Core Glossary

Core Glossary — Deuteronomy (English → Hindi)

This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, covering the core passage (Deuteronomy 6:1-9) and all 34 chapters of Deuteronomy. Terms already fixed in the baseline translation_memory.json are marked [TM REUSE] and rendered exactly as recorded there; no deviation is permitted. New terms proposed for this curriculum are marked [NEW] and are candidates for addition to translation memory during Phase 2.

Risk tiers follow the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions: Critical = mandatory theologian review every occurrence; High = mandatory theologian review; Medium = native speaker review recommended; Low = automated review sufficient.

A. Core Passage Glossary — Deuteronomy 6:1-9

#	English Term	Hebrew / Translit.	Hindi Rendering	Doctrine	Risk	Status	Notes
1	commandment	הַמִּצְוָה / mitzvah	आज्ञा	Shema/Exclusive Love	Medium	NEW	Divine directive, not a Hindu shastric guideline among options.
2	statutes	חֻקִּים / chuqqim	विधियाँ	Shema/Exclusive Love	Low-Medium	NEW	Fixed covenant regulations.
3	rules/judgments	מִשְׁפָּטִים / mishpatim	नियम	Shema/Exclusive Love	Medium	NEW	Applied case-justice; not abstract karma-law.
4	teach	לְלַמֵּד / lelammed	सिखाना	Shema/Exclusive Love	Low	NEW	Standard vocabulary.
5	land (inheritance)	הָאֶרֶץ / ha’aretz	देश/भूमि	Remembering Redemption	Low	NEW	Covenant gift, not merit-earned.
6	fear (the LORD)	יָרֵא / yare	भय मानना (यहोवा का भय मानना)	Shema/Exclusive Love	High	NEW	Reverential awe, not terror; object must be exclusively YHWH.
7	keep/observe	שָׁמַר / shamar	पालन करना	Covenant Renewal	Low-Medium	NEW	Ongoing guarding of obligations.
8	length of days	אֹרֶךְ יָמִים	दीर्घायु	Blessings & Curses	Medium	NEW	Covenant blessing, not karma-merit reward.
9	hear (Shema)	שְׁמַע / shema	सुनो / सुन	Shema/Exclusive Love	Critical	NEW	Hebrew שמע = hear-and-obey fused; note required.
10	be careful to do	לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת	ध्यान से पालन करना	Obedience Motivated by Love	Medium	NEW	Union of belief and practice.
11	land flowing with milk and honey	אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ	दूध और मधु बहती हुई भूमि	Blessings & Curses	Low	NEW	Established BSI idiom.
12	Hear, O Israel (Shema)	שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל	सुन, हे इस्राएल	Shema/Exclusive Love	Critical	NEW (इस्राएल [TM REUSE])	Names the foundational confession; gloss “शेमा” on first use.
13	the LORD (YHWH)	יהוה	यहोवा / प्रभु	Shema/Exclusive Love	Critical	Aligns with [TM `lord`/`god` REUSE]	Covenant proper Name, not generic deity-title.
14	one	אֶחָד / echad	एक	Shema/Exclusive Love	CRITICAL	NEW	Exclusive monotheism; must not read as impersonal Advaitic non-duality. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence.
15	love (God)	אָהַב / ahav	प्रेम करना	Shema/Exclusive Love; Obedience Motivated by Love	High	NEW (प्रेम pattern [TM-consistent])	Total covenant devotion, ground of obedience, not its reward.
16	heart	לֵבָב / levav	मन	Shema/Exclusive Love	Medium	NEW	Whole rational-volitional center, not emotion alone.
17	soul	נֶפֶשׁ / nephesh	प्राण	Shema/Exclusive Love	Medium	NEW	Whole living being; must not be confused with yogic prāṇa-energy.
18	might/strength	מְאֹד / me’od	शक्ति (human capacity)	Shema/Exclusive Love	Medium	NEW	Distinct referent from the forbidden divine-power शक्ति; human strength offered in devotion.
19	words	הַדְּבָרִים / devarim	वचन	Shema/Exclusive Love	Low-Medium	NEW	Cross-references Deut 30:14/Romans 10:8.
20	on your heart	עַל־לְבָבֶךָ	तेरे मन पर	Obedience Motivated by Love	Medium	NEW	Internalization, not rote memorization.
21	teach diligently	שִׁנֵּן / shinnen	ध्यान से बार-बार सिखाना	Shema/Exclusive Love	Medium	NEW	Intensive “sharpening” repetition.
22	talk of them	דִּבֶּר / dibber	उनकी चर्चा करना	Shema/Exclusive Love	Low	NEW	Everyday-life saturation of the law.
23	sign	אוֹת / ot	चिन्ह	Shema/Exclusive Love	Medium	Pattern [TM-consistent]	Visible marker of covenant allegiance.
24	frontlets/phylacteries	טוֹטָפֹת / totafot	मस्तक की पट्टी (टोटाफ़ोत)	Shema/Exclusive Love	High	NEW	Must be distinguished from Hindu tilak/sect-marks.
25	write	כָּתַב / katav	लिखना	Shema/Exclusive Love	Low	NEW	Permanent public inscription.
26	doorposts	מְזֻזוֹת / mezuzot	द्वार की चौकियाँ (मेजूज़ा)	Shema/Exclusive Love	Medium-High	NEW	Distinguish from auspicious-symbol/protective-charm doorway practices.
27	gates	שְׁעָרֶיךָ	फाटक/द्वार	Shema/Exclusive Love	Low	NEW	Public visibility extension.

