Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Joshua (Hindi)
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans/Galatians Baseline
| Term | Original (Hebrew/LXX) | Hindi (baseline-exact) | Risk (baseline) | Notes for Joshua usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | אֱלֹהִים (Elohim) | परमेश्वर | Critical | Reserved exclusively for the true God throughout Joshua; never used of Canaanite/Amorite deities (see देवता below) |
| covenant | בְּרִית (brit) | वाचा | High | Central to chs. 3-4, 9, 24; covenant-cutting idiom below |
| law | תּוֹרָה (Torah) | व्यवस्था | High | ”Book of the Law” (ch.1, 8, 23, 24) |
| holy | קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh) | पवित्र | High | Ark, holy ground, sanctify yourselves (chs. 3, 5, 7) |
| circumcision | מִילָה (milah) | खतना | Medium | Ch. 5 |
| sin | חַטָּאָה (root חטא, cf. Achan’s confession 7:20) | पाप | High | Ch. 7 |
| wrath of God | אַף יְהוָה (aph YHWH) | परमेश्वर का क्रोध | High | Ch. 7, 22 |
| gentiles / nations | (conceptual — Rahab, Gibeonites, Amorites as non-Israelite peoples) | अन्यजाति | Medium | Ch. 2, 9; ties Rahab’s inclusion to Romans’ Jew/Gentile unity doctrine |
| election (God’s sovereign choosing) | (conceptual parallel; contrast with Josh 24:15’s human בָּחַר) | परमेश्वर का चुनाव | High | NOT used for Joshua 24:15 itself — see चुनना below for the human-agency sense |
| promise | (conceptual; cf. “not one word failed,” 21:45) | प्रतिज्ञा | High | Ch. 21, 24 |
| household (of faith) | בַּיִת (bayit, “house”) | घराना | Low-Medium | ”I and my house” (24:15) |
| congregation | עֵדָה (edah) | मण्डली | Low | Ch. 20 (baseline permits मण्डली for congregation) |
| kindness (non-grace context) | חֶסֶד (chesed) | कृपा | Medium | Ch. 2 (Rahab’s request) |
| blessing (of Abraham pattern) | בְּרָכָה (berakhah) | आशीष | Medium | Ch. 8 |
| curse | קְלָלָה (qelalah) | श्राप | High | Ch. 8 |
| heir | (contrast term — see नchalah note below) | वारिस | Medium | Used only to explain what नchalah/अधिकार is NOT (land-portion vs. personal heirship) |
B. New Terms Introduced by Joshua
| # | Term (English gloss) | Original (Hebrew) | Transliteration | Literal Meaning | Hindi Rendering | Risk | Doctrine | First Occurrence | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LORD (covenant name) | יְהוָה | YHWH / Yahweh | The self-existent covenant name of God | यहोवा | Critical | God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise; all doctrines | 1:1 | ईश्वर, भगवान | Established BSI OV/NV Hindi OT transliteration of the Tetragrammaton. Distinct from प्रभु (baseline rendering of κύριος/Kyrios, used mainly for Jesus in the NT); both point to the same one God but the two testaments’ Hindi Bible conventions differ. NEVER भगवान (generic Hindu deity address). Occurs so pervasively in Joshua that consistency is a Critical-tier concern. |
| 2 | foreign/false gods | אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים / אֱלֹהֵי הָאֱמֹרִי | elohim acherim / elohei ha-Emori | Other gods / gods of the Amorites | पराए देवता / दूसरे देवता / अमोरियों के देवता | High | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 24:2,14-15,23:7 | ईश्वर, परमेश्वर (either would wrongly dignify these as the true God) | देवता is used EXCLUSIVELY for false/pagan deities throughout Joshua, preserving the lexical wall against परमेश्वर/यहोवा (the true God). This distinction is load-bearing for every occurrence of “other gods” in the book, especially the core passage. |
| 3 | fear (the LORD) | יָרֵא | yare’ | To fear, revere | भय मानना | High | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 4:14,24:14 | डरना (mere terror, without reverential/relational sense) | Reverential covenant awe, not superstitious dread of a capricious deity that must be ritually appeased. |
| 4 | serve (cultic/covenant) | עָבַד | avad | To serve, work for | सेवा करना | High | Covenant Renewal at Shechem; Holy War | 1:13,24:14-15 (6x) | आराधना करना (worship, baseline reserved for NT latreuō/proskuneō contexts), पूजा (forbidden per baseline) | The book’s central verb — “whom will you serve” is a binary exclusive choice between YHWH and rival gods, not selection among equally valid personal devotional options (ishta-devata) as pluralist Hindu religious practice would frame it. |
