humble Ani
Approved rendering: দীন
Transliteration: din
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
Rejected alternatives: সাধু-adjacent ascetic terms (rejected)
Original: עָנִי
Category: Christology
NEW, core passage term (Zech 9:9). Royal self-humbling, not indigence or ascetic renunciation; avoid any term suggesting sannyasa-style renunciation, per the baseline’s rejection of সাধু for ‘saints.‘
Speak Peace To Nations
Approved rendering: জাতিগণকে শান্তির কথা বলবেন
Transliteration: jatigonke shantir kotha bolben
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King / Universal Worship and Inclusion of the Nations
Original: וְדִבֶּר שָׁלוֹם לַגּוֹיִם
Category: Kingdom
NEW, core passage term (Zech 9:10). Reuses baseline TM শান্তি. Must convey an authoritative, effective royal decree, not a casual wish for calm. জাতিগণ is distinct from baseline TM পরজাতি, reserved for explicit Jew/Gentile-contrast contexts.
Rule From Sea To Sea
Approved rendering: তাঁর শাসন সমুদ্র থেকে সমুদ্র পর্যন্ত
Transliteration: tar shashon shomudro theke shomudro porjonto
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
Original: מָשְׁלוֹ מִיָּם עַד־יָם
Category: Kingdom
NEW, core passage term (Zech 9:10). Connect via note to baseline TM ঈশ্বরের রাজ্য, so this is read as messianic reign, not mere territorial administration.
Prisoners Waterless Pit
Approved rendering: জলহীন কূপের বন্দিরা
Transliteration: jolhin kuper bondira
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: אֲסִירֵי הַבּוֹר אֲשֶׁר אֵין־מַיִם בּוֹ
Category: Salvation
NEW. Zech 9:11. Vivid hopeless-captivity image; connect via note to baseline TM পরিত্রাণ.
Encamp Around My House
Approved rendering: আমি নিজে আমার গৃহের চারপাশে শিবির স্থাপন করব
Transliteration: ami nije amar griher charpashe shibir sthapon korbo
Doctrine: Restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple / Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan
NEW. Zech 9:8. God’s own sovereign, personal protection of the restored temple community without human armies; ensure the first-person divine subject is unmistakable.
Daughter Of Zion
Approved rendering: সিয়োন-কন্যা
Transliteration: Siyon-konya
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
NEW, core passage term (Zech 9:9). Poetic personification of the covenant community as a beloved daughter, not a literal genealogical claim; a translator note explaining the personification convention is recommended, as it is not an intuitive Bengali poetic idiom.
Cornerstone Tent Peg
Approved rendering: কোণের পাথর / তাঁবুর গোঁজ
Transliteration: konero pathor / tabur gonj
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
Original: פִּנָּה / יָתֵד
Category: Christology
NEW. Zech 10:4. Anticipates NT cornerstone Christology (Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:6); flag for consistency with a future NT-curriculum cornerstone term.
Shepherd
Approved rendering: মেষপালক
Transliteration: m’eshpalok
Doctrine: Shepherd-King Christology
Original: רֹעֶה / רֹעִים
Category: Christology
NEW. Zech 10:2-3; 11:4-17; 13:7. Carries at least four distinct referents across the book (corrupt human leaders; God himself; the messianic shepherd-king; the leaderless flock) — disambiguate referent explicitly at every occurrence. Must harmonize with a future John 10 Good Shepherd rendering.
Flock Doomed To Slaughter
Approved rendering: হত্যার জন্য নির্ধারিত মেষপাল
Transliteration: hottar jonno nirdharito m’eshpal
Doctrine: Shepherd-King Christology
Original: צֹאן הַהֲרֵגָה
Category: Sin
NEW. Zech 11:4, 7. Stark judgment image; should not be softened.
Break Covenant With Peoples
Approved rendering: নিয়ম ভেঙে দেওয়া
Transliteration: niyom bhenge deoya
Doctrine: Covenant Curse and Blessing
Original: הֵפֵר אֶת־בְּרִיתִי
Category: Covenant
NEW. Zech 11:10. Reuses baseline TM নিয়ম.
Covenant Formula My People My God
Approved rendering: আমি বলব, এরা আমার প্রজা; তারা বলবে, সদাপ্রভু আমার ঈশ্বর
Transliteration: ami bolbo, era amar proja; tara bolbe, sodaprovu amar Ishshor
Doctrine: Covenant Formula of Mutual Belonging
Original: עַמִּי הוּא… יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי
Category: Covenant
NEW. Zech 13:9. Reuses baseline TM ঈশ্বর and new term সদাপ্রভু. Classic OT covenant-recognition refrain; render consistently wherever it recurs in future curricula.