B. Whole-Book Glossary — Chapters 1–34

#	English Term	Ch.	Hebrew / Translit.	Hindi Rendering	Doctrine	Risk	Status	Notes
28	believe/trust	1	הֶאְמִינוּ / he’eminu	विश्वास करना	Choosing Life over Death	High	[TM `faith` REUSE]	OT root of NT faith-vocabulary.
29	rebel	1	מָרָה / marah	बलवा करना / विरोध करना	Choosing Life over Death	Medium	NEW	Pattern the book warns against.
30	dispossess/drive out	2	הוֹרִישׁ / horish	निकाल देना	(narrative)	Low	NEW	Purely military-narrative.
31	inheritance (land)	3	נַחֲלָה / nachalah	बपौती	Remembering Redemption	Medium	NEW	Distinct from `heir`/वारिस (person); territorial not soteriological.
32	carved image	4	פֶּסֶל / pesel	खुदी हुई मूरत	Warnings against Idolatry	High	Feeds [TM `idolatry` REUSE]	Aniconism’s textual basis.
33	form/likeness	4	תְּמוּנָה / temunah	रूप/आकृति	Warnings against Idolatry	High	NEW	Not “formless Brahman” philosophy; personal God’s chosen non-disclosure of form.
34	jealous (God)	4	קַנָּא / qanna	जलनशील परमेश्वर	Shema/Exclusive Love; Idolatry	High	NEW	Righteous covenant zeal, not petty jealousy.
35	consuming fire	4	אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה	भस्म करनेवाली आग	Warnings against Idolatry	Medium	NEW	Holiness imagery.
36	city of refuge	4, 19	עִיר מִקְלָט	शरण-नगर	(justice provision)	Low	NEW	Established BSI term.
37	Ten Commandments	5	עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים	दस आज्ञाएँ	Covenant Renewal	Low	NEW	Established rendering.
38	Sabbath	5	שַׁבָּת / shabbat	सब्त का दिन	Remembering Redemption	Medium	NEW	Grounded in Exodus-redemption memory.
39	honor (parents)	5	כַּבֵּד / kabed	आदर करना	Covenant Renewal	Low	NEW	Standard.
40	murder/adultery/steal/false witness/covet	5	רָצַח/נָאַף/גָּנַב/עֵד שָׁקֶר/חָמַד	हत्या करना / व्यभिचार करना / चोरी करना / झूठी गवाही देना / लालच करना	Covenant Renewal	Low	NEW	Standard established Hindi Bible vocabulary.
41	test (the LORD)	6	נָסָה / nasah	परखना	Choosing Life over Death	Medium-High	NEW	Cited by Christ (Matt 4:7).
42	forget	6, 8	שָׁכַח / shakhach	भूल जाना	Remembering Redemption	High	NEW	Structural antonym-pair with याद रखना (remember).
43	devoted destruction/ban	7, 20	חֵרֶם / cherem	सम्पूर्ण विनाश के लिये अर्पण करना	Warnings against Idolatry	Critical	NEW	Must NOT be merged with TM `anathema`/`curse` (श्रापित); distinct holy-war category.
44	treasured possession	7	סְגֻלָּה / segullah	निज प्रजा	Obedience Motivated by Love	High	NEW	Chosen by love, explicitly not by merit (7:7-8).
45	steadfast covenant love	7	חֶסֶד / chesed	करुणा (स्थिर वाचा-प्रेम)	Obedience Motivated by Love	High	NEW	Must be kept distinct from अनुग्रह (grace) and दया (mercy) — three-way distinction required.
46	manna	8	מָן / man	मन्ना	Remembering Redemption	Low	NEW	Transliterated, established.
47	humble/test through hardship	8	עִנָּה / innah	दीन करना / परखना	Obedience Motivated by Love	Medium	NEW	Formative discipline, not karmic punishment.
48	power to get wealth	8	כֹּחַ לַעֲשׂוֹת חָיִל	धन कमाने की सामर्थ्य	Remembering Redemption	Medium	Reuses [TM सामर्थ्य]	God-given capacity, not self-achieved.
49	golden/molten calf	9-10	עֵגֶל מַסֵּכָה	सोने का बछड़ा	Warnings against Idolatry	Medium-High	Feeds [TM `idolatry` REUSE]	Israel’s own paradigmatic idolatry.
50	not for your righteousness	9	לֹא בְצִדְקָתְךָ	तेरी धार्मिकता के कारण नहीं	Obedience Motivated by Love	Critical	[TM `righteousness`/धार्मिकता REUSE]	OT grace-not-merit statement; same review tier as Romans 3-4.
51	circumcise the heart	10, 30	מוּל לֵב / mul levav	हृदय का खतना	Obedience Motivated by Love	High	NEW (खतना base [TM REUSE])	Metaphorical inward renewal; not literal-circumcision debate nor generic heart-purification practice.
52	sojourner/stranger	10, 24	גֵּר / ger	परदेशी	Remembering Redemption	Medium	NEW	Grounded in Israel’s own history as strangers.
53	blessing and curse	11, 27-28	הַבְּרָכָה וְהַקְּלָלָה	आशीष और श्राप	Blessings & Curses	Critical	[TM `blessing_of_abraham`/आशीष + `curse`/श्राप REUSE]	Conditional, reversible covenant sanctions — distinct from Galatians’ fixed anathema.
54	the place the LORD will choose	12	הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יהוה	वह स्थान जो यहोवा चुनेगा	Covenant Renewal	Medium	Reuses [TM `election` चुनाव root]	God’s sovereign choice of worship site.
55	high place	12	בָּמָה / bamah	ऊँचा स्थान	Warnings against Idolatry	Medium	NEW	Illegitimate rival worship sites.
56	blood (prohibition)	12	דָּם / dam	लोहू/रक्त	Covenant Renewal	Low	NEW	Sanctity of life/blood.
57	false prophet	13	נָבִיא (שֶׁקֶר)	झूठा भविष्यद्वक्ता	Warnings against Idolatry; Coming Prophet	High	Reuses [TM `prophet` REUSE], elevated risk	Test message against fixed doctrine, not experience/miracle alone.
58	sign and wonder	13	אוֹת וּמוֹפֵת	चिन्ह और अद्भुत काम	Warnings against Idolatry	Medium	NEW	Miracle is not self-authenticating.
59	incite (to idolatry)	13	הִדִּיחַ / hidiach	बहकाना / भटका देना	Warnings against Idolatry	Medium	NEW	Even from within family/city.
60	clean/unclean	14	טָהוֹר / טָמֵא	शुद्ध / अशुद्ध	(ritual law)	Medium	NEW	Context-appropriate exception to the general शुद्ध-caution in TM `holy` entry.
61	tithe	14, 26	מַעֲשֵׂר / ma’aser	दशमांश	Remembering Redemption	Low	NEW	Established.
62	year of release	15	שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה	छुटकारे का वर्ष	Remembering Redemption	Medium	Reuses [TM छुटकारा]	Debt-release enacts redemption-memory.
63	set free (slave)	15	שִׁלַּח חָפְשִבי	आज़ाद करना	Remembering Redemption	High	NEW	MUST NOT be rendered स्वतंत्रता — reserved exclusively for Galatians’ Christ-given spiritual freedom.
64	Passover	16	פֶּסַח / pesach	फसह	Remembering Redemption	Low	NEW	Established transliteration.
65	festival	16	חַג / chag	पर्व	Covenant Renewal	Low	NEW	Standard.
66	judges	16	שֹׁפְטִים / shofetim	न्यायी	Covenant Renewal	Low-Medium	NEW	Distinct from `governing_authorities` (Romans 13).
67	king	17	מֶלֶךְ / melek	राजा	Coming Prophet (typological)	High	NEW	Typological link to `kingship_of_jesus`/`davidic_covenant`.
68	diviner/sorcerer	18	קֹסֵם / מְכַשֵּׁף	जादू-टोना	Warnings against Idolatry	Medium	[TM `sorcery` REUSE]	Forbidden occult practice.
69	a prophet like me (Moses)	18	נָבִיא כָּמֹנִי	मेरे समान एक भविष्यद्वक्ता	Coming Prophet like Moses	Critical	NEW (भविष्यद्वक्ता base [TM REUSE])	Direct messianic type fulfilled in Christ (Acts 3:22; 7:37); must not read as one link in a guru-lineage.
70	witness	19	עֵד / ed	गवाह	Covenant Renewal	Low	NEW	Standard legal term.
71	cursed is he who is hanged	21	קִלְלַת אֱלֹהִים תָּלוּי	काठ पर टाँगा हुआ मनुष्य श्रापित है	Blessings & Curses	Critical	Must align with [TM `atonement_curse_bearing` REUSE, Gal 3:13]	Mandatory verbatim cross-curriculum consistency check.
72	mixed kinds	22	כִּלְאַיִם / kil’ayim	मिलावट न करना	(ritual law)	Low	NEW	No significant doctrinal collision.
73	assembly of the LORD	23	קְהַל יהוה	यहोवा की सभा/मण्डली	Covenant Renewal	Medium	NEW	OT root of ekklēsia/`church`; do not render as कलीसिया.
74	bill of divorce	24	סֵפֶר כְּרִיתֻת	त्याग-पत्र / तलाक़नामा	Covenant Renewal	Medium	NEW	Cf. Matt 19:7-9.
75	sojourner, orphan, widow	24	גֵּר יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה	परदेशी, अनाथ, और विधवा	Remembering Redemption	Medium	NEW	Justice-triad grounded in redemption-memory.
76	levirate duty	25	יִבֻּם / yibbum	देवर-विवाह की परंपरा	(social law)	Medium	NEW	Distinguish from unrelated Indian customs; native-speaker review flagged.
77	just/honest scales	25	מֹאזְנֵי צֶדֶק	ईमानदार तराजू	(social ethics)	Low-Medium	NEW	Deliberately not धार्मिकता — commercial, not soteriological, register.
78	firstfruits	26	בִּכּוּרִים / bikkurim	पहले फल	Remembering Redemption	Medium	[TM `firstfruits` REUSE]	Same guardrail against merit/karma-fruit reading.
79	”my father was a wandering Aramean”	26	אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד אָבִי	मेरा पिता एक भटकता हुआ अरामी था	Remembering Redemption	Medium	NEW	Model liturgical credo.
80	altar	27	מִזְבֵּח / mizbeach	वेदी	Covenant Renewal	Low	NEW	Established.
81	Gerizim and Ebal	27	גְּרִזִים וְעֵיבָל	गिरिज्जीम और एबाल	Blessings & Curses	Low	NEW	Proper names, transliterated.
82	cursed be… (formula)	27-28	אָרוּר / arur	श्रापित हो	Blessings & Curses	Critical	[TM `curse` REUSE]	Conditional/reversible corporate curse — distinguish from Galatians’ fixed individual anathema.
83	secret/hidden things	29	הַנִּסְתָּרֹת	छिपी बातें / गुप्त बातें	Covenant Renewal	Low-Medium	NEW	God’s exclusive jurisdiction over secret sin.
84	a heart to know	29	לֵב לָדַעַת	समझने के लिये मन/हृदय	Choosing Life over Death	High	NEW	Conceptually related to `partial_hardening`.
85	circumcise the heart (God’s act)	30	וּמָל יהוה אֶת־לְבָבְךָ	हृदय का खतना (यहोवा के द्वारा)	Obedience Motivated by Love	High	NEW	Grammatical shift to divine subject; anticipates NT regeneration.
86	life and death	30	הַחַיִּים וְהַמָּוֶת	जीवन और मृत्यु	Choosing Life over Death	Critical	NEW	Personal covenant choice before a personal God; NEVER moksha/samsara-escape framing.
87	the word is very near you	30	קָרוֹב אֵלֶיךָ הַדָּבָר	यह वचन तेरे निकट है	Choosing Life over Death	Critical	Must align with Romans 10:8 rendering	Mandatory cross-curriculum consistency check.
88	be strong and courageous	31	חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ	दृढ़ और हियाव बान्धकर रह	Covenant Renewal	Low	NEW	Established BSI idiom.
89	public reading (septennial)	31	הַקְהֵל / haqhel	सभा में व्यवस्था का पाठ	Covenant Renewal	Low	NEW	Institutionalized communal remembering.
90	the Rock (divine title)	32	הַצּוּר / ha-tsur	चट्टान	Shema/Exclusive Love	Critical	NEW	Metaphor for steadfastness; must not suggest stone-veneration (shaligram/lingam parallel forbidden).
91	vengeance/vindication	32	נָקָם / naqam	परमेश्वर का न्यायपूर्ण बदला	Blessings & Curses	Critical	NEW	Direct tension with TM `wrath_of_god`’s rejection of बदला; prefer reusing परमेश्वर का क्रोध framing; mandatory theologian resolution.
92	servant of the LORD	34	עֶבֶד יהוה	यहोवा का सेवक	Coming Prophet like Moses	Low-Medium	NEW (सेवक pattern [TM-consistent])	Moses’ honorific death-title.
93	face to face	34	פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִים	आमने-सामने	Coming Prophet like Moses	High	NEW	Distinguish from Hindu darshan; personal covenant-mediator revelation, cf. TM `revelation` caution.

