Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Ezekiel (Hindi)
How to read this table
- Term ID: a short slug for cross-referencing in later Phase 2 documents.
- Original (Hebrew, translit.): primary source-language form. Where noted, an LXX Greek gloss is added in brackets for cross-curriculum continuity with the NT-based baseline.
- Hindi rendering: the required/proposed Devanagari form.
- Doctrine: the curriculum doctrine this term most directly serves (per the seven doctrines specified for this curriculum, plus book-wide categories).
- Risk: Critical / High / Medium / Low, per the baseline’s risk_definitions.
- Status: “Baseline reuse” (already fixed in translation_memory.json — do not alter) or “New — propose for TM” (requires addition/adjudication in Phase 2).
- Chapters: primary occurrences (not exhaustive).
- Grounded risk rationale / rejected alternatives: why this risk tier, and what must never be used instead.
Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (no deviation permitted)
| Term ID | Original | Hindi rendering | Doctrine | Risk | Status | Chapters | Grounded risk rationale / rejected alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| glory | כָּבוֹד (kavod) [LXX δόξα] | महिमा | Glory and Sovereignty of God | High | Baseline reuse | 1, 3, 8-11, 39, 43-44 | Ezekiel’s most frequent theological noun after the divine name; baseline already forbids light-metaphors that conflate with Hindu divine-radiance concepts. Consistency across the departure (8-11) and return (43) narrative is essential. |
| holy | קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh) [LXX ἅγιος] | पवित्र | Sanctification; New Temple vision | High | Baseline reuse | 20, 22, 36, 43-46 | Never शुद्ध (ritual purity only); Ezekiel’s holiness is moral/relational set-apartness, intensified by the “holy name” theology of chs.20,36. |
| covenant | בְּרִית (berit) [LXX διαθήκη] | वाचा | Davidic Covenant; New Temple vision | High | Baseline reuse | 16, 34, 37, 44 | Relational covenant bond, not mere legal contract; underlies the marriage-covenant allegory of ch.16 and the everlasting covenant of ch.37. |
| sin | חֵטְא / עָוֹן / פֶּשַׁע (chet/avon/pesha) [LXX ἁμαρτία] | पाप | Individual Responsibility for Sin | High | Baseline reuse | 3-33 passim, esp. 18 | Moral transgression before a personal God; distinguish from ritual impurity and impersonal bad karma, exactly as the baseline mandates. |
| righteousness / righteous | צֶדֶק / צַדִּיק (tsedeq / tsaddiq) [LXX δικαιοσύνη] | धार्मिकता / धर्मी | Individual Responsibility for Sin | Critical | Baseline reuse | 14, 18, 33 | NEVER धर्म (Hindu cosmic duty) — Ezekiel 18’s entire argument (individual accountability apart from inherited or communal merit) would collapse into a dharma-transfer discussion if this substitution were made. |
| repentance | שׁוּב (shuv) [LXX μετανοέω-family] | मन फिराव / मन फिराना | Individual Responsibility for Sin | High | Baseline reuse | 3, 14, 18, 33 | Turning of the whole life/direction toward God, not mere feeling of remorse (पश्चाताप) — the hinge-word of ch.18’s “if the wicked turns… he shall live.” |
| idolatry | עֲבֹדַת גִּלּוּלִים / general idol-worship [LXX εἰδωλολατρία] | मूर्तिपूजा | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations | High | Baseline reuse | 6, 8, 14, 16, 20, 23, 36 | Direct term; handled pastorally but never softened, per baseline note — Ezekiel intensifies this with גִּלּוּלִים (see New Terms below). |
| peace | שָׁלוֹם (shalom) [LXX εἰρήνη] | शांति | Restoration; New Temple vision | Medium | Baseline reuse | 13, 34, 37 | Relational/covenantal peace, not the false שָׁלוֹם of Ch.13’s lying prophets nor mere absence of conflict. |
| covenant of peace (compound) | בְּרִית שָׁלוֹם | शांति की वाचा | Davidic Covenant; Restoration | Medium | Baseline reuse (compound of two exact baseline terms) | 34, 37 | Component terms already fixed; combine without alteration. |
| David | דָּוִד (David) [LXX Δαυίδ] | दाऊद | Davidic Covenant | Low/Medium (rises to High in compound below) | Baseline reuse | 34, 37 | Established BSI OV proper-name form. |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra’el) | इस्राएल | Restoration; Unity of the covenant people | Medium | Baseline reuse | throughout | Proper name; BSI-established form. |
| God | אֱלֹהִים (‘Elohim) [LXX θεός] | परमेश्वर | Glory and Sovereignty of God | Critical | Baseline reuse | throughout | Never भगवान/ईश्वर for doctrinal precision per baseline; used within the compound “Lord GOD” title (see New Terms). |
| Lord | אֲדֹנָי (‘Adonai) [LXX κύριος] | प्रभु | Glory and Sovereignty of God | Critical | Baseline reuse | throughout (in the recurring title “Lord GOD”) | Combines with परमेश्वर in Ezekiel’s signature ~200+-times-repeated title; see “lord_god_adonai_yhwh” below. |
| Holy Spirit / Spirit (divine) | רוּחַ (ruach, personal-divine sense) [LXX πνεῦμα] | पवित्र आत्मा / आत्मा (possessive) | New Heart and New Spirit; core passage | Critical | Baseline reuse where the personal-Spirit sense is intended | 11, 36, 37 | Never ब्रह्म or bare परमात्मा; but see the extended New Term “ruach_wordplay” below — this baseline entry alone is insufficient for Ezekiel’s threefold breath/wind/Spirit pun and must be supplemented by contextual notes. |
| new birth (related, not identical) | — [cf. NT γεννάω ἄνωθεν] | नया जन्म | New Heart and New Spirit (typological background) | High | Baseline reuse, flagged as a RELATED but NON-IDENTICAL doctrine | cross-reference to 11, 18, 36 | The baseline forbids पुनर्जन्म here as elsewhere; Ezekiel’s “new heart/new spirit” is this doctrine’s OT root but must not be presented in translation notes as a fully interchangeable synonym for NT regeneration — see “new_heart_new_spirit” below for the primary Ezekiel term. |
| restoration | — | बहाली | Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones | Medium | Baseline reuse | 34-48 | Directly names this curriculum’s own doctrine category; already Medium risk in baseline (Romans 11 Israel context) and transfers cleanly. |
| remnant | — | बचे हुए लोग | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations | High | Baseline reuse | 9, 14 (the marked/spared), 37 | The remnant marked in ch.9 and gathered in ch.37 must keep the grace-not-works basis explicit, per baseline note. |
| wrath of God | חֲרוֹן / עֶבְרָה [LXX ὀργὴ θεοῦ] | परमेश्वर का क्रोध | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations | High | Baseline reuse | 5, 7, 21-32 | God’s settled righteous judgment, never personal revenge (बदला, explicitly rejected) — extends directly to the נְקָמָה (vengeance) term below. |
| flesh (technical Pauline sense) — NOTE OF NON-APPLICATION | בָּשָׂר (basar), plain physical sense only in Ezekiel | शरीर / मांस (plain physical sense) | Individual Responsibility; New Heart and New Spirit | Medium | Baseline term reused for vocabulary, sense NOT reused | 11, 36, 37 (physical body); 11, 36 (“heart of flesh,” positive sense) | CRITICAL CROSS-CURRICULUM CAUTION: baseline reserves शरीर for the Pauline σάρξ (fallen sin-nature). Ezekiel’s בָּשָׂר in “heart of flesh” is POSITIVE (responsive tenderness) — the opposite moral valence. Every occurrence requires a note preventing doctrinal bleed-through between the two curricula’s opposite uses of the same Hindi word. |