| 5 | sincerity/wholeness | תָּמִים | tamim | Complete, whole, blameless | खराई / सिधाई | Medium | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 24:14 | पुण्य (merit) | Undivided devotion, opposite of syncretistic worship. |
| 6 | truth/faithfulness | אֱמֶת | emet | Truth, faithfulness, reliability | सच्चाई | Medium | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 24:14 | — | Parallels baseline’s सुसमाचार की सच्चाई pattern. |
| 7 | put away (idols) | סוּר | sur | To turn aside, remove | दूर कर देना / त्याग देना | Medium | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 24:14,23 | सुधार करना (mere reform) | Total renunciation, not gradual reform. |
| 8 | choose (human agency) | בָּחַר | bachar | To choose, select | चुनना | High | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 24:15,22 | चुनाव (reserved for baseline’s divine-election noun) | CAUTION: reversed agency from baseline election. Must not read as “select your preferred deity” in a pluralist frame — this is a binary covenant-response decision, not a menu. |
| 9 | land | אֶרֶץ | erets | Land, territory, earth | देश | High | God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise | 1:2 (pervasive) | पुण्य भूमि–style framing (land as inherently sacred) | The land’s holiness derives entirely from God’s unilateral oath to the patriarchs, not from any innate meritorious quality of the soil or its inhabitants — must not be assimilated to the Hindu concept of an inherently sacred/meritorious land. |
| 10 | be strong and courageous | חָזַק וֶאֱמָץ | chazaq ve’emats | Be strong, be courageous | बलवन्त हो और हियाव बान्ध | High | Courage through God’s Presence | 1:6,7,9; 23:6 | दृढ़ इच्छाशक्ति (mere willpower) | Courage explicitly grounded in “for the LORD your God is with you” — never self-generated bravado or yogic self-mastery. |
| 11 | I will be with you | אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ | ehyeh ‘immakh | Presence-formula | मैं तेरे साथ रहूँगा | High | Courage through God’s Presence | 1:5,9 | — | The ground, not merely the reward, of courage. |
| 12 | meditate | הָגָה | hagah | To murmur, ponder | मनन करना | Medium | Obedience and the Conquest | 1:8 | ध्यान करना (risks yogic/meditative-emptying connotation) | Reflective rehearsal of God’s revealed word, not mind-emptying practice. |
| 13 | as the LORD commanded | צִוָּה | tsavah | To command | आज्ञा देना (“जैसा यहोवा ने आज्ञा दी”) | High | Obedience and the Conquest | 1:7,9,13; refrain throughout | — | Recurring obedience-refrain (~30x in Joshua); lexical consistency is itself doctrinally load-bearing. |
| 14 | Rahab’s confession | (2:9-11, no single verb; recognition of YHWH’s supremacy) | — | — | यहोवा ही स्वर्ग में और पृथ्वी पर परमेश्वर है | High | Rahab and Inclusion of the Nations by Faith | 2:11 | — | Hebrew text does not use “believe” (he’emin); NT (Hebrews 11:31) later names this faith. Translate as sincere theological confession; do not retroactively insert विश्वास into the Hebrew text itself, but flag for cross-reference consistency when Hebrews 11:31 is later translated. |
| 15 | oath | שְׁבֻעָה (root שָׁבַע) | shevuah | Solemn sworn promise | शपथ | Medium | Rahab; Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 2:12,17,20; 9:15 | कसम (more casual register) | Binding and covenantally irrevocable once sworn (cf. Gibeonites, ch.9). |
| 16 | sign | אוֹת | ot | Visible token/marker | चिन्ह | Low-Medium | Rahab | 2:12,18 | — | Scarlet cord as covenant sign, structurally parallel to circumcision/Passover blood. |
| 17 | Ark of the Covenant | אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית | aron ha-brit | Covenant chest | वाचा का सन्दूक | Medium-High | Covenant Renewal; Obedience | 3:3 | मूर्ति-adjacent imagery | Not an idol-image; a covenant-testimony container. |