C. Chapters Confirmed as Introducing No New Load-Bearing Vocabulary

Chapter	Status
2	Reuses ch. 1’s covenant-history vocabulary; only military-narrative terms (dispossess) noted above.
19	Reuses ch. 4’s शरण-नगर (city of refuge); adds only the standard legal term गवाह (witness).
20	Reuses ch. 7’s חֵרֶם/सम्पूर्ण विनाश framework with no new vocabulary.
22	Only a single Low-risk term (mixed kinds); otherwise reuses established purity/property vocabulary.
33	Reuses आशीष (blessing) extensively in poetic tribal form; no new theologically load-bearing terms beyond transliterated proper names.

D. New Terms Recommended for Addition to Translation Memory (Phase 2 Action Items)

The following [NEW] terms carry Critical or High risk and should be formally added to translation_memory.json with full alternatives_rejected and notes fields before Phase 2 segment translation begins, following the same schema as existing entries:

echad (एक) — Critical
chayyim_vamavet / life-and-death choice (जीवन और मृत्यु) — Critical
cherem (सम्पूर्ण विनाश के लिये अर्पण करना) — Critical
naqam (परमेश्वर का न्यायपूर्ण बदला) — Critical
ha_tsur / the Rock (चट्टान, divine title) — Critical
chesed (करुणा) — High, requires three-way distinction from अनुग्रह and दया
navi_kamoni / prophet like Moses (मेरे समान एक भविष्यद्वक्ता) — Critical
totafot / frontlets (मस्तक की पट्टी) — High
mal_levav / circumcise the heart (हृदय का खतना) — High
qarov_hadavar / the word is near (यह वचन तेरे निकट है) — Critical, requires Romans 10:8 consistency check
qillelat_taluy / cursed is the hanged (काठ पर टाँगा हुआ मनुष्य श्रापित है) — Critical, requires Galatians 3:13 consistency check

This glossary extends but never contradicts the baseline translation_memory.json, bible_term_registry.json, and doctrine_risk_registry.json. All [TM REUSE] renderings are copied verbatim from the baseline and must not be altered.

Critical Risk Terms

Righteousness

Approved rendering: धार्मिकता
Transliteration: dhārmikatā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, न्याय

CRITICAL: Never use धर्म (Hindu cosmic duty). धार्मिकता = right standing before God received through faith, not a duty performed. Inherited from Romans package; directly reused verbatim at Deuteronomy 9:4-6 (‘not for your righteousness’), one of the clearest OT grace-not-merit statements in the curriculum, routed to the same theologian-review tier as Romans 3-4.

Salvation

Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhāra
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष, छुटकारा

CRITICAL: NEVER use मुक्ति or मोक्ष — these carry Hindu liberation-from-samsara meaning. उद्धार = deliverance by God through Christ. Inherited from Romans package; the same मुक्ति/मोक्ष prohibition extends directly to Deuteronomy’s ‘life and death’ (जीवन और मृत्यु, Deut 30:15,19) and ‘freedom’ (स्वतंत्रता) vocabulary.

Freedom

Approved rendering: स्वतंत्रता
Transliteration: svatantratā
Doctrine: Freedom
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष

Galatians 2:4; 4:26,31; 5:1,13. Given by Christ, exercised through love-service, never escape from embodiment. Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. In Deuteronomy this term is RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY for the NT Christ-given spiritual liberty and MUST NOT be used for Deuteronomy’s own set_free_slave (आज़ाद करना, Deut 15:12-13) social manumission — the two must remain lexically distinct so learners do not conflate a debt-slave’s release with the New Testament’s soteriological freedom.

Atonement Curse Bearing

Approved rendering: मसीह ने हमारे लिये श्रापित बनकर हमें व्यवस्था के श्राप से छुड़ाया
Transliteration: Masīha ne hamāre liye śrāpita banakara hameṃ vyavasthā ke śrāpa se chuṛāyā
Doctrine: Atonement

Galatians 3:13, citing Deuteronomy 21:23. Christ judicially bearing the law’s death-sentence in the sinner’s place, never absorbing magical curse-power. Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. MANDATORY: Deuteronomy 21:23’s own ‘cursed is he who is hanged’ (cursed_is_he_who_is_hanged) rendering must remain recognizably identical to this Galatians citation, since Paul’s argument depends on readers recognizing the direct OT quotation. Cross-curriculum verbatim consistency check required before Phase 2.

Messiah

Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: Masīha
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: अभिषिक्त व्यक्ति, देव-दूत

Transliterated term; The Anointed One fulfilling OT promise, not one of many divine figures. Inherited from Romans package. This exact guardrail (‘not one of many divine avatars/teachers’) is the model for Deuteronomy’s prophet_like_moses entry, which must resist India’s guru-parampara framework in the same way.

Jesus

Approved rendering: यीशु
Transliteration: Yīśu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा, ईशू

BSI OV standard form. Inherited from Romans package; the ultimate referent of Deuteronomy’s prophet_like_moses typology (Acts 3:22; 7:37) and the coming King anticipated in Deuteronomy 17.

God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvara
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान

परमेश्वर (Supreme Lord) is the BSI OV standard; भगवान has broad Hindu deity usage — avoid. Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout Deuteronomy as the covenant referent alongside यहोवा; never flattened into a generic deity-title detachable from covenant particularity.

Lord

Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: Prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, ईश्वर

Exclusive, supreme Lordship. Inherited from Romans package. Used in Deuteronomy’s confessional/liturgical rendering of YHWH (यहोवा/प्रभु, see yhwh_lord entry); the exclusive-Lordship guardrail here is the NT continuation of the Shema’s exclusive claim (Deut 6:4).

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा, देव-आत्मा

CRITICAL: Never ब्रह्म or परमात्मा alone. Inherited from Romans package. Provides a necessary contrast reference for Deuteronomy’s soul_nephesh (प्राण) entry, which must not be conflated with yogic prāṇa-energy or an impersonal universal spirit.

Trinity

Approved rendering: त्रिएकता
Transliteration: trieakatā
Doctrine: Trinity
Rejected alternatives: त्रिमूर्ति

NEVER त्रिमूर्ति (Hindu triad). One God in three Persons. Inherited from Romans package; included here as necessary background for teachers addressing historic Jewish/Islamic readings of the Shema’s echad_one as excluding Trinitarian doctrine — Deuteronomy 6:4’s exclusive oneness must not be taught as contradicting this NT revelation, but the Shema’s own polemical target (idolatry/polytheism) must not be conflated with this later doctrinal question either.

Yhwh Lord

Approved rendering: यहोवा / प्रभु
Transliteration: Yahovā / Prabhu
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर (generic, detached from covenant particularity)
Original: יהוה
Category: God

The personal, self-revealed covenant Name of God (Exodus 3:14), used throughout Deuteronomy as the exclusive object of Israel’s worship and love. Aligns with baseline lord/god. Hindi Bible tradition renders YHWH as यहोवा in OT narrative and प्रभु in running confession (6:4). Must never be flattened into a generic ईश्वर detached from covenant particularity — this is the God who redeemed Israel from Egypt.

Echad One

Approved rendering: एक
Transliteration: eka
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: אֶחָד
Category: God

Deuteronomy 6:4. Exclusive, personal, covenant-making oneness — NOT impersonal Advaitic non-duality (अद्वैत) or Hindu inclusivist ‘all gods are one.’ No lexical alternative exists to reject; the risk is conceptual, closed only by mandatory formula-fixing (‘यहोवा हमारा परमेश्वर एक ही यहोवा है’) plus a mandatory translator note on every occurrence. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence; the single highest-stakes term in the curriculum.

Shema Hear

Approved rendering: सुनो / सुन
Transliteration: suno / suna
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: שְׁמַע
Category: God

Deuteronomy 6:3-4. Hebrew שמע fuses perception with obedient response — hear-and-obey. Hindi सुनना can read as passive audition only; mandatory translator note required stating this demands obedient response, not mere hearing. Consider transliterating the pericope as a named confession-title ‘शेमा’ on first occurrence per lesson.

The Rock Divine Title

Approved rendering: चट्टान
Transliteration: chaṭṭāna
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: הַצּוּר
Category: God

Deuteronomy 32:4,15,18,30-31. Divine title for unshakeable steadfastness/refuge. Must never suggest stone-veneration (shaligram/lingam parallel forbidden). Mandatory translator note: metaphor for personal character, not a venerable object possessing divine power. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence.

Vengeance Vindication

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का न्यायपूर्ण बदला
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā nyāyapūrṇa badalā
Doctrine: Divine Vindication and Judgment (Naqam)
Rejected alternatives: बदला (unqualified)
Original: נָקָם
Category: God

Deuteronomy 32:35,41,43. Righteous judicial vindication against covenant-breakers/oppressors — distinct from petty revenge. Direct tension with the baseline wrath_of_god entry’s rejection of बदला; prefer reusing परमेश्वर का क्रोध framing wherever possible. Mandatory theologian review and formal TM resolution before ch. 32 translation.