| circumcision | מוּל / עָרֵל [LXX περιτομή] | खतना | New Temple vision (44:9, access regulation) | Medium | Baseline reuse | 44 | BSI OV term; extended here to “uncircumcised in heart AND flesh” — see “uncircumcised_heart_and_flesh” below. |
| prophet / prophecy | נָבִיא / נְבוּאָה (navi / nevu’ah) [LXX προφήτης / προφητεία] | भविष्यद्वक्ता / भविष्यवाणी | Inspiration/Fulfillment (book-wide) | Low | Baseline reuse | throughout | Do not confuse with astrologer/fortune-teller (भविष्यफल, explicitly rejected); central to Ch.13’s false-prophet contrast. |
New Terms Specific to Ezekiel (proposed for Translation Memory addition; Phase 2 adjudication required)
| Term ID | Original (Hebrew, translit.) | Hindi rendering | Doctrine | Risk | Chapters | Grounded risk rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yhwh_divine_name | יהוה (YHWH) | यहोवा | Glory and Sovereignty of God | Critical | throughout, esp. 37, 48 | The specific covenant proper name underlying Ezekiel’s ~70-times-repeated recognition formula. Established BSI OV Old Testament transliteration; must never be replaced by a generic deity-word (ईश्वर, भगवान) that could denote one deity among many, and must be kept visually/aurally distinct from प्रभु (reserved for אֲדֹנָי/κύριος) so learners recognize this is God’s own specific, self-revealed name. |
| lord_god_adonai_yhwh | אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה (‘Adonai YHWH) | प्रभु परमेश्वर | Glory and Sovereignty of God | Critical | ~217 occurrences, throughout | Ezekiel’s signature double title, combining two already-Critical baseline terms (प्रभु + परमेश्वर) exactly as recorded, with no new coinage. Saturating repetition makes cross-chapter consistency doctrinally load-bearing; any drift (स्वामी, ईश्वर) erodes the cumulative rhetorical/theological weight the whole book builds. |
| recognition_formula | כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה (“that I am the LORD”) | और तुम/वे जानोगे/जानेंगे कि मैं यहोवा हूँ | Glory and Sovereignty of God | Critical | ~70 occurrences, throughout | The book’s central theological refrain: both judgment and restoration ultimately serve God’s self-vindication before Israel and the nations. Requires verbatim cross-chapter consistency, parallel to the baseline’s mandate for Romans 10:9 and 8:28. Any variation in the divine-name component (यहोवा/परमेश्वर/प्रभु) blurs this rhetorical drumbeat. |
| ruach_wordplay | רוּחַ (ruach) — Spirit / breath / wind, sustained triple pun | आत्मा (Spirit sense) / श्वास (breath sense) / हवा (wind sense), context-governed, with mandatory unifying translator note | New Heart and New Spirit; core passage (Ezek 37) | Critical | 1, 11, 36, 37 (esp. 37:1-14) | No single Hindi word spans all three Hebrew senses. आत्मा alone (breath sense) risks an ātman/self-realization misreading; प्राण risks a yogic life-force misreading; हवा alone (Spirit sense) loses personhood. The three-sense strategy above requires a mandatory cross-referencing translator’s note at first and last occurrence in any passage using it, and theologian sign-off on the sense-by-sense mapping. |
| son_of_man_address | בֶּן־אָדָם (ben-adam) | मनुष्य के पुत्र | book-wide address to the prophet | High | ~93 occurrences, throughout | Identical Hindi phrase to the NT Gospels’ Christological title “Son of Man” (echoing Daniel 7 exaltation), but here names Ezekiel’s mortal humanity, not messianic authority. Every occurrence requires a translator’s note distinguishing the two referents to prevent catechetical confusion. |
| dry_bones_revival | חָיָה (chayah, “to live/revive”) as used in the resurrection-imagery of ch.37 | जीवित होना / जीवित करना (deliberately NOT पुनरुत्थान as the default) | Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones | Critical | 37 | The baseline reserves पुनरुत्थान strictly for Christ’s literal, historical, bodily resurrection. Ezekiel 37:11 self-identifies the bones as “the whole house of Israel” — corporate national restoration, not (primarily) individual bodily resurrection, even though later reception legitimately reads it as also foreshadowing that hope. Conflating the terms either weakens Christ’s unique resurrection doctrine or strips Ezekiel of its own stated meaning. Theologian review required to fix teaching-note language holding both senses without collapsing one into the other. |
| mareh_demut_vision | מַרְאֶה / דְּמוּת (mar’eh / demut, “appearance”/“likeness”) | दर्शन / रूप / समानता | Glory and Sovereignty of God (throne-vision passages) | Critical | 1, 8, 10, 40-43 | दर्शन is the natural Hindi word for “vision” but in popular Hindu devotional usage denotes darshan — reciprocal, repeatable beholding of a deity’s visible form, often via a murti. Ezekiel’s visions are the opposite: hedge-worded, unrepeatable, aniconic, given to one prophet, never generating a cultic image. Mandatory translator’s note at every occurrence. |
| gillulim_idols | גִּלּוּלִים (gillulim) | घिनौनी मूरतें | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations | High | 6, 8, 14, 16, 20, 22-23, 36-37, 44 | Ezekiel’s characteristically contemptuous coinage for idols (~39 occurrences, more than any other OT book), extending the baseline’s idolatry entry to the physical objects themselves. The adjective घिनौनी must be retained to preserve the book’s deliberate rhetorical disgust; a bare, neutral “मूरतें” loses this force. |
| toevah_abomination | תוֹעֵבָה (to’evah) | घिनौना कार्य / घृणित कार्य | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations | High | 8, 16, 18, 22, 33 | Ritual/moral abhorrence before God, frequently paired with idolatry and covenant-breaking sexuality; must retain full rhetorical force, not softened to “wrong practice.” |
| zenut_harlotry | זְנוּת / תַּזְנוּת (zenut / taznut) | व्यभिचार / वेश्यावृत्ति | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations (covenant-unfaithfulness allegory) | High | 16, 23 | The book’s central metaphor for covenant-breaking idolatry, developed at exceptional, explicit length. Requires pastoral sensitivity in classroom delivery alongside doctrinal precision that this is a sustained metaphor for religious infidelity; flag for combined native-speaker and theologian review given the explicit content, per the baseline’s honor/shame routing precedent. |
| new_heart_new_spirit | לֵב חָדָש / רוּחַ חֲדָשָׁה (lev chadash / ruach chadashah) | नया हृदय / नई आत्मा | The New Heart and New Spirit | Critical | 11, 18, 36 | The curriculum’s own named doctrine. Related to, but not simply interchangeable with, the baseline’s नया जन्म (new birth) — Ezekiel’s promise is this doctrine’s OT root and should be taught as such, not flattened into an identical NT synonym. आत्मा here again risks the ātman-collision noted under ruach_wordplay; must carry the note that this “new spirit” is God’s own gift, not a self-improved inner nature. |
| heart_of_stone_flesh | לֵב הָאֶבֶן / לֵב הַבָּשָׂר (lev ha-even / lev ha-basar) | पत्थर का हृदय / मांस का हृदय (कोमल हृदय) | The New Heart and New Spirit | High | 11, 36 | The mechanism-metaphor of the new-heart doctrine. Positive use of “flesh” (responsive tenderness) is the opposite moral valence of the baseline’s technical Pauline शरीर/sarx (fallen nature) — see the flesh entry above; cross-curriculum note mandatory. |