| 18 | memorial | זִכָּרוֹן | zikaron | Remembrance-marker | स्मारक | Low-Medium | God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise | 4:6-7 | — | Didactic function; distinct from juridical עֵד (witness, see #37). |
| 19 | commander of the LORD’s army | שַׂר־צְבָא־יְהוָה | sar-tseva-YHWH | Chief of YHWH’s army | यहोवा की सेना का सेनापति | High | Holy War and Divine Judgment; Courage | 5:14-15 | — | Subordinate divine-warrior figure, not one god among a pantheon of war-deities. |
| 20 | Passover | פֶּסַח | pesach | The Exodus feast | फसह | Medium | Obedience and the Conquest | 5:10-11 | — | Ties Exodus-deliverance to conquest-deliverance typologically. |
| 21 | reproach of Egypt | חֶרְפַּת מִצְרַיִם | cherpat Mitsrayim | Disgrace of Egypt | मिस्र की नामधराई | Low-Medium | (honor/shame routing) | 5:9 | — | Flag for native-speaker review per honor/shame convention. |
| 22 | devoted to destruction (herem) | חֵרֶם | cherem | Irrevocably banned/devoted thing | विनाश के लिये अर्पित (हेरेम) | Critical | Holy War and Divine Judgment | 6:17-19 (pervasive chs. 6-8,10-11) | बलि, यज्ञ (ritual-offering framing), श्राप-alone (folk curse framing) | God’s bounded, historical judicial verdict on entrenched wickedness — never a repeatable model for religious violence, never a votive offering, never a liftable folk curse. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence; mandatory translator note. |
| 23 | trumpet | שׁוֹפָר | shofar | Ram’s-horn | तुरही | Low | Holy War and Divine Judgment | 6:4 | — | Neutral instrument term. |
| 24 | war-shout | תְּרוּעָה | teruah | Triumph-shout | जयनाद / ललकार | Medium | Obedience and the Conquest | 6:5,20 | — | Faith-obedience with no independent military logic. |
| 25 | trespass/unfaithfulness | מַעַל | ma’al | Sacrilegious breach of trust | विश्वासघात | High | Holy War and Divine Judgment; Obedience | 7:1; reused 22:16,20 | अपराध (generic crime, loses covenantal-sacrilege sense) | Individual sin, corporate covenantal consequence — echoes baseline federal_headship. |
| 26 | Valley of Achor | עָכוֹר | Akhor | ”Trouble” | आकोर की तराई | Low | — | 7:26 | — | Toponymic wordplay. |
| 27 | altar | מִזְבֵּחַ | mizbeach | Sacrificial structure | वेदी | Medium | Obedience and the Conquest | 8:30 | हवन-कुण्ड framing | Exclusive to YHWH-worship per Mosaic specification. |
| 28 | burnt offering | עוֹלָה | olah | Wholly-consumed sacrifice | होमबलि | Medium | Obedience and the Conquest | 8:31 | होम/हवन (generic multi-deity ritual) | Consecration/atonement offering to YHWH alone. |
| 29 | peace/fellowship offering | שְׁלָמִים | shelamim | Shared-meal sacrifice | मेलबलि | Medium | — | 8:31 | — | Relational, not merely transactional. |
| 30 | the LORD fought for Israel | כִּי יְהוָה נִלְחָם לְיִשְׂרָאֵל | ki YHWH nilcham le-Yisrael | Divine-warrior motif | क्योंकि यहोवा इस्राएल के लिये लड़ता था | High | Holy War and Divine Judgment | 10:14,42 | — | Bounded historical judgment, not tribal-deity pantheon-contest supremacism. |
| 31 | sun and moon stood still | שֶׁמֶשׁ / יָרֵחַ … דָּמַם | shemesh/yarecha damam | Celestial bodies halted | सूर्य और चन्द्रमा थम गए | High | Holy War and Divine Judgment | 10:12-13 | — | Polemical sign: sun/moon (objects of Sūrya-style devotion in the Indian context) are mere creatures obeying the Creator. |
| 32 | the LORD hardened their heart (Canaanite kings) | חִזֵּק אֶת־לִבָּם | chizzeq et-libbam | Divine judicial hardening | उनका हृदय कठोर करना | High | Holy War and Divine Judgment | 11:20 | — | Distinct from baseline partial_hardening (Romans 11:25, Israel’s temporary/restorative hardening) — this is total and judicial, paralleling Pharaoh. |
| 33 | inheritance/allotted possession | נַחֲלָה | nachalah | Allotted land-possession | अधिकार | High | God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise; Rest | 13:6 (pervasive chs.13-19) | वारिस (baseline heir, reserved for personal heirship-by-adoption) | The land-portion itself, allotted by God’s decision, not earned by merit. |