Blessing And Curse

Approved rendering: आशीष और श्राप
Transliteration: āśīṣa aura śrāpa
Doctrine: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Original: הַבְּרָכָה וְהַקְּלָלָה
Category: Blessing_Curse

Deuteronomy 11:26-28; 27-28; 30:1,19. Reuses TM आशीष and श्राप exactly. Unlike Galatians’ anathema, this covenant curse is conditional and reversible through repentance (ch. 30). Must be glossed distinctly so it reads as neither karma-fate nor magic-curse but as the sanctioned consequence-side of a real, personal, renewable covenant relationship. Mandatory theologian review.

Cursed Be Formula

Approved rendering: श्रापित हो
Transliteration: śrāpita ho
Doctrine: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Original: אָרוּר
Category: Blessing_Curse

Deuteronomy 27:15-26. The formal, responsively-recited covenant-curse formula. Directly reuses the Galatians TM curse/anathema rendering, but unlike that fixed, individual, non-reversible verdict, this is corporate, conditional, and reversible (chs. 28-30). Mandatory distinguishing translator note required.

Cursed Is He Who Is Hanged

Approved rendering: काठ पर टाँगा हुआ मनुष्य श्रापित है
Transliteration: kāṭha para ṭāṅgā huā manuṣya śrāpita hai
Doctrine: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Original: קִלְלַת אֱלֹהִים תָּלוּי
Category: Blessing_Curse

Deuteronomy 21:23, directly quoted in Galatians 3:13. MUST align verbatim, or be recognizably identical to, the existing Galatians TM atonement_curse_bearing rendering — Paul’s argument depends on readers recognizing the direct OT quotation. Mandatory cross-curriculum consistency check and theologian review.

Cherem Devoted Destruction

Approved rendering: सम्पूर्ण विनाश के लिये अर्पण करना
Transliteration: sampūrṇa vināśa ke liye arpaṇa karanā
Doctrine: Holy War and Devoted Destruction (Cherem)
Rejected alternatives: श्रापित (must never merge with anathema/curse)
Original: חֵרֶם
Category: Idolatry

Deuteronomy 7:2,26; 13:15-17; 20:16-18. Holy-war category of total, irrevocable devotion of Canaanite cities to destruction. Must NOT be merged with the baseline anathema/curse (श्रापित) entries — a distinct, time-bound, corporate, old-covenant conquest-mandate category. Must not be generalized into a timeless mandate for religious violence. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence with a distinguishing note. Deliberately NOT transliterated (avoids opaque casual equation with unrelated concepts).

Not For Your Righteousness

Approved rendering: तेरी धार्मिकता के कारण नहीं
Transliteration: terī dhārmikatā ke kāraṇa nahīṃ
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Original: לֹא בְצִדְקָתְךָ
Category: Salvation

Deuteronomy 9:4-6. Reuses TM righteousness/धार्मिकता exactly (baseline Critical). One of the clearest OT grace-not-merit statements in the curriculum, anticipating the NT justification-by-faith antithesis; flagged for the same theologian-review tier as Romans 3-4.

Prophet Like Moses

Approved rendering: मेरे समान एक भविष्यद्वक्ता
Transliteration: mere samāna eka bhaviṣyadvaktā
Doctrine: The Coming Prophet like Moses
Original: נָבִיא כָּמֹנִי
Category: Messianic

Deuteronomy 18:15-19, cited as fulfilled in Christ (Acts 3:22; 7:37). Builds on TM prophet/भविष्यद्वक्ता but elevated to Critical: a direct messianic-typological term. India’s guru-parampara framework risks recasting this as merely the next link in an ongoing teacher-succession rather than a unique, final, eschatological fulfillment. Also contested by Islamic apologetics as pointing to Muhammad. Mandatory translator note distinguishing prophetic succession from Christ’s unique fulfillment; mandatory theologian review.

Word Is Near

Approved rendering: यह वचन तेरे निकट है
Transliteration: yaha vacana tere nikaṭa hai
Doctrine: Choosing Life over Death
Original: קָרוֹב אֵלֶיךָ הַדָּבָר
Category: Revelation

Deuteronomy 30:14, directly quoted by Paul at Romans 10:8. MUST be checked against, and if necessary aligned with, the Romans 10:8 rendering in the completed Phase 2 Romans documents, since Paul’s argument depends on readers recognizing the same words. Mandatory cross-curriculum consistency check and theologian review.

Life And Death

Approved rendering: जीवन और मृत्यु
Transliteration: jīvana aura mṛtyu
Doctrine: Choosing Life over Death
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति/मोक्ष framing (moksha-adjacent rebirth-escape reading, strictly forbidden)
Original: הַחַיִּים וְהַמָּוֶת
Category: Eschatology

Deuteronomy 30:15,19. The climactic covenantal choice: life (blessing, land, relationship with God) versus death (curse, exile, severed relationship). Covenant-relational and this-worldly-plus-eschatological, distinct from but continuous with TM eternal_life. Must be framed as a personal decision before a personal God, never a karma-style inevitable outcome of accumulated deeds, and never an appeal to escape a cycle of rebirth. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence — the second-highest-stakes term in the curriculum after एक.

High Risk Terms

Grace

Approved rendering: अनुग्रह
Transliteration: anugraha
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कृपा, दया, वरदान, भाग्य, कर्म-फल, पुण्य

Must convey unmerited favor apart from any human merit. Directly counters karma worldview. कृपा may be used for mercy/compassion in non-grace contexts only. Inherited from Romans package; in Deuteronomy this term anchors the required three-way distinction from करुणा (chesed) and दया (mercy) that grounds the ‘Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit’ doctrine (Deut 7:7-9; 9:4-6).

Faith

Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, आस्था, भरोसा

Trust in a specific person (Christ/God); not generalized religious devotion. Object of faith must always be specified in context. Distinguish from Hindu śraddhā. Inherited from Romans package; this is the NT counterpart of Deuteronomy’s believe_trust (הֶאְמִינוּ) at 1:32, the OT root of NT faith-vocabulary.

Holy

Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मल

पवित्र = set apart for God; morally pure. शुद्ध has ritual purity connotations. Inherited from Romans package; Deuteronomy 14’s clean/unclean (शुद्ध/अशुद्ध) dietary laws are the ONE context where शुद्ध is textually correct — reviewers must not flag that exception as violating this पवित्र/शुद्ध distinction.

Sanctification

Approved rendering: पवित्रीकरण
Transliteration: pavitrikaraṇa
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: सफाई, शुद्धिकरण

Process of being made holy by the Spirit. Distinct from Hindu ritual purification (shuddhi). Inherited from Romans package; conceptually anticipated by Deuteronomy’s circumcise_the_heart (हृदय का खतना) and circumcise_heart_gods_act entries.

Election

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का चुनाव
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā cunāva
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, नियति, किस्मत

God’s sovereign personal choice; not karma-determined fate or impersonal destiny. Inherited from Romans package; the चुनाव root is deliberately reused for Deuteronomy’s ‘place the LORD will choose’ (place_lord_will_choose) and underlies the treasured_possession (निज प्रजा) ‘Election and Israel’s Chosenness’ doctrine.

Redemption

Approved rendering: छुटकारा
Transliteration: chuṭakārā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष

Deliverance secured at a price; never मुक्ति/मोक्ष. Inherited from Romans package; deliberately reused for Deuteronomy’s year_of_release (छुटकारे का वर्ष, Deut 15) since debt-release concretely enacts the Exodus-redemption memory.

Curse

Approved rendering: श्राप / श्रापित
Transliteration: śrāpa / śrāpita
Doctrine: Atonement

Galatians 3:10,13. The law’s judicial curse-sanction; must read as fixed judicial verdict, never a transferable, ritually-liftable curse. Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. Deuteronomy reuses this exact lexical item for blessing_and_curse and cursed_be_formula, BUT the Deuteronomic covenant curse is corporate, conditional, and reversible through repentance (Deut 30) — unlike Galatians’ fixed, individual, non-reversible anathema-verdict. A mandatory distinguishing translator note is required on every Deuteronomy occurrence.

Anathema

Approved rendering: शापित हो
Transliteration: śāpita ho
Doctrine: Gospel

Galatians 1:8-9. God’s judicial curse-sentence, distinguished from ritual curse-magic liftable by counter-ritual. Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. Deuteronomy’s own cherem_devoted_destruction is a DIFFERENT category (corporate holy-war conquest mandate) and must never be merged with this individual gospel-distortion curse-verdict.

Idolatry

Approved rendering: मूर्तिपूजा
Transliteration: mūrtipūjā
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability

Romans 1:23. Direct term; handle pastorally in Hindu-background contexts but do not soften the biblical claim. Inherited from Romans package; feeds Deuteronomy’s carved_image and golden_calf entries, and grounds the whole ‘Warnings against Idolatry’ doctrine (Deut 4, 7, 9-10, 12-13, 17, 18, 20).

Wrath Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का क्रोध
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā krodha
Doctrine: Judgment
Rejected alternatives: बदला

Romans 1:18. God’s settled, righteous judgment against sin; never personal revenge (बदला) or capricious anger. Inherited from Romans package. This entry’s explicit rejection of बदला directly conflicts with Deuteronomy’s vengeance_vindication (נָקָם) at 32:35,41,43 — mandatory theologian resolution required; prefer reusing this परमेश्वर का क्रोध framing (with the qualifier न्यायपूर्ण) rather than introducing unqualified बदला.