| sheol_realm_of_dead | שְׁאוֹל (Sheol) | मृतकों का स्थान (preferred) / शीओल (transliteration option) | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations | Critical | 31-32 | NEVER पाताल — Hindu Puranic cosmology’s Pātāla is a specific multi-layered netherworld with nāga/asura inhabitants and karmic/reincarnation associations wholly foreign to Sheol’s simple, undifferentiated shadowy common destiny of the dead. Theologian sign-off required on final term choice. |
| four_winds_arba_ruchot | אַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת (arba ruchot, “four winds”) | चार दिशाओं की हवा(एँ) | core passage (Ezek 37:9) | High | 37 | हवा (plain “wind/air”) is required; NEVER वायु, the personified Vedic wind-deity name, which would risk the reader hearing an invocation of a nature-deity rather than God’s sovereign command over impersonal directional winds. |
| four_judgments_formula | חֶרֶב, רָעָב, דֶּבֶר, חַיָּה רָעָה (sword, famine, pestilence, wild beasts) | तलवार, भूखमरी, महामारी, और हिंसक पशु | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations | High | 5, 6, 14, 33 | A fixed covenant-curse formula (cf. Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 28) recurring across many chapters; requires verbatim consistency each time to preserve its function as a recognizable fixed formula. |
| nephesh_the_soul_who_sins | נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh) | प्राण / जीव / व्यक्ति (context-governed) | Individual Responsibility for Sin | High | 18 | Names the whole embodied person accountable before God within a single, linear, this-life history — must not suggest a Hindu ātman/jīva doctrine of a soul transmigrating across lives; Ezekiel 18’s entire argument depends on immediate, individual, one-life accountability. |
| lord_delights_not_in_death | חָפֵץ (chafets, “delight in/desire”) | प्रसन्न होना / चाहना | Individual Responsibility for Sin | High | 18 | God’s explicit self-disclosure that he does NOT delight in the wicked’s death; must not be rendered to suggest divine indifference — the text denies indifference and asserts God’s active preference for repentance-and-life. |
| lemaan_shemi_my_names_sake | לְמַעַן שְׁמִי / שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי (for my name’s sake / my holy name) | अपने नाम के कारण / मेरा पवित्र नाम | Glory and Sovereignty of God; Restoration | High | 20, 36, 39 | Grounds both judgment-restraint and restoration in God’s own self-consistency, not Israel’s merit — closely paralleling, but not fully identical in emphasis to, the baseline’s Grace doctrine; must not be rendered as self-serving vanity. |
| david_my_servant | דָּוִד עַבְדִּי (David avdi) | दाऊद मेरा दास | Davidic Covenant continuity; Restoration | High | 34, 37 | Directly continuous with the baseline’s Critical Davidic Covenant and Messianic Promise doctrines; flag for theologian review to connect forward to Christ correctly without over-literalizing a distinct future reigning “David.” |
| nasi_prince_not_king | נָשִׂיא (nasi) | प्रधान (never राजा) | Restoration; New Temple vision; Messianic Promise continuity | High | 34, 37, 44-46 | Deliberate terminological avoidance of מֶלֶךְ (“king”) for the future Davidic ruler — theologically significant and must be preserved, not flattened into “king.” |
| glory_departs_returns | כָּבוֹד departure/return narrative arc | महिमा (reused) — narrative-arc consistency flag | God’s Presence Departing and Returning | Critical | 8-11 (departure); 43 (return); 48:35 (climactic naming) | The single most important structural doctrine of the book. Requires identical vocabulary for the glory’s movement (आना/जाना, भरना) across all three narrative moments so the departure-return arc reads as one continuous, deliberately mirrored story in Hindi as it is in Hebrew. |
| yhwh_shammah | יְהוָה שָׁמָּה (YHWH shammah, “The LORD is there”) | यहोवा वहाँ है | God’s Presence Departing and Returning (climactic thesis) | Critical | 48:35 | The book’s final and most concentrated theological statement, resolving the departure-return arc. Parallel in weight to the baseline’s mandated verbatim consistency for Romans 1:16-17/8:28; must use the fixed यहोवा transliteration without substitution. |
| miqdash_heikhal_temple | מִקְדָּשׁ (sanctuary, whole complex) vs. הֵיכָל (hekhal, inner sanctuary/palace) | पवित्रस्थान (मिक़दाश) / भवन (हेखल, inner) | The Vision of the New Temple | High | 37, 40-46 | BSI OV Hindi Old Testament tradition often uses मन्दिर for the Jerusalem temple, which collides directly with Hindu मन्दिर (temple housing a murti/idol). Recommend पवित्रस्थान/भवन as the default with a MANDATORY translator’s note on every occurrence in chs.40-48 stating that God’s temple is aniconic (no image/idol), uniquely his own dwelling, and structurally different from the concept a Hindi reader’s word मन्दिर normally evokes. Where established Hindi Bible tradition already uses मन्दिर for Solomon’s/Ezekiel’s temple, that established usage may be retained ONLY with the accompanying note; theologian sign-off required either way. |
| uncircumcised_heart_and_flesh | עֲרֵל לֵב / עֲרֵל בָּשָׂר (arel lev / arel basar) | मन के और तन के खतनारहित लोग | The Vision of the New Temple (access regulation) | High | 44 | Double qualification (external covenant sign + internal disposition) barring foreigners from the sanctuary; connect forward to the baseline’s circumcision-of-the-heart theology (Romans 2:29) without collapsing this specific historical regulation into a purely typological NT reading. |
| river_of_life | נַחַל (nachal) + מַיִם (water) flowing from the temple | नदी / जीवनदायी जल | The Vision of the New Temple; Restoration | Medium | 47 | Parallels Revelation 22:1-2’s river of life; recommend cross-curriculum consistency check against future Gospel of John / Revelation Hindi packages when produced. |
| marpe_healing_leaves | לְמַרְפֵּא (le-marpe, “for healing”) | उपचार के लिये / चंगाई के लिये | The Vision of the New Temple; Restoration | Medium | 47 | Restoration reaches creation itself, not only the covenant people; no major collision risk beyond consistency. |
| neqamah_vengeance | נְקָמָה (neqamah) | पलटा / प्रतिफल | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations | Medium | 25 | Must be distinguished from personal vendetta; judicial, not emotional, retribution — parallels the baseline’s wrath-of-God guardrail against बदला (personal revenge). |
| anointed_cherub_pride | כְּרוּב הַמִּמְשָׁח (kerub ha-mimshach, “anointed cherub”); גַּאֲוָה (pride) | अभिषिक्त करूब; घमण्ड / अभिमान | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations | High | 28 | Teaching notes must present the king-of-Tyre reading as the text’s primary sense and any typological Satan-fall reading as a secondary, clearly labeled interpretive tradition. |
| gog_magog | גּוֹג / מָגוֹג (Gog / Magog) | गोग / मागोग | Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations (eschatological) | Medium | 38-39 | Transliterated proper names; caution against speculative modern-nation identification, keep focus on the text’s own recognition-formula purpose. |