| 34 | portion/share | חֵלֶק | chelek | Allotted share | भाग | Medium | Rest in the Promised Land | 13:33 | — | “The LORD is their portion” (Levites) — God himself, not land, as ultimate inheritance. |
| 35 | lot (cast for allotment) | גּוֹרָל | goral | Object cast to determine outcome | चिट्ठी | Medium | God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise | 14:2 (pervasive chs.14-19) | भाग्य, नियति (fate/impersonal destiny — forbidden per baseline providence/election convention) | Outcome attributed to God’s sovereign direction, never impersonal chance or fate. |
| 36 | wholly followed the LORD | מִלֵּא אַחֲרֵי יְהוָה | mille acharei YHWH | Complete, undivided following | यहोवा के पीछे पूरी रीति से चला | Medium | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 14:8-9 | — | Anchors forward to תָּמִים at 24:14. |
| 37 | city of refuge | עִיר מִקְלָט | ir miqlat | Legal sanctuary city | शरणस्थान के नगर | Medium | Rest in the Promised Land | 20:2 | — | Concrete judicial provision; distinguish from bhakti śaraṇāgati (devotional surrender). |
| 38 | avenger of blood | גֹּאֵל הַדָּם | go’el ha-dam | Blood-avenger kinsman | रक्त का पलटा लेनेवाला | Medium | Rest in the Promised Land | 20:3 | — | Same root as “redeemer” but the pursuing-avenger sense here. |
| 39 | rest (given by the LORD) | מְנוּחָה / נוּחַ | menuchah / nuach | Covenantal repose in the land | विश्राम | High | Rest in the Promised Land as a Type of Salvation Rest | 21:44; anticipated 1:13,15 | मोक्ष, मुक्ति, निर्वाण (forbidden — self-attained liberation/cessation) | Personal God’s ongoing relational gift to a people who continue to exist and worship him — never absorption/cessation. |
| 40 | quiet from war | שָׁקַט | shaqat | Cessation of hostility | देश में शान्ति / युद्ध से चैन | Medium | Rest in the Promised Land | 11:23; 14:15 | — | Narrower military-cessation sense; keep distinct from #39 so 21:44’s fuller claim is not diluted. |
| 41 | not one word failed | לֹא־נָפַל דָּבָר | lo-naphal davar | Idiom: nothing of the promise failed | एक भी अच्छी प्रतिज्ञा टलकर नहीं रही | High | God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise | 21:45; 23:14 | — | Reuses baseline प्रतिज्ञा; direct fulfillment-statement. |
| 42 | witness (testimonial object/person) | עֵד | ed | Legal testimony | साक्षी / गवाह | Medium | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 22:27-28; reused 24:27 | साक्षी-भाव (Vedantic witness-consciousness — must be avoided) | Concrete testimonial marker between covenant parties, not a metaphysical observing-self faculty. |
| 43 | cling to the LORD | דָּבַק | davaq | Cleave, stay attached | यहोवा से लिपटे रहो | Medium | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 23:8 | — | Relational covenant intimacy, echoing Genesis 2:24 usage. |
| 44 | love the LORD | אָהַב | ahav | Covenantal, volitional love | यहोवा से प्रेम करना | High | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 23:11 | — | Obedience-expressed covenant love, not interchangeable bhakti-devotion to any chosen deity. |
| 45 | snare | מוֹקֵשׁ | moqesh | Entangling trap | जाल / फंदा | Medium | Holy War and Divine Judgment | 23:13 | — | Idolatrous entanglement, not neutral cultural exchange. |
| 46 | cut a covenant (idiom) | כָּרַת בְּרִית | karat brit | ”Cut” = make a covenant | वाचा बान्धना | Medium | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 24:25 | वाचा काटना (literal, meaningless in Hindi) | Established Hindi idiom for covenant-making; never render “cut” literally. |
| 47 | fear the LORD (repeated) | יָרֵא | yare’ | See #3 | यहोवा का भय मानना | High | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 24:14 | — | Core passage; see Part A of semantic analysis. |
| 48 | serve (repeated 6x, core passage) | עָבַד | avad | See #4 | सेवा करना | High | Covenant Renewal at Shechem | 24:14-15 | — | Core passage; see Part A. |
C. Doctrine Cross-Reference Table
| Doctrine | Risk Tier | Key Hindi Terms | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|
| God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise | High | देश, अधिकार, चिट्ठी, प्रतिज्ञा, “एक भी अच्छी प्रतिज्ञा टलकर नहीं रही” | Human theologian |