Power Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति, ताकत

Use सामर्थ्य; never शक्ति (Hindu Shakti concept) for GOD’s power. Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy’s power_to_get_wealth (8:17-18) deliberately reuses सामर्थ्य for the same reason (God-given, not self-achieved). NOTE: Deuteronomy 6:5’s might_meod also uses शक्ति but for HUMAN capacity offered to God — a different referent, not an exception to this prohibition; flag for reviewers so it is not mistakenly treated as a forbidden-term violation.

Kingship Of Jesus

Approved rendering: यीशु का राजत्व
Transliteration: Yīśu kā rājatva
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ

Adjacent to the Critical Lordship doctrine. Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy 17’s constitutional constraints on Israel’s king (king entry) are the typological template against which this doctrine, and ultimately Christ’s kingship, is measured.

Seed Of David

Approved rendering: दाऊद के वंश से
Transliteration: Dāūda ke vaṃśa se
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant

Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and OT covenant fulfillment. Inherited from Romans package; provides the pattern for reading Deuteronomy 17’s king legislation typologically toward the promised royal line.

Covenant

Approved rendering: वाचा
Transliteration: vācā
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: अनुबंध, समझौता

Relational covenant bond; more than a legal contract. Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy is itself a covenant-renewal ceremony; वाचा’s relational sense must be sustained across all 34 chapters of legal material so the book does not read as a detached law-code, and extends to वाचा का नवीनीकरण (covenant renewal) as a compound.

New Birth

Approved rendering: नया जन्म
Transliteration: nayā janma
Doctrine: Regeneration
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म

NEVER पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation). Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy’s circumcise_heart_gods_act (Deut 30:6, God himself circumcising the heart) anticipates this NT regeneration language without collapsing into it — flag the ch.10 (human duty) to ch.30 (divine promise) grammatical-subject shift as theologically significant.

Eternal Life

Approved rendering: अनन्त जीवन
Transliteration: ananta jīvana
Doctrine: Eschatology
Rejected alternatives: अमरता

Galatians 6:8. Gift-harvest from the Spirit; never liberation-immortality or moksha-style absorption. Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. Deuteronomy’s life_and_death (Deut 30:15,19) is covenant-relational and this-worldly-plus-eschatological — distinct from but continuous with this later NT category; the two must be taught as continuous, not contradictory.

Sovereignty

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की संप्रभुता
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī samprabhutā
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, नियति

God’s personal rule; never impersonal fate/karma. Inherited from Romans package. This guardrail against भाग्य/नियति directly governs Deuteronomy’s blessing_and_curse doctrine (ch. 28), which must never be read as automatic karma-style cosmic retribution.

Providence

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का विधान
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā vidhāna
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, कर्म का नियम

God’s personal, purposive governance. Never भाग्य (fate) or karma language. Inherited from Romans package; extends the same guardrail to Deuteronomy’s blessings-and-curses and power_to_get_wealth doctrine content.

Worship

Approved rendering: आराधना
Transliteration: ārādhanā
Doctrine: Worship
Rejected alternatives: पूजा

NEVER पूजा — carries Hindu ritual-offering connotation. Inherited from Romans package. Directly relevant to Deuteronomy’s exclusive-worship demand of the Shema (6:4-5) and its idolatry warnings; आराधना must remain exclusive to यहोवा, never generalized devotional posture.

Partial Hardening

Approved rendering: आंशिक कठोरता
Transliteration: āṃśika kaṭhoratā
Doctrine: Election

Romans 11:25. Partial and temporary; do not render as final rejection. Inherited from Romans package; conceptually related to Deuteronomy’s heart_to_know (Deut 29:4, ‘a heart to understand’ Israel lacked) — must be glossed connecting the two without collapsing into fatalism.

Promise

Approved rendering: प्रतिज्ञा
Transliteration: pratijñā
Doctrine: Covenant
Rejected alternatives: वरदान, वचन (alone, ambiguous with mere spoken word)

God’s unilateral, unconditional covenant pledge. वरदान forbidden — makes the promise merit-conditioned. Inherited from Galatians package; underlies Deuteronomy’s promised_land as covenant-gift-not-merit and the wider Abrahamic covenant background assumed throughout the book.

Obedience Of Faith

Approved rendering: विश्वास की आज्ञाकारिता
Transliteration: viśvāsa kī ājñākāritā
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: धार्मिक नियम पालन, धार्मिक कर्तव्य

Obedience flowing from faith, not works-based obedience achieving standing. Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy 6:5’s love_god (love as the ground, not the reward, of obedience) is the OT root of this entire NT doctrine.

Works Of The Law

Approved rendering: व्यवस्था के काम
Transliteration: vyavasthā ke kāma
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: कर्म

NEVER कर्म — imports merit-accumulation cosmology. Inherited from Galatians package. Deuteronomy’s व्यवस्था (Torah) vocabulary throughout the book must never drift toward कर्म-adjacent framing, consistent with this entry’s guardrail.

Sin

Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāpa
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता

Moral transgression before a personal God; distinguish from ritual impurity and karma. Inherited from Romans package; foundational for Deuteronomy’s idolatry, golden_calf, and sorcery-adjacent warnings.

Law

Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: vyavasthā
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, शरीयत, नियम

Torah/Mosaic law. NEVER धर्म (Hindu dharma). Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy IS this व्यवस्था in its most extensive OT form; the term must retain its personal, covenant-judicial character throughout all 34 chapters, never drifting toward an impersonal cosmic-duty register (see rules_judgments entry for the applied-justice component).

Creator

Approved rendering: सृजनहार
Transliteration: sṛjanahāra
Doctrine: Creation
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्मा

Romans 1:25. Never Hindu creator-deity names. Inherited from Romans package. Directly relevant to Deuteronomy 32:6 (‘is not he your father who created you’), part of the Song of Moses’ the_rock_divine_title material.

Fear The Lord

Approved rendering: भय मानना
Transliteration: bhaya mānanā
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: יָרֵא
Category: God

Deuteronomy 6:2. Covenantal reverence producing obedience, distinct from (a) craven terror and (b) generic Hindu bhakti-awe transferable to any deity. Object must always be grammatically explicit and exclusive (‘यहोवा का भय मानना’), never a free-floating devotional disposition.

Love God

Approved rendering: प्रेम करना
Transliteration: prema karanā
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Original: אָהַב
Category: Faith

Deuteronomy 6:5. Total covenant devotion, ground of obedience, not its reward. Pattern-consistent with baseline प्रेम family. Anchor every occurrence to the totality formula (मन, प्राण, शक्ति) so it reads as exclusive covenant devotion, not generic bhakti-marga sentiment transferable to any deity.

Jealous God

Approved rendering: जलनशील परमेश्वर
Transliteration: jalanaśīla Parameśvara
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: קַנָּא
Category: God

Deuteronomy 4:24; 5:9. YHWH’s exclusive, zealous covenant claim, the divine correlate of 6:5’s love command. Must be glossed as righteous marriage-like covenant zeal, never petty jealousy or mythological capriciousness. Mandatory theologian review.

Form Likeness

Approved rendering: रूप / आकृति
Transliteration: rūpa / ākṛti
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: תְּמוּנָה
Category: God

Deuteronomy 4:12,15. The visual form Israel did not see at Horeb, grounding the image-prohibition. Must not be confused with nirguna Brahman (impersonal formless-absolute) philosophy — this is a personal God’s self-chosen non-disclosure of form, not an ontological claim of divine formlessness. Mandatory theologian review.

Chesed Steadfast Love

Approved rendering: करुणा (स्थिर वाचा-प्रेम)
Transliteration: karuṇā (sthira vācā-prema)
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Rejected alternatives: अनुग्रह (grace), दया (mercy)
Original: חֶסֶד
Category: God

Deuteronomy 7:9,12. Loyal covenant-faithfulness within an established relationship. Distinct from अनुग्रह (unmerited gift apart from relationship) and दया (compassion toward the miserable). Requires the mandatory gloss ‘स्थिर वाचा-प्रेम’ on every occurrence and the three-way distinction table. Mandatory theologian review.

Face To Face

Approved rendering: आमने-सामने
Transliteration: āmane-sāmane
Doctrine: The Coming Prophet like Moses
Original: פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִים
Category: God

Deuteronomy 34:10. Moses’ uniquely intimate revelation-encounter. Must be distinguished from Hindu darshan (a devotee’s visionary/auspicious sight of a deity’s image sought for merit or blessing) — this is personal, relational divine self-disclosure to a specific covenant mediator.

Frontlets Totafot

Approved rendering: मस्तक की पट्टी (टोटाफ़ोत)
Transliteration: mastak kī paṭṭī (Toṭāphota)
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: טוֹטָפֹת
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:8. Bound bands worn on hand/forehead containing the Shema words, later Jewish tefillin. Must be distinguished from Hindu forehead-marking (तिलक, sect/deity marks). Mandatory translator note on every occurrence stating exclusive covenant loyalty, not devotional/sectarian body-marking. Transliteration retained (टोटाफ़ोत) rather than a generic Hindi descriptive noun alone.