| watchman_responsibility | צֹפֶה (tsofeh, “watchman”) | पहरुआ / चौकीदार | Individual Responsibility for Sin | Medium | 3, 33 | Ties the prophet’s own accountability to faithfully warning others, distinct from whether the hearer actually repents; keep consistent across both occurrences. |
| statutes_and_judgments | חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִים (chuqqim u-mishpatim) | विधियां और नियम | book-wide covenant-stipulation vocabulary | Medium | 5, 11, 18, 20, 36, 44 | Kept distinct from व्यवस्था (reserved for “the Law/Torah” as a whole per baseline) to preserve the distinction between the whole Law and its specific stipulations. |
| bene_adam_dry_bones_army | חַיִל (chayil, “army/host”) in 37:10 | बड़ी भारी सेना / दल | Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones | Low | 37 | Restoration pictured as a mobilized, purposeful people, not merely passive survivors. |
| cherubim_living_creatures | כְּרוּב(ים) / חַיּוֹת (cherub(im) / living creatures) | करूब / जीवधारी प्राणी | Glory and Sovereignty of God (throne-vision) | Medium | 1, 10 | Transliterate करूब per established Hindi Christian convention; avoid visual/verbal assimilation to Hindu winged-being iconography (e.g., Garuda) in illustrative materials. |
| watchman_ends (no new terms chapters) | — | — | — | — | 4, 12, 15, 19, 21-24, 29-33, 35, 41-42, 45-46, 48 | These chapters were reviewed in full per the PRD’s full-coverage mandate and introduce no NEW load-bearing theological vocabulary beyond terms already tabled above; see 07_semantic_analysis.md chapter sections for the specific reused-term lists per chapter. |
Doctrine-to-Term Cross-Reference (quick lookup for Phase 2 routing)
| Curriculum Doctrine | Primary terms (Term IDs above) |
|---|---|
| The Glory and Sovereignty of God | glory, yhwh_divine_name, lord_god_adonai_yhwh, recognition_formula, mareh_demut_vision, glory_departs_returns, yhwh_shammah |
| Individual Responsibility for Sin (Ezekiel 18) | righteousness / righteous, sin, repentance, nephesh_the_soul_who_sins, lord_delights_not_in_death, watchman_responsibility |
| The New Heart and New Spirit | new_heart_new_spirit, heart_of_stone_flesh, ruach_wordplay, new birth (related, not identical) |
| Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations | idolatry, gillulim_idols, toevah_abomination, zenut_harlotry, four_judgments_formula, wrath of God, neqamah_vengeance, anointed_cherub_pride, gog_magog, sheol_realm_of_dead |
| Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones (core passage) | dry_bones_revival, ruach_wordplay, son_of_man_address, recognition_formula, restoration, remnant, david_my_servant, nasi_prince_not_king, bene_adam_dry_bones_army |
| God’s Presence Departing and Returning | glory_departs_returns, yhwh_shammah, mareh_demut_vision, cherubim_living_creatures |
| The Vision of the New Temple | miqdash_heikhal_temple, uncircumcised_heart_and_flesh, river_of_life, marpe_healing_leaves, nasi_prince_not_king |
This glossary is designed to be loaded alongside translation_memory.json in Phase 2. All “Baseline reuse” rows are non-negotiable per the hard rules; all “New” rows require the noted theologian/native-speaker review before being written into an updated translation_memory.json version for this curriculum.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvara
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान
Original: אֱלֹהִים
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Never भगवान for doctrinal precision. In Ezekiel this word renders אֱלֹהִים and combines with प्रभु in the signature double title (see lord_god_adonai_yhwh).
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: Prabhu
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, ईश्वर
Original: אֲדֹנָי
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Renders אֲדֹנָי (‘Adonai) in Ezekiel’s ~217-times-repeated double title ‘Lord GOD’. Must remain exclusive, supreme lordship.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: The New Heart and New Spirit
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा, देव-आत्मा
Original: רוּחַ (personal-divine sense) [LXX πνεῦμα]
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package (exact) for the unambiguous personal-Spirit sense (e.g. Ezekiel 37:1,14; 11:19; 36:27). INSUFFICIENT ALONE for the ch.37 breath/wind/Spirit wordplay — see ruach_wordplay below for the mandatory three-sense contextual strategy.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: धार्मिकता
Transliteration: dhārmikatā
Doctrine: Individual Responsibility for Sin
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, न्याय
Inherited from Romans package (exact family, including धर्मी for the personal noun). NEVER धर्म — Ezekiel 18’s argument that guilt/righteousness do not transfer between generations would collapse into a dharma-transfer discussion if substituted.
Yhwh Divine Name
Approved rendering: यहोवा
Transliteration: yahovā
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान, यहवे
Original: יהוה
Category: God
NEW entry required for this curriculum (Romans/Galatians never needed a YHWH-specific term). Established BSI OV Old Testament transliteration for God’s specific, self-revealed covenant name (יהוה), underlying the ~70-times recognition_formula and the climactic 48:35 yhwh_shammah. Must remain visually/aurally distinct from प्रभु (reserved for אֲדֹנָי).
Lord God Adonai Yhwh
Approved rendering: प्रभु परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Prabhu Parameśvara
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी परमेश्वर, प्रभु ईश्वर
Original: אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה
Category: God
Ezekiel’s signature double divine title (אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה), ~217 occurrences. Combines two already-Critical baseline terms exactly, no new coinage. Saturating repetition makes cross-chapter consistency doctrinally load-bearing; any drift erodes the cumulative rhetorical weight.
Recognition Formula
Approved rendering: और तुम/वे जानोगे/जानेंगे कि मैं यहोवा हूँ
Transliteration: aura tuma/ve jānoge/jānenge ki maiṃ yahovā hūṃ
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Original: כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה (וְיָדְעוּ / וִידַעְתֶּם)
Category: God
The book’s central refrain (~70 occurrences), tying both judgment and restoration to God’s self-vindication. Requires verbatim cross-chapter consistency, parallel to the baseline’s mandate for Romans 10:9 and 8:28. Never abbreviate or vary the divine-name component.
Mareh Demut Vision
Approved rendering: दर्शन / रूप / समानता
Transliteration: darśana / rūpa / samānatā
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Original: מַרְאֶה / דְּמוּת
Category: God
מַרְאֶה/דְּמוּת, Ezekiel’s hedge-worded, repeatedly qualified vision-description (chs.1,8,10,40-43). दर्शन risks Hindu darshan (reciprocal, repeatable beholding of a deity’s murti); Ezekiel’s visions are unrepeatable, aniconic, given to one prophet, never generating a cultic image. Mandatory translator’s note at every occurrence.