Living Waters
Approved rendering: জীবন্ত জল
Transliteration: jibonto jol
Doctrine: Restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple
Original: מַיִם חַיִּים
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Zech 14:8. Rendering should be harmonizable with a future John’s Gospel curriculum’s ‘living water’ terminology (John 4:10-14; 7:38).
Holy To The Lord
Approved rendering: সদাপ্রভুর উদ্দেশে পবিত্র
Transliteration: sodaprovur uddeshye pobitro
Doctrine: Holiness Extending to Everyday Life
Original: קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Zech 14:20-21. Reuses baseline TM পবিত্র. Totalizing scope (even horse-bells, cooking pots) must be preserved, not narrowed to cultic objects only, and must not be conflated with Hindu shuddhi household-purity practice.
Feast Of Tabernacles
Approved rendering: কুটিরবাস-পর্ব
Transliteration: kutirbash-porbo
Doctrine: Universal Worship and Inclusion of the Nations
Original: חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Zech 14:16-19. Unfamiliar OT festival to most Bengali readers; brief explanatory note on its original wilderness-commemoration meaning recommended. Parenthetical transliteration (সুক্কোৎ) may be offered in footnoted study materials only.
Low Risk Terms
Measuring Line
Approved rendering: মাপার দড়ি
Transliteration: mapar dori
Doctrine: Restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple
Original: חֶבֶל מִדָּה
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Standard architectural-planning image (2:1-2).
Lampstand
Approved rendering: দীপাধার
Transliteration: dipadhar
Doctrine: Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan for His People
Original: מְנוֹרָה
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Zech 4:2. May transliterate as মিনোরা alongside for cultural-historical clarity.
Flying Scroll
Approved rendering: উড়ন্ত পুস্তক-খণ্ড
Transliteration: uronto pustok-khondo
Doctrine: Covenant Curse and Blessing
Original: מְגִלָּה עָפָה
Category: Sin
NEW. Zech 5:1-4. Standard descriptive image.
Hearts Like Flint
Approved rendering: পাথরের মতো কঠিন হৃদয়
Transliteration: pathorer moto kothin hridoy
Doctrine: Covenant Repentance
Original: לֵב שָׁמִיר
Category: Sin
NEW. Zech 7:12. Natural Bengali idiom for stubbornness; translates well.
Fasting
Approved rendering: উপবাস
Transliteration: upobash
Doctrine: Fasting and True Religion
NEW. Zech 7:1-7. Shared vocabulary across Hindu vrat-fasting, Muslim Ramadan fasting, and Christian fasting traditions; the passage’s ethical critique (justice/mercy over ritual) must not be softened into generic religious-observance praise.
Fasts Turned To Feasts
Approved rendering: উপবাস আনন্দোৎসবে পরিণত হবে
Transliteration: upobash anondo-utshobe porinoto hobe
Doctrine: Fasting and True Religion
Original: הַצֹּמוֹת לְשִׁמְחָה
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Zech 8:19. Eschatological reversal of mourning into joy.
Chariot War Horse Battle Bow
Approved rendering: রথ / যুদ্ধের ঘোড়া / যুদ্ধের ধনুক
Transliteration: rotho / juddher ghora / juddher dhonuk
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
Original: רֶכֶב / סוּס / קֶשֶׁת מִלְחָמָה
Category: Kingdom
NEW, core passage term (Zech 9:10). যুদ্ধের qualifier necessary to distinguish the war horse from the peaceable donkey-mount of v.9.
Rejoice Greatly
Approved rendering: আনন্দে উল্লাসিত হও
Transliteration: anonde ullashito hou
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
Rejected alternatives: সুখী হও (rejected: flattens to generic happiness)
NEW, core passage term (Zech 9:9). Public, worship-toned exultation, not generic personal happiness.
Ephraim
Approved rendering: ইফ্রয়িম
Transliteration: Iphroyim
Doctrine: The Coming Messianic King
NEW. Zech 9:10, 13. Proper name; follow established Bengali OT convention. Signals restoration of a reunited Israel (north and south), not merely Judah.
Old Men And Children In Streets
Approved rendering: রাস্তায় বৃদ্ধ-বৃদ্ধা ও শিশুরা নিরাপদে
Transliteration: rastay briddho-briddha o shishura nirapode
Doctrine: Restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple
NEW. Zech 8:4-5. Vivid, concrete image of covenant শান্তি/blessing touching ordinary daily life; translates naturally.
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