Doorposts Mezuzot

Approved rendering: द्वार की चौकियाँ (मेजूज़ा)
Transliteration: dvāra kī caukiyāṃ (Mejūzā)
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: מְזֻזוֹת
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:9. Later literalized as the mezuzah. Hindu households commonly affix auspicious symbols (स्वस्तिक, तोरण, deity images) at doorways for protection/blessing. Mandatory translator note: this is a reminder of covenant devotion to the one true God, never a protective ritual charm or auspicious-symbol practice. Transliteration (मेजूज़ा) retained.

Carved Image

Approved rendering: खुदी हुई मूरत
Transliteration: khudī huī mūrata
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: פֶּסֶל
Category: Idolatry

Deuteronomy 4:16,23,25; 5:8. Feeds TM idolatry/मूर्तिपूजा. Deuteronomy’s fullest aniconism statement; must not be softened in a culture where image-veneration is widespread devotional practice.

False Prophet

Approved rendering: झूठा भविष्यद्वक्ता
Transliteration: jhūṭhā bhaviṣyadvaktā
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: נָבִיא שֶׁקֶר
Category: Idolatry

Deuteronomy 13:1-5. Reuses TM प्रोफेट base but elevated to High: tests prophetic claims against fixed doctrine, not experiential proof — a live concern where many claim prophetic/guru authority.

Golden Calf

Approved rendering: सोने का बछड़ा
Transliteration: sone kā bachaṛā
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: עֵגֶל מַסֵּכָה
Category: Idolatry

Deuteronomy 9:16; 9:4-6. Israel’s own paradigmatic idolatry, feeding TM idolatry/मूर्तिपूजा and directly tying the idolatry doctrine to the grace-not-merit doctrine of 9:4-6.

Treasured Possession

Approved rendering: निज प्रजा
Transliteration: nija prajā
Doctrine: Election and Israel’s Chosenness
Original: סְגֻלָּה
Category: Election

Deuteronomy 7:6-8; 14:2; 26:18. Must be glossed with 7:7-8’s explicit denial of merit so it is never read as caste-like inherent superiority or a status attained through devotion.

Circumcise The Heart

Approved rendering: हृदय का खतना
Transliteration: hṛdaya kā khatanā
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Original: מוּל לֵב
Category: Sanctification

Deuteronomy 10:16. Metaphorical inward transformation beyond the physical covenant sign. Must remain clearly metaphorical, never confused with (a) the literal-circumcision debates of Galatians or (b) generic Hindu heart-purification practices (sattva-shuddhi). Mandatory theologian review.

Circumcise Heart Gods Act

Approved rendering: हृदय का खतना (यहोवा के द्वारा)
Transliteration: hṛdaya kā khatanā (Yahovā ke dvārā)
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Original: וּמָל יהוה אֶת־לְבָבְךָ
Category: Sanctification

Deuteronomy 30:6. God’s own future promised act, completing what human obedience (ch. 10) could not. The grammatical-subject shift (human duty → divine promise) is itself theologically significant, anticipating NT regeneration language (TM new_birth) without collapsing into it. Mandatory theologian review.

Believe Trust

Approved rendering: विश्वास करना
Transliteration: viśvāsa karanā
Doctrine: Choosing Life over Death
Original: הֶאְמִינוּ
Category: Faith

Deuteronomy 1:32. Reuses TM faith/विश्वास exactly — the OT root of NT faith-vocabulary. Object of trust must remain YHWH’s specific promise, not generalized religious confidence.

Test The Lord

Approved rendering: परखना
Transliteration: parakhanā
Doctrine: Choosing Life over Death
Original: נָסָה
Category: Faith

Deuteronomy 6:16, cited by Jesus in Matthew 4:7/Luke 4:12. Must preserve the sense of presumptuously demanding proof of faithfulness, not merely ‘questioning.‘

Forget

Approved rendering: भूल जाना
Transliteration: bhūla jānā
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: שָׁכַח
Category: Remembering

Deuteronomy 6:12; 8:11,14,19. The direct antonym of याद रखना (remember), the central verb-pair structuring the whole book (chs. 5,7,8,15,16,24,32). Must be rendered with total lexical consistency across every occurrence.

Set Free Slave

Approved rendering: आज़ाद करना
Transliteration: āzāda karanā
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Rejected alternatives: स्वतंत्रता
Original: שִׁלַּח חָפְשִׁי
Category: Freedom

Deuteronomy 15:12-13. Literal manumission of a debt-slave. MUST NOT be rendered स्वतंत्रता, reserved exclusively for the Christ-given spiritual liberty of Galatians 5:1. Mandatory cross-curriculum distinguishing note, even though the two are typologically related.

King

Approved rendering: राजा
Transliteration: rājā
Doctrine: Kingship and Messianic Hope
Original: מֶלֶךְ
Category: Messianic

Deuteronomy 17:14-20. Constitutional constraints on Israel’s future king. Flag typological connection to TM kingship_of_jesus and seed_of_david — the constitutional template against which every human king, and ultimately Christ’s kingship, is measured. Must not be read as endorsing kingship as inherently self-glorifying rule.

Heart To Know

Approved rendering: समझने के लिये मन / हृदय
Transliteration: samajhane ke liye man / hṛdaya
Doctrine: Choosing Life over Death
Original: לֵב לָדַעַת
Category: Anthropology

Deuteronomy 29:4. Israel’s stated lack of a heart to understand — an OT hardening motif conceptually related to TM partial_hardening. Must be glossed connecting to the broader biblical hardening theme without collapsing into fatalism or karma-determined incapacity.

Medium Risk Terms

Blessing Of Abraham

Approved rendering: आशीष
Transliteration: āśīṣa
Doctrine: Covenant
Rejected alternatives: आशीर्वाद

आशीर्वाद connotes a reciprocal-favor exchange from elders/gurus/deities; आशीष keeps blessing as God’s own gracious initiative. Inherited from Romans/Galatians package; reused exactly for Deuteronomy’s blessing_and_curse pairing (Deut 11, 27-28).

Sorcery

Approved rendering: जादू-टोना
Transliteration: jādū-ṭonā
Doctrine: Sin

Galatians 5:20. Names a live occult practice in the Indian context; render descriptively, not sensationally. Inherited from Romans/Galatians package; reused exactly for Deuteronomy’s diviner_sorcerer (Deut 18:10-11).

Firstfruits

Approved rendering: पहले फल
Transliteration: pahale phala
Doctrine: Holy Spirit
Original: בִּכּוּרִים
Category: Remembering

Romans 8:23; 11:16; 16:5. Agricultural pledge-of-more-to-come metaphor; guard against any merit or karma-fruit reading. Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly for Deuteronomy’s firstfruits liturgy (Deut 26:1-11), same guardrail applies to the wandering_aramean_credo context.

Church

Approved rendering: कलीसिया
Transliteration: kalīsiyā
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: मंदिर, गिरजाघर

Transliterated term; established Hindi Christian usage. Never use मंदिर. Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy’s assembly_of_the_lord (קְהַל יהוה, Deut 23:1-8) is the direct OT root the Septuagint translates as ekklēsia, but MUST NOT be rendered कलीसिया in the Deuteronomy text itself — कलीसिया is reserved exclusively for NT usage; the typological link is for teaching notes only.

Governing Authorities

Approved rendering: शासन के अधिकारी
Transliteration: śāsana ke adhikārī
Doctrine: Civil Authority

Romans 13:1-7. All Romans 13:1-7 content routes to native speaker review. Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy’s judges (שֹׁפְטִים, Deut 16:18; 17:9) is a distinct, covenant-internal judicial office and must be kept lexically separate from this general-civil-government term.

Mercy

Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: dayā
Doctrine: Mercy of God

Kept distinct from अनुग्रह (grace, unmerited favor). दया = compassion toward the miserable. Inherited from Romans package; forms one leg of the mandatory three-way chesed/grace/mercy distinction required by Deuteronomy’s chesed_steadfast_love entry.

Kindness Of God

Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Character of God

Romans 11:22 kindness/severity contrast. Permitted here per the grace entry’s note. Inherited from Romans package; must not be substituted for करुणा (chesed) or अनुग्रह (grace) in Deuteronomy’s obedience-motivation doctrine.

Mediator

Approved rendering: मध्यस्थ
Transliteration: madhyastha
Doctrine: Covenant

Galatians 3:19-20 (Moses as mediator of the law at Sinai). Inherited from Galatians package; directly applicable to Deuteronomy 5:5, where Moses again mediates the covenant-renewal at Moab, standing between YHWH and the people.

Heir

Approved rendering: वारिस
Transliteration: vārisa
Doctrine: Covenant

Full inheritance by promise/adoption, never merit-earned. Inherited from Galatians package. Must be kept distinct from Deuteronomy’s tribal_inheritance (बपौती), which names territorial land-inheritance, not personal soteriological heirship.

Slavery

Approved rendering: दासत्व / दास
Transliteration: dāsatva / dāsa
Doctrine: Freedom

Galatians 2:4; 4:1-9,22-31; 5:1. Inherited from Galatians package. Deuteronomy’s set_free_slave (आज़ाद करना) describes literal debt-slave manumission and is typologically related to but must remain lexically distinct from this term’s NT spiritual-bondage sense.