Ruach Wordplay
Approved rendering: आत्मा (v.1,14) / श्वास (vv.5,6,8,9,10) / हवा (v.9, चार दिशाओं की)
Transliteration: ātmā / śvāsa / havā
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Rejected alternatives: प्राण (throughout, yogic prāṇāyāma collision)
Original: רוּחַ
Category: Sanctification
רוּחַ’s sustained triple pun across Ezekiel 37:1-14 (Spirit/breath/wind), echoed at 1:4,12,20; 11:19; 36:26-27. No single Hindi word spans all three senses. Mandatory unifying translator’s note at first and last occurrence stating this is, in the Hebrew, one continuous divine life-giving action. Theologian sign-off required on the sense-by-sense mapping.
New Heart New Spirit
Approved rendering: नया हृदय / नई आत्मा
Transliteration: nayā hṛdaya / naī ātmā
Doctrine: The New Heart and New Spirit
Original: לֵב חָדָש / רוּחַ חֲדָשָׁה
Category: Sanctification
לֵב חָדָש / רוּחַ חֲדָשָׁה (11:19;18:31;36:26-27). This curriculum’s own named doctrine, the OT root of NT regeneration language but NOT simply interchangeable with नया जन्म in teaching notes. आत्मा here must carry a note that this is God’s own gift, not self-attained ātman-realization or advaitic non-dual awakening.
Dry Bones Revival
Approved rendering: जीवित होना / जीवित करना
Transliteration: jīvita honā / jīvita karanā
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Rejected alternatives: पुनरुत्थान
Original: חָיָה
Category: Eschatology
חָיָה (37:3,5,6,9,10,14). Do NOT default to the baseline’s Critical पुनरुत्थान, reserved strictly for Christ’s unique historical bodily resurrection. Ezekiel 37:11 self-identifies the referent as corporate national restoration (‘the whole house of Israel’). Theologian-authored teaching note required holding both the primary corporate sense and the legitimate secondary typological resurrection-hope sense without collapsing one into the other.
Sheol Realm Of Dead
Approved rendering: मृतकों का स्थान
Transliteration: mṛtakoṃ kā sthāna
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Rejected alternatives: पाताल
Original: שְׁאוֹל
Category: Eschatology
שְׁאוֹל (chs.31-32). NEVER पाताल — Hindu Puranic cosmology’s Pātāla is a specific, elaborate multi-layered netherworld with nāga/asura inhabitants and karmic/reincarnation associations wholly foreign to Sheol’s simple, undifferentiated common destiny of the dead. शीओल (transliteration with gloss) is an acceptable secondary option. Theologian sign-off required on final choice.
Glory Departs Returns
Approved rendering: महिमा का जाना और लौटना
Transliteration: mahimā kā jānā aura lauṭanā
Doctrine: God’s Presence Departing and Returning
Original: כָּבוֹד departure/return narrative arc
Category: God
כָּבוֹד departure (chs.8-11) and return (ch.43) narrative arc. Requires IDENTICAL Hindi movement-vocabulary (आना/जाना for come/go, भरना for fill) at every occurrence in both halves of the arc, so the deliberately mirrored structure remains visible. Must not be assimilated to prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā consecration-ritual logic (a repeatable ritual technique); this is a moral-covenantal judgment and restoration, not ritual-maintenance failure/repair.
Yhwh Shammah
Approved rendering: यहोवा वहाँ है
Transliteration: yahovā vahāṃ hai
Doctrine: God’s Presence Departing and Returning
Original: יְהוָה שָׁמָּה
Category: God
יְהוָה שָׁמָּה (48:35). The book’s final, climactic thesis-statement resolving the entire departure-return arc. Must use the fixed यहोवा transliteration without substitution; verbatim-consistency discipline parallel to the baseline’s Romans 1:16-17/8:28 mandate.
High Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification / The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मल
Original: קָדוֹשׁ [LXX ἅγιος]
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Never शुद्ध (ritual purity only); intensified in Ezekiel by the ‘holy name’ theology of chs.20,36.
Covenant
Approved rendering: वाचा
Transliteration: vācā
Doctrine: Covenant faithfulness
Rejected alternatives: अनुबंध, समझौता
Original: בְּרִית [LXX διαθήκη]
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Underlies the marriage-covenant allegory (ch.16) and the everlasting covenant of ch.37.
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāpa
Doctrine: Individual Responsibility for Sin
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता
Original: חֵטְא / עָוֹן / פֶּשַׁע [LXX ἁμαρτία]
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Distinguish from ritual impurity and impersonal bad karma, pervasive across chs.3-33, especially ch.18.
Idolatry
Approved rendering: मूर्तिपूजा
Transliteration: mūrtipūjā
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: general idol-worship [LXX εἰδωλολατρία]
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Ezekiel intensifies this generic term with his own coinage גִּלּוּלִים — see gillulim_idols below.
Repentance
Approved rendering: मन फिराव
Transliteration: mana phirāva
Doctrine: Individual Responsibility for Sin
Rejected alternatives: पश्चाताप
Original: שׁוּב [LXX μετανοέω-family]
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package (exact). The hinge-word of Ezekiel 18: ‘if the wicked turns from his wickedness… he shall live.’ Never पश्चाताप-only remorse.
Wrath Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का क्रोध
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā krodha
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Rejected alternatives: बदला
Original: חֲרוֹן / עֶבְרָה [LXX ὀργὴ θεοῦ]
Category: Judgment
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Settled, righteous judgment, never personal revenge (बदला); pervasive across chs.5,7,21-32.
Redemption
Approved rendering: छुटकारा
Transliteration: chuṭakārā
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Deliverance secured by a personal God, never मुक्ति/मोक्ष.
Remnant
Approved rendering: बचे हुए लोग
Transliteration: bace hue loga
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Original: n/a (thematic; cf. תָּו mark, ch.9)
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package (exact). The marked/spared of ch.9 and the gathered of ch.37; grace-not-works basis must stay explicit.
New Birth
Approved rendering: नया जन्म
Transliteration: nayā janma
Doctrine: The New Heart and New Spirit
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म
Inherited from Romans package (exact). RELATED but NON-IDENTICAL to Ezekiel’s own new_heart_new_spirit doctrine (its OT root) — never present the two as fully interchangeable synonyms in teaching notes. NEVER पुनर्जन्म.
Sovereignty
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की संप्रभुता
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī samprabhutā
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, नियति
Inherited from Romans package (exact). God’s personal rule over history and nations (chs.1, 25-32); never impersonal fate/karma.
Kingship Of Jesus
Approved rendering: यीशु का राजत्व
Transliteration: Yīśu kā rājatva
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Cross-referenced from nasi_prince_not_king: the NT presents Jesus as both true Davidic king and humble servant, resolving Ezekiel’s deliberate ‘prince not king’ terminology.
Glory
Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Rejected alternatives: देव-ज्योति, प्रकाश
Original: כָּבוֹד [LXX δόξα]
Category: God
Inherited from the Romans package’s bible_term_registry.json baseline entry (exact; not present as a translation_memory.json row in the Romans TM itself). Ezekiel’s most frequent theological noun after the divine name; avoid light-metaphor drift; track consistently across the departure (chs.8-11) and return (ch.43) narrative arc — see glory_departs_returns.
Worship
Approved rendering: आराधना
Transliteration: ārādhanā
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Rejected alternatives: पूजा
Inherited from Romans package (exact). NEVER पूजा. Relevant to the resumed sacrificial worship of chs.43-46 centered on the one God who fills the sanctuary directly, not through a crafted image.
Qinah Divine Jealousy
Approved rendering: जलनशील प्रेम / अपने नाम के लिये जलना
Transliteration: jalanaśīla prema / apane nāma ke liye jalanā
Doctrine: God’s Presence Departing and Returning
Rejected alternatives: ईर्ष्या
Original: קִנְאָה
Category: God
קִנְאָה (36:5-6). God’s righteous, exclusive covenant-jealousy for his own name — distinct from the baseline’s उत्साह (misdirected human zeal) and from petty human jealousy or competitive rivalry among comparable deities in a polytheistic frame.
Lemaan Shemi For My Names Sake
Approved rendering: अपने नाम के कारण / मेरा पवित्र नाम
Transliteration: apane nāma ke kāraṇa / merā pavitra nāma
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Original: לְמַעַן שְׁמִי / שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי
Category: God
לְמַעַן שְׁמִי / שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי (chs.20,36,39). God’s stated motive for restraint and restoration is his own reputation, not Israel’s merit. Must never suggest self-serving vanity; closely parallels but is not fully identical to the baseline’s Grace doctrine.
Lord Delights Not In Death
Approved rendering: प्रसन्न होना / चाहना
Transliteration: prasanna honā / cāhanā
Doctrine: Individual Responsibility for Sin
Original: חָפֵץ
Category: God
חָפֵץ (18:23,32). God’s explicit disclosure that he does not delight in the wicked’s death but desires repentance-and-life; must not suggest divine indifference.
Son Of Man Address
Approved rendering: मनुष्य के पुत्र
Transliteration: manuṣya ke putra
Doctrine: Inspiration of the Prophetic Word
Original: בֶּן־אָדָם
Category: Prophecy
בֶּן־אָדָם, ~93 occurrences. Identical Hindi phrase to the NT Gospels’ Christological ‘Son of Man’ title (Daniel 7 background), but here names Ezekiel’s mortal humanity. Mandatory translator’s note at every occurrence distinguishing the two referents.
Gillulim Idols
Approved rendering: घिनौनी मूरतें
Transliteration: ghinaunī mūrateṃ
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Rejected alternatives: मूरतें (bare, neutral)
Original: גִּלּוּלִים
Category: Sin
גִּלּוּלִים, ~39 occurrences (more than any other OT book). Ezekiel’s deliberately contemptuous coinage. The adjective घिनौनी must be retained on every occurrence; a bare, neutral मूरतें loses the deliberate rhetorical disgust and could sound respectful (मूरतें/मूर्तियाँ also names a Hindu deity’s consecrated image).
Toevah Abomination
Approved rendering: घिनौना कार्य / घृणित कार्य
Transliteration: ghinaunā kārya / ghṛṇita kārya
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: תוֹעֵבָה
Category: Sin
תוֹעֵבָה (chs.8,16,18,22,33). Ritual/moral abhorrence provoking the glory’s departure (chs.9-11); must retain full rhetorical force, never ‘wrong practice.‘
Zenut Harlotry
Approved rendering: व्यभिचार / वेश्यावृत्ति
Transliteration: vyabhicāra / veśyāvṛtti
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: זְנוּת / תַּזְנוּת
Category: Sin
זְנוּת / תַּזְנוּת (chs.16,23). The book’s central covenant-unfaithfulness metaphor. Requires pastoral sensitivity in delivery alongside doctrinal precision that this is a metaphor for religious infidelity, not primarily sexual ethics; flag for combined native-speaker/theologian review per the baseline’s honor/shame routing precedent.
Nephesh The Soul Who Sins
Approved rendering: प्राण / जीव / व्यक्ति
Transliteration: prāṇa / jīva / vyakti
Doctrine: Individual Responsibility for Sin
Original: נֶפֶשׁ
Category: Sin
נֶפֶשׁ (ch.18). The whole embodied person accountable before God within one linear life. Must never suggest a Hindu ātman/jīva doctrine of a soul transmigrating between lives — ch.18’s argument depends on individual, one-life, immediate accountability.
Berit Olam Everlasting Covenant
Approved rendering: अनन्त वाचा
Transliteration: ananta vācā
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Original: בְּרִית עוֹלָם
Category: Covenant
בְּרִית עוֹלָם (37:26). Combines two already-High-risk baseline terms; must convey permanence and unconditional divine commitment, not a renewable/performance-conditioned arrangement.
Uncircumcised Heart And Flesh
Approved rendering: मन के और तन के खतनारहित लोग
Transliteration: mana ke aura tana ke khatanārahita loga
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Original: עֲרֵל לֵב / עֲרֵל בָּשָׂר
Category: Covenant
עֲרֵל לֵב / עֲרֵל בָּשָׂר (44:9). Double barrier: external covenant sign paired with internal disposition. Connect forward to the baseline’s circumcision-of-the-heart theology (Romans 2:29) without collapsing this historical priestly-access regulation into a purely typological NT reading; also do not assimilate to caste-based temple-access restrictions.
David My Servant
Approved rendering: दाऊद मेरा दास
Transliteration: Dāūda merā dāsa
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Original: דָּוִד עַבְדִּי
Category: Covenant
דָּוִד עַבְדִּי (34:23-24;37:24-25). Directly continuous with the baseline’s Critical Davidic Covenant/Messianic Promise doctrines; connect forward to Christ without over-literalizing a distinct future reigning ‘David’ separate from Jesus.
Nasi Prince Not King
Approved rendering: प्रधान
Transliteration: pradhāna
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Rejected alternatives: राजा
Original: נָשִׂיא
Category: Covenant
נָשִׂיא (chs.34,37,44-46), deliberately NOT מֶלֶךְ (‘king’). NEVER राजा — the terminological avoidance is theologically significant, cross-referenced to the baseline’s kingship_of_jesus entry.
Heart Of Stone Flesh
Approved rendering: पत्थर का हृदय / मांस का हृदय (कोमल हृदय)
Transliteration: patthara kā hṛdaya / māṃsa kā hṛdaya (komala hṛdaya)
Doctrine: The New Heart and New Spirit
Original: לֵב הָאֶבֶן / לֵב הַבָּשָׂר
Category: Sanctification
לֵב הָאֶבֶן / לֵב הַבָּשָׂר (11:19;36:26). Positive ‘flesh’ (responsive tenderness) is the OPPOSITE moral valence of the baseline’s technical Pauline शरीर/sarx (fallen nature). Mandatory cross-curriculum note at every occurrence.
Four Winds Arba Ruchot
Approved rendering: चार दिशाओं की हवा(एँ)
Transliteration: cāra diśāoṃ kī havā(eṃ)
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Rejected alternatives: वायु
Original: אַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת
Category: Eschatology
אַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת (37:9), the third sense of the ruach wordplay. हवा required; NEVER वायु — the personified Vedic wind-deity, one of the five elemental deities (pañcabhūta) — which would risk invoking a nature-deity rather than God’s sole sovereign command.
Yom Yhwh Day Of Wrath
Approved rendering: यहोवा का दिन / क्रोध का दिन
Transliteration: yahovā kā dina / krodha kā dina
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: יוֹם יְהוָה / יוֹם עֶבְרָה
Category: Judgment
יוֹם יְהוָה / יוֹם עֶבְרָה (ch.7, and the nations-oracles). A specific, appointed historical-eschatological day, not a vague ongoing divine displeasure.