Servant Of Sin

Approved rendering: पाप का सेवक
Transliteration: pāpa kā sevaka
Doctrine: Sin

Galatians 2:17. Inherited from Galatians package. The सेवक (‘servant’) pattern here is reused for Deuteronomy’s honorific servant_of_the_lord (यहोवा का सेवक, Deut 34:5), applied to Moses at his death — a positive, not sinful, sense of the same root.

Israel

Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: Isrāela
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles

Proper name; BSI established form. Inherited from Romans package; used throughout Deuteronomy, most prominently in the Shema’s address ‘सुन, हे इस्राएल’ (Deut 6:4).

David

Approved rendering: दाऊद
Transliteration: Dāūda
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant

BSI OV proper name form. Inherited from Romans package; relevant to the typological reading of Deuteronomy 17’s king legislation as anticipating the Davidic and messianic kingship.

Circumcision

Approved rendering: खतना
Transliteration: khatanā
Doctrine: Covenant

BSI OV term (Romans 2:25-29; 4:9-12; Galatians 2:3 etc.). Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. Deuteronomy uses this exact base term compounded with हृदय (heart) for circumcise_the_heart and circumcise_heart_gods_act — strictly metaphorical inward renewal, never confused with the literal-circumcision debates of Galatians.

Consuming Fire

Approved rendering: भस्म करनेवाली आग
Transliteration: bhasma karanevālī āga
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה
Category: God

Deuteronomy 4:24; 9:3. Image of God’s holiness intolerant of rival worship. Standard biblical idiom; low collision risk with Hindu agni/yajna fire-ritual imagery provided the referent stays God’s own character, not a manipulable ritual element.

Commandment

Approved rendering: आज्ञा
Transliteration: ājñā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: הַמִּצְוָה
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:1. Divine directive, not a Hindu shastric guideline offered as one option among religious paths.

Statutes

Approved rendering: विधियाँ
Transliteration: vidhiyāṃ
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: חֻקִּים
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:1. Fixed covenant regulations given by God, not human-derived social custom.

Rules Judgments

Approved rendering: नियम
Transliteration: niyam
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: מִשְׁפָּטִים
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:1. Applied case-justice; must not collapse into a generic ‘rule’ divorced from a personal Judge, nor read as an impersonal karma-like cosmic law.

Keep Observe

Approved rendering: पालन करना
Transliteration: pālan karanā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: שָׁמַר
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:2 and throughout. Active, ongoing guarding of covenant obligations, not a single ritual performance completed once for merit.

Sign Ot

Approved rendering: चिन्ह
Transliteration: cinha
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: אוֹת
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:8. Visible marker of covenant identity and allegiance, pattern-consistent with baseline marks_of_jesus usage; must signal covenant-identity, not decorative/auspicious symbolism.

Tribal Inheritance

Approved rendering: बपौती
Transliteration: bapautī
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: נַחֲלָה
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 3:12-20. Established Hindi Bible term for tribal land-inheritance, distinct from the TM heir/वारिस entry (which names the person, not the land) — territorial, not soteriological, inheritance.

Place Lord Will Choose

Approved rendering: वह स्थान जो यहोवा चुनेगा
Transliteration: vaha sthāna jo Yahovā cunegā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יהוה
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 12:5,11,14. Deliberately reuses the चुनाव root from the TM election entry — God’s own sovereign choice of the central place of worship.

Assembly Of The Lord

Approved rendering: यहोवा की सभा / मण्डली
Transliteration: Yahovā kī sabhā / maṇḍalī
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Rejected alternatives: कलीसिया (reserved for NT church)
Original: קְהַל יהוה
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 23:1-8. Direct OT root the LXX translates as ekklēsia. Do not render as कलीसिया here — reserve that term exclusively for NT usage; flag the typological connection for teaching only, not the in-text rendering.

Secret Hidden Things

Approved rendering: छिपी बातें / गुप्त बातें
Transliteration: chipī bāteṃ / gupta bāteṃ
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: הַנִּסְתָּרֹת
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 29:29. Matters reserved to God’s exclusive jurisdiction, contrasted with communal responsibility for open sin.

Judges

Approved rendering: न्यायी
Transliteration: nyāyī
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: שֹׁפְטִים
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 16:18; 17:9. Distinct from TM governing_authorities (Romans 13’s general civil rulers); this is covenant-internal judicial office.

Servant Of The Lord

Approved rendering: यहोवा का सेवक
Transliteration: Yahovā kā sevaka
Doctrine: The Coming Prophet like Moses
Original: עֶבֶד יהוה
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 34:5. Moses’ honorific title at death; pattern-consistent with the TM सेवक family (servant_of_sin).

Length Of Days

Approved rendering: दीर्घायु
Transliteration: dīrghāyu
Doctrine: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Original: אֹרֶךְ יָמִים
Category: Blessing_Curse

Deuteronomy 6:2. Long life/prosperity promised for obedience; must not be read as karma-merit reward for ritual performance but as gracious covenant blessing flowing from a prior love-relationship.

High Place

Approved rendering: ऊँचा स्थान
Transliteration: ūñcā sthāna
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: בָּמָה
Category: Idolatry

Deuteronomy 12:2-3. Established BSI term for illegitimate rival worship sites to be destroyed.

Sign And Wonder

Approved rendering: चिन्ह और अद्भुत काम
Transliteration: cinha aura adbhuta kāma
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: אוֹת וּמוֹפֵת
Category: Idolatry

Deuteronomy 13:1-2. Miraculous confirmation is not self-authenticating apart from doctrinal content; content matters more than phenomenon.

Incite To Idolatry

Approved rendering: बहकाना / भटका देना
Transliteration: bahakānā / bhaṭakā denā
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: הִדִּיחַ
Category: Idolatry

Deuteronomy 13:6,13. To lead astray toward false worship, even from within family; must preserve the gravity of enticement from trusted relational sources.

Diviner Sorcerer

Approved rendering: जादू-टोना
Transliteration: jādū-ṭonā
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: קֹסֵם / מְכַשֵּׁף
Category: Idolatry

Deuteronomy 18:10-11. Reuses TM sorcery exactly; forbidden occult practitioners contrasted with legitimate prophecy.

Power To Get Wealth

Approved rendering: धन कमाने की सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: dhana kamāne kī sāmarthya
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: כֹּחַ לַעֲשׂוֹת חָיִל
Category: Salvation

Deuteronomy 8:17-18. Deliberately reuses TM सामर्थ्य (power_of_god) — God-given capacity, not self-achieved prosperity or Shakti-style impersonal force.

Rebel

Approved rendering: बलवा करना / विरोध करना
Transliteration: balavā karanā / virodha karanā
Doctrine: Choosing Life over Death
Original: מָרָה
Category: Faith

Deuteronomy 1:26,43; 9:7,23-24. Names the pattern the whole book warns against repeating.

Sabbath

Approved rendering: सब्त का दिन
Transliteration: sabta kā dina
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: שַׁבָּת
Category: Remembering

Deuteronomy 5:12-15. Must be tied to redemption-memory specifically, not a generic rest philosophy or meditative-retreat concept.

Year Of Release

Approved rendering: छुटकारे का वर्ष
Transliteration: chuṭakāre kā varṣa
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה
Category: Remembering

Deuteronomy 15:1-15. Deliberately reuses TM छुटकारा (redemption) — periodic debt-release enacting Israel’s own redemption-memory.

Wandering Aramean Credo

Approved rendering: मेरा पिता एक भटकता हुआ अरामी था
Transliteration: merā pitā eka bhaṭakatā huā Arāmī thā
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד אָבִי
Category: Remembering

Deuteronomy 26:5. The confessional historical credo recited at the firstfruits offering; Deuteronomy’s own model liturgy for remembering redemption.

Humble Test Hardship

Approved rendering: दीन करना / परखना
Transliteration: dīna karanā / parakhanā
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: עִנָּה
Category: Remembering

Deuteronomy 8:2-3,16. Hardship as formative discipline within covenant relationship, not karmic punishment for accumulated sin from prior lives.

Sojourner Stranger

Approved rendering: परदेशी
Transliteration: pardeśī
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: גֵּר
Category: Ethics

Deuteronomy 10:19. Established BSI term; ties into modern refugee/migrant ethics discussion, grounded in Israel’s own history as strangers in Egypt.

Sojourner Orphan Widow

Approved rendering: परदेशी, अनाथ, और विधवा
Transliteration: pardeśī, anātha, aura vidhavā
Doctrine: Justice for the Vulnerable
Original: גֵּר יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה
Category: Ethics

Deuteronomy 24:18,22; 27:19. Recurring justice-triad for the socially vulnerable, grounded in redemption-memory.

Bill Of Divorce

Approved rendering: त्याग-पत्र / तलाक़नामा
Transliteration: tyāga-patra / talāqnāmā
Doctrine: Justice for the Vulnerable
Original: סֵפֶר כְּרִיתֻת
Category: Ethics

Deuteronomy 24:1-4, later addressed by Jesus (Matthew 19:7-9) as a concession, not an ideal.

Levirate Duty

Approved rendering: देवर-विवाह की परंपरा
Transliteration: devara-vivāha kī paramparā
Doctrine: Justice for the Vulnerable
Original: יִבֻּם
Category: Ethics

Deuteronomy 25:5-10. Must be glossed as distinct from similar-sounding Indian customary practices (e.g., niyoga) to avoid uncritical equation; flagged for native-speaker cultural review.