Four Judgments Formula
Approved rendering: तलवार, भूखमरी, महामारी, और हिंसक पशु
Transliteration: talavāra, bhūkhamarī, mahāmārī, aura hiṃsaka paśu
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: חֶרֶב, רָעָב, דֶּבֶר, חַיָּה רָעָה
Category: Judgment
חֶרֶב, רָעָב, דֶּבֶר, חַיָּה רָעָה (chs.5,6,14,33; cf. Leviticus 26, Deuteronomy 28). A fixed covenant-curse formula; must be rendered identically every occurrence to preserve its function as a recognizable fixed formula.
Anointed Cherub Pride
Approved rendering: अभिषिक्त करूब; घमण्ड / अभिमान
Transliteration: abhiṣikta karūba; ghamaṇḍa / abhimāna
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: כְּרוּב הַמִּמְשָׁח / גַּאֲוָה
Category: Judgment
כְּרוּב הַמִּמְשָׁח / גַּאֲוָה (28:1-19). The king of Tyre’s self-deifying pride. Teaching notes must present the king-of-Tyre reading as primary; any typological Satan-fall reading must be clearly labeled as a secondary, debated Christian interpretive tradition, not the plain sense.
Miqdash Heikhal Temple
Approved rendering: पवित्रस्थान (मिक़दाश) / भवन (हेखल)
Transliteration: pavitrasthāna (miqadāśa) / bhavana (hekhala)
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Rejected alternatives: मन्दिर (unqualified, without mandatory note)
Original: מִקְדָּשׁ (whole complex) / הֵיכָל (hekhal, inner sanctuary)
Category: Temple
מִקְדָּשׁ (whole complex) / הֵיכָל (inner sanctuary) (chs.37,40-46). BSI OV tradition often uses मन्दिर, which collides directly with Hindu मन्दिर (a murti-housing building for darshan). Default to पवित्रस्थान/भवन; where established usage retains मन्दिर, a MANDATORY translator’s note on every occurrence in chs.40-48 is required stating the temple is aniconic and uniquely God’s own dwelling. Theologian sign-off required either way.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: शांति
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Rejected alternatives: चैन, सुकून
Original: שָׁלוֹם [LXX εἰρήνη]
Category: Temple
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Contrasted ironically with the false prophets’ empty ‘peace, peace’ (ch.13); fulfilled in the covenant of peace (chs.34,37).
Restoration
Approved rendering: बहाली
Transliteration: bahālī
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Original: n/a (thematic category, chs.34-48)
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Names this curriculum’s own doctrine category (chs.34-48).
David
Approved rendering: दाऊद
Transliteration: Dāūda
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Original: דָּוִד
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Established BSI OV proper-name form; frames Ezekiel’s shepherd-king hope (chs.34,37).
Israel
Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: Isrāela
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Original: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Covenant people, subject of judgment (chs.1-32) and restoration (chs.33-48).
Circumcision
Approved rendering: खतना
Transliteration: khatanā
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Original: מוּל / עָרֵל [LXX περιτομή]
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Extended in Ezekiel 44:9 to the compound ‘uncircumcised in heart and flesh’ — see uncircumcised_heart_and_flesh.
Flesh
Approved rendering: शरीर / मांस
Transliteration: śarīra / māṃsa
Doctrine: The New Heart and New Spirit
Inherited from Romans package for the lexical item only; the baseline reserves शरीर for Paul’s technical sarx (fallen sin-nature, negative). Ezekiel’s plain-sense uses (37:6,8) carry ZERO moral connotation, and ‘heart of flesh’ (11:19;36:26) is explicitly POSITIVE — the opposite valence. Every occurrence requires a note preventing cross-curriculum bleed-through; see heart_of_stone_flesh and flesh_plain_sense.
Mercy
Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: dayā
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Kept distinct from अनुग्रह (grace); relevant wherever God’s compassion is set against judgment (e.g. ch.18:23,32 — see lord_delights_not_in_death).
Cherubim Living Creatures
Approved rendering: जीवधारी प्राणी / करूब
Transliteration: jīvadhārī prāṇī / karūba
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Original: חַיּוֹת / כְּרוּב(ים)
Category: God
חַיּוֹת / כְּרוּב(ים) (chs.1,10). Transliterate करूब per established Hindi Christian convention. Never suggest independent deity/demigod status; avoid visual assimilation to Hindu winged-being iconography (e.g. Garuda) in illustrative materials.
Devar Yhwh Word Of The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा का वचन / परमेश्वर का वचन
Transliteration: yahovā kā vacana / parameśvara kā vacana
Doctrine: Inspiration of the Prophetic Word
Original: דְּבַר־יְהוָה
Category: Prophecy
דְּבַר־יְהוָה, ~50 commissioning-formula occurrences. God’s word is creative and effective (echoing Genesis 1), not merely descriptive — dramatized in ch.37 where the word itself effects the bones’ revival.
Neum Yhwh Declares The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा की यही वाणी है
Transliteration: yahovā kī yahī vāṇī hai
Doctrine: Inspiration of the Prophetic Word
Original: נְאֻם יְהוָה
Category: Prophecy
נְאֻם יְהוָה, ~85 occurrences. Formulaic seal of divine origin/authority; fixed rendering, no stylistic variation.
Chidah Mashal Riddle Parable
Approved rendering: गूढ़ बात / पहेली — दृष्टान्त
Transliteration: gūṛha bāta / pahelī — dṛṣṭānta
Doctrine: Inspiration of the Prophetic Word
Original: חִידָה / מָשָׁל
Category: Prophecy
חִידָה / מָשָׁל (chs.15,17,19,24). Some prophetic material is deliberately indirect, requiring God’s own interpretation; caution against a general esoteric-allegory hermeneutic of Scripture at large, per the baseline’s existing allegory guardrail.
Nevi Ei Hasheqer False Prophets
Approved rendering: झूठे भविष्यद्वक्ता
Transliteration: jhūṭhe bhaviṣyadvaktā
Doctrine: Inspiration of the Prophetic Word
Original: נְבִיאֵי הַשְּׁקֶר
Category: Prophecy
נְבִיאֵי הַשְּׁקֶר (ch.13). Prophets speaking from their own imagination; culturally relevant given India’s active seer/godman traditions. Do not blunt the accusatory ‘peace, peace’ indictment.
Watchman Responsibility
Approved rendering: पहरुआ / चौकीदार
Transliteration: paharuā / caukīdāra
Doctrine: Individual Responsibility for Sin
Original: צֹפֶה
Category: Prophecy
צֹפֶה (chs.3,33). The watchman is judged by faithfulness in warning, not by whether the hearer repents; keep consistent across both occurrences.
Beit Meri House Of Rebellion
Approved rendering: बलवा करनेवाला घराना
Transliteration: balavā karanevālā gharānā
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: בֵּית מְרִי
Category: Sin
בֵּית מְרִי (ch.2 onward). Names Israel’s condition prior to the new-heart transformation of chs.11,18,36.