Just Honest Scales

Approved rendering: ईमानदार तराजू
Transliteration: īmāndāra tarājū
Doctrine: Justice for the Vulnerable
Rejected alternatives: धार्मिकता (deliberately avoided here)
Original: מֹאזְנֵי צֶדֶק
Category: Ethics

Deuteronomy 25:13-16. Deliberately does not invoke धार्मिकता (reserved for soteriological forensic right-standing); keeps this commercial-ethics register distinct.

Clean Unclean

Approved rendering: शुद्ध / अशुद्ध
Transliteration: śuddha / aśuddha
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: טָהוֹר / טָמֵא
Category: Ritual

Deuteronomy 14:3-21. Ritually clean/unclean dietary categories. Unlike the general TM caution that शुद्ध must never substitute for पवित्र (holy), here शुद्ध/अशुद्ध is the textually CORRECT choice — flag for reviewers so this exception is not mistakenly treated as a violation.

Heart Levav

Approved rendering: मन
Transliteration: man
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: לֵבָב
Category: Anthropology

Deuteronomy 6:5. Whole rational-volitional center — thought, will, moral decision — not primarily emotion. Must be glossed so learners do not read this as calling for emotional feeling alone. Distinguish from TM renewing_of_the_mind (मन का नया हो जाना) — related but not identical.

Soul Nephesh

Approved rendering: प्राण
Transliteration: prāṇa
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: נֶפֶשׁ
Category: Anthropology

Deuteronomy 6:5. Whole animated living being, not a separable spiritual part. Mandatory translator note: must not be conflated with yogic/tantric prāṇa (vital life-force cultivated through prāṇāyāma); cf. TM walk_by_the_spirit caution.

Might Meod

Approved rendering: शक्ति (मानवीय सामर्थ्य)
Transliteration: śakti (mānavīya sāmarthya)
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: מְאֹד
Category: Anthropology

Deuteronomy 6:5. Total human capacity/resources offered in devotion. The TM power_of_god entry forbids शक्ति only for GOD’s own power (Shakti-goddess association); here शक्ति names human capacity, a different referent. Mandatory translator note so downstream validation does not mistakenly flag this as a forbidden-term violation.

Words Devarim

Approved rendering: वचन
Transliteration: vacana
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: הַדְּבָרִים
Category: Revelation

Deuteronomy 6:6. The revealed words of God as living, active address; echoed in Romans 10:8’s citation of Deuteronomy 30:14 — track for cross-curriculum consistency (see word_is_near).

Teach Diligently

Approved rendering: ध्यान से बार-बार सिखाना
Transliteration: dhyān se bāra-bāra sikhānā
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: שִׁנֵּן
Category: Revelation

Deuteronomy 6:7. Must retain the intensive, repetitive ‘sharpening’ force of the Hebrew image; a weak ‘teach’ alone loses it.

On Your Heart

Approved rendering: तेरे मन पर
Transliteration: tere man para
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Original: עַל־לְבָבֶךָ
Category: Revelation

Deuteronomy 6:6. Internalization goal; must not be read as rote memorization divorced from 6:5’s love-motivation.

Careful To Do

Approved rendering: ध्यान से पालन करना
Transliteration: dhyān se pālan karanā
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת
Category: Revelation

Deuteronomy 6:3. Combines guarding (שמר) and doing (עשה) — unites theological and practical obedience; must not be split into belief-only or action-only.

Low Risk Terms

Prophet

Approved rendering: भविष्यद्वक्ता
Transliteration: bhaviṣyadvaktā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी

God’s spokesperson; do not confuse with astrologer/fortune-teller. Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy elevates this base term to High risk for false_prophet (13:1-5) and to Critical for prophet_like_moses (18:15-19) — see those entries.

Prophecy

Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफल

God-inspired declaration; distinct from astrological predictions. Inherited from Romans package; relevant background for Deuteronomy’s sign_and_wonder (13:1-2) test-of-prophecy passages.

Teach

Approved rendering: सिखाना
Transliteration: sikhānā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: לְלַמֵּד
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:1. Standard vocabulary; introduces the pedagogical structure culminating in 6:7’s household instruction.

Ten Commandments

Approved rendering: दस आज्ञाएँ
Transliteration: das ājñāeṃ
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 5. Established rendering; low collision risk.

Honor Parents

Approved rendering: आदर करना
Transliteration: ādar karanā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: כַּבֵּד
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 5:16. Household piety flowing from, not replacing, exclusive devotion to God; order matters (God first, then parents).

Decalogue Prohibitions

Approved rendering: हत्या करना / व्यभिचार करना / चोरी करना / झूठी गवाही देना / लालच करना
Transliteration: hatyā karanā / vyabhicāra karanā / corī karanā / jhūṭhī gavāhī denā / lālaca karanā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: רָצַח / נָאַף / גָּנַב / עֵד שָׁקֶר / חָמַד
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 5:17-21. Standard, established Hindi Bible vocabulary for murder/adultery/theft/false witness/covetousness.

Write

Approved rendering: लिखना
Transliteration: likhanā
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: כָּתַב
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:9. Permanent, public inscription; the household becomes a witness to covenant loyalty.

Gates

Approved rendering: फाटक / द्वार
Transliteration: phāṭaka / dvāra
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: שְׁעָרֶיךָ
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:9. Extends domestic covenant-devotion into public visibility.

Promised Land

Approved rendering: देश / भूमि
Transliteration: deśa / bhūmi
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: הָאֶרֶץ
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 6:1 and throughout. Covenant-gift, not merit-earned possession; sets up the remembering-redemption doctrine.

Dispossess

Approved rendering: निकाल देना
Transliteration: nikāla denā
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: הוֹרִישׁ
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 2:12,21-22. Purely narrative-military term.

Witness

Approved rendering: गवाह
Transliteration: gavāha
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: עֵד
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 19:15. Standard legal vocabulary; relevant to the two-or-three-witnesses principle.

Altar

Approved rendering: वेदी
Transliteration: vedī
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: מִזְבֵּח
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 27:5-7. Established term; covenant-renewal altar built at Shechem.

Gerizim Ebal

Approved rendering: गिरिज्जीम और एबाल
Transliteration: Girijjīma aura Ebāla
Doctrine: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Original: גְּרִזִים וְעֵיבָל
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 27:12-13. Transliterated proper geographic names staging the blessing/curse liturgy.

Be Strong And Courageous

Approved rendering: दृढ़ और हियाव बान्धकर रह
Transliteration: dṛḍha aura hiyāva bāndhakara raha
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 31:6,7,23. Established BSI idiom; charge to Joshua and successive generations.

Public Reading Haqhel

Approved rendering: सभा में व्यवस्था का पाठ
Transliteration: sabhā meṃ vyavasthā kā pāṭha
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: הַקְהֵל
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 31:10-13. Institutionalizes corporate remembering as scheduled communal practice.

Festival

Approved rendering: पर्व
Transliteration: parva
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: חַג
Category: Covenant

Deuteronomy 16:16. Standard term; pilgrimage feast structuring Israel’s liturgical calendar.

Land Flowing Milk Honey

Approved rendering: दूध और मधु बहती हुई भूमि
Transliteration: dūdh aura madhu bahatī huī bhūmi
Doctrine: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Original: אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ
Category: Blessing_Curse

Deuteronomy 6:3. Established BSI idiom for extraordinary fertility and covenant blessing; must be translated as idiom, not literalized.

Manna

Approved rendering: मन्ना
Transliteration: mannā
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: מָן
Category: Remembering

Deuteronomy 8:3,16. Transliterated, established; God’s wilderness provision, later cited by Jesus (John 6).

Tithe

Approved rendering: दशमांश
Transliteration: daśāṃśa
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: מַעֲשֵׂר
Category: Remembering

Deuteronomy 14:22-29; 26:12-15. Established term; proportional giving as covenant discipline.

Passover

Approved rendering: फसह
Transliteration: phasaha
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: פֶּסַח
Category: Remembering

Deuteronomy 16:1-8. Established Hindi Bible transliteration; the founding redemption-memory festival.

Mixed Kinds

Approved rendering: मिलावट न करना
Transliteration: milāvaṭa na karanā
Doctrine: Justice for the Vulnerable
Original: כִּלְאַיִם
Category: Ethics

Deuteronomy 22:9-11. Prohibition on mixing seeds/fabrics/animal kinds; no significant doctrinal collision.

Blood Prohibition

Approved rendering: लोहू / रक्त
Transliteration: lohū / rakta
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: דָּם
Category: Ritual

Deuteronomy 12:16,23-25. Standard term; sanctity of blood/life, ties to atonement theology developed later in Scripture.

City Of Refuge

Approved rendering: शरण-नगर
Transliteration: śaraṇa-nagara
Doctrine: Justice for the Vulnerable
Original: עִיר מִקְלָט
Category: Ritual

Deuteronomy 4:41-43; 19:1-13. Established BSI term; provision of mercy within a justice system.

Talk Of Them

Approved rendering: उनकी चर्चा करना
Transliteration: unakī carcā karanā
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: דִּבֶּר
Category: Revelation

Deuteronomy 6:7. Ordinary daily conversation saturating all activity; the law permeates domestic life, not a separate ritual-only sphere.

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