Bamah High Place
Approved rendering: ऊँचे स्थान
Transliteration: ūṃce sthāna
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: בָּמָה
Category: Sin
בָּמָה (ch.6). Elevated illicit-worship sites; concrete cultic geography of covenant infidelity.
Dam Bloodguilt
Approved rendering: खून / हत्या का दोष
Transliteration: khūna / hatyā kā doṣa
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: דָּם
Category: Sin
דָּם (ch.22). Broadens sin beyond cultic idolatry to social injustice/violence; must not be flattened to purely ritual defilement.
Covenant Of Peace
Approved rendering: शांति की वाचा
Transliteration: śānti kī vācā
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Original: בְּרִית שָׁלוֹם
Category: Covenant
בְּרִית שָׁלוֹם (34:25;37:26). Compositional from two already-fixed terms; combine without alteration.
Statutes And Judgments
Approved rendering: विधियां और नियम
Transliteration: vidhiyāṃ aura niyama
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִים
Category: Covenant
חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִים (chs.5,11,18,20,36,44). Kept lexically distinct from व्यवस्था (reserved for the Law/Torah as a whole per baseline).
Flesh Plain Sense
Approved rendering: शरीर / मांस
Transliteration: śarīra / māṃsa
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Original: בָּשָׂר
Category: Sanctification
בָּשָׂר, plain physical body-tissue in the dry-bones vision (37:6,8), zero moral connotation. Every occurrence requires a note distinguishing this both from the baseline’s negative Pauline शरीर and from Ezekiel’s own positive ‘heart of flesh’ (see heart_of_stone_flesh).
Mayim Tehorim Clean Water
Approved rendering: शुद्ध जल
Transliteration: śuddha jala
Doctrine: The New Heart and New Spirit
Original: מַיִם טְהוֹרִים
Category: Sanctification
מַיִם טְהוֹרִים (36:25). Ritual-cleansing imagery preceding the new-heart gift; deliberately uses शुद्ध (ritual sense) rather than पवित्र here, since this is explicitly cleansing imagery, not the moral-holiness sense; echoed in later Christian baptismal theology.
Tav Mark Protective Sign
Approved rendering: चिन्ह
Transliteration: cinha
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Original: תָּו
Category: Eschatology
תָּו (ch.9). Protective mark on those who grieve over abominations, sparing them; connects to the remnant entry — grace-basis, not merit-basis.
Neqamah Vengeance
Approved rendering: पलटा / प्रतिफल
Transliteration: palaṭā / pratiphala
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Rejected alternatives: बदला
Original: נְקָמָה
Category: Judgment
נְקָמָה (ch.25). Judicial, not emotional, retribution against the nations; parallels the wrath_of_god guardrail against बदला (personal vendetta).
Qets The End
Approved rendering: अन्त / अन्तकाल
Transliteration: anta / antakāla
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: קֵץ
Category: Judgment
קֵץ (ch.7). A specific historical terminus, not a vague future; keep the note of imminence and finality.
Gog Magog
Approved rendering: गोग / मागोग
Transliteration: Goga / Māgoga
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: גּוֹג / מָגוֹג
Category: Eschatology
גּוֹג / מָגוֹג (chs.38-39). Transliterated proper names. Teaching notes must caution against speculative modern-nation identification, keeping focus on the text’s own recognition-formula purpose (38:23;39:7).
River Of Life
Approved rendering: नदी / जीवनदायी जल
Transliteration: nadī / jīvanadāyī jala
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Original: נַחַל
Category: Eschatology
נַחַל (ch.47). Miraculous river flowing from the temple threshold, freshening the Dead Sea; parallels Revelation 22:1-2. Flag for future cross-curriculum consistency check.
Marpe Healing Leaves
Approved rendering: उपचार के लिये / चंगाई के लिये
Transliteration: upacāra ke liye / caṃgāī ke liye
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Original: לְמַרְפֵּא
Category: Eschatology
לְמַרְפֵּא (47:12). Restoration extends to the healing of creation itself, not only national-political renewal.
Low Risk Terms
Prophet
Approved rendering: भविष्यद्वक्ता
Transliteration: bhaviṣyadvaktā
Doctrine: Inspiration of the Prophetic Word
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी
Original: נָבִיא [LXX προφήτης]
Category: Prophecy
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Ezekiel’s own office; do not confuse with astrologer/fortune-teller.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Inspiration of the Prophetic Word
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफल
Original: נְבוּאָה [LXX προφητεία]
Category: Prophecy
Inherited from Romans package (exact). Distinct from astrological/fortune-telling prediction.
Kisse Throne
Approved rendering: सिंहासन
Transliteration: siṃhāsana
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Original: כִּסֵּא
Category: God
כִּסֵּא (ch.1). God’s absolute kingship visually enthroned above the creatures and wheels. Low collision risk.
Ophan Wheels
Approved rendering: पहिए
Transliteration: pahie
Doctrine: The Glory and Sovereignty of God
Original: אוֹפַן
Category: God
אוֹפַן (chs.1,10). The mobile wheeled base signifying God’s presence is not confined to one place.
Megillah Scroll
Approved rendering: पत्रिका / लपेटा हुआ पत्र
Transliteration: patrikā / lapeṭā huā patra
Doctrine: Inspiration of the Prophetic Word
Original: מְגִלָּה
Category: Prophecy
מְגִלָּה (chs.2-3). The written scroll of lament Ezekiel is commanded to eat and internalize before proclaiming.
Bene Adam Dry Bones Army
Approved rendering: बड़ी भारी सेना / दल
Transliteration: baṛī bhārī senā / dala
Doctrine: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones
Original: חַיִל
Category: Eschatology
חַיִל (37:10). The revived nation as a mobilized, purposeful people, not a passive crowd.
Kur Furnace Refining
Approved rendering: भट्ठी
Transliteration: bhaṭṭhī
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: כּוּר
Category: Judgment
כּוּר (ch.22). Refining imagery — judgment with a purifying, not merely destructive, purpose.
Tannim Sea Monster
Approved rendering: समुद्री अजगर/मगरमच्छ
Transliteration: samudrī ajagara/magaramaccha
Doctrine: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations
Original: תַּנִּים
Category: Judgment
תַּנִּים (29:3;32:2). Pharaoh/Egypt as a chaotic, God-opposing creature — a defeated creature under God’s sovereignty, not an independent cosmic force.
Mizbeach Altar
Approved rendering: वेदी
Transliteration: vedī
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Original: מִזְבֵּח
Category: Temple
מִזְבֵּח (ch.43). Requires consecration before resumed sacrificial worship.
Middah Measuring Reed
Approved rendering: मापन / मापने की छड़ी
Transliteration: māpana / māpane kī chaṛī
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Original: מִדָּה / קָנֶה הַמִּדָּה
Category: Temple
מִדָּה / קָנֶה הַמִּדָּה (chs.40-42). Meticulous ordered detail signals a definite, structured reality, not a vague hope.
Benei Tsadoq Zadokite Priests
Approved rendering: सादोक के वंश (याजक)
Transliteration: Sādoka ke vaṃśa (yājaka)
Doctrine: The Vision of the New Temple
Original: בְּנֵי צָדוֹק
Category: Temple
בְּנֵי צָדוֹק (ch.44). The specific priestly lineage authorized for restored temple service; access to God’s renewed presence is carefully guarded.
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