| Holy War and Divine Judgment | Critical | हेरेम (विनाश के लिये अर्पित), परमेश्वर का क्रोध, “यहोवा इस्राएल के लिये लड़ता था,” उनका हृदय कठोर करना | Human theologian (every occurrence) |
| Courage through God’s Presence | High | बलवन्त हो और हियाव बान्ध, मैं तेरे साथ रहूँगा | Human theologian |
| Rahab and the Inclusion of the Nations by Faith | High | राहाब का अंगीकार, कृपा, अन्यजाति | Human theologian |
| Covenant Renewal at Shechem | Critical (core passage) | यहोवा, देवता, भय मानना, सेवा करना, चुनना, वाचा बान्धना, यहोवा से प्रेम करना | Human theologian |
| Obedience and the Conquest | High | आज्ञा देना (“जैसा यहोवा ने आज्ञा दी”), विश्वासघात, मनन करना | Human theologian |
| Rest in the Promised Land as a Type of Salvation Rest | High | विश्राम, देश में शान्ति, भाग | Human theologian |
D. Explicit Forbidden-Substitution Extensions (Joshua-specific, added to baseline list)
- YHWH / LORD: NEVER भगवान; NEVER प्रभु as a substitute for the OT proper name (प्रभु remains reserved for the baseline’s NT κύριος usage) — always यहोवा.
- Other/foreign gods (elohim acherim): NEVER परमेश्वर or ईश्वर — always देवता, preserving the true-God/false-gods lexical wall.
- Herem (devoted to destruction): NEVER बलि or यज्ञ (ritual-offering framing); NEVER a bare श्राप without the mandatory translator note distinguishing God’s judicial verdict from folk curse-magic — always विनाश के लिये अर्पित (हेरेम) with note.
- Rest (menuchah): NEVER मोक्ष, मुक्ति, or निर्वाण — always विश्राम, extending the baseline salvation/freedom forbidden-substitution rule to this new term.
- Choose (bachar, 24:15, human agency): NEVER रendered with चुनाव (reserved for baseline divine-election noun) in a way that implies picking among equally valid deity-options — always चुनना framed as an exclusive either/or.
- Lot (goral): NEVER भाग्य or नियति — always चिट्ठी, extending the baseline providence/election fate-language prohibition.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvara
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान
Original: אֱלֹהִים
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly. Reserved exclusively for the one true God throughout Joshua; never applied to any Canaanite, Amorite, or foreign deity — see foreign_gods below for the lexical wall this preserves.
Yahweh
Approved rendering: यहोवा
Transliteration: Yahovā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Rejected alternatives: भगवान, ईश्वर (as a substitute), प्रभु (would blur OT/NT testament-specific conventions)
Original: יְהוָה
Category: God
NEW. The self-revealed covenant proper name of Israel’s God (Exodus 3:14), occurring over 200 times in Joshua. Established BSI OV/NV transliteration of the Tetragrammaton. Distinct from परमेश्वर (generic true-God noun) and from प्रभु (the baseline’s NT Kyrios/Jesus-confession term). Critical tier reflects both doctrinal weight and sheer volume-driven consistency risk across all 24 chapters.
Herem Devoted To Destruction
Approved rendering: विनाश के लिये अर्पित (हेरेम) / सर्वनाश हेतु ठहराया गया
Transliteration: vināśa ke liye arpita (hērema) / sarvanāśa hetu ṭhaharāyā gayā
Doctrine: Holy War and Divine Judgment
Rejected alternatives: बलि, यज्ञ (ritual-offering framing, wrong exchange-direction), bare श्राप without mandatory translator note
Original: חֵרֶם
Category: Holy War
NEW. The single highest-stakes term in the book. God’s own bounded, historical judicial verdict on entrenched Canaanite wickedness, executed through Israel as his agent — never a repeatable model for religiously motivated violence, never a votive offering, never a liftable folk curse. Mandatory theologian review AND mandatory translator note on every occurrence (chs. 6-8, 10-11).
High Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification as Preparation for Holy War
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मल
Original: קָדוֹשׁ
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly. Governs the Ark, holy ground, and the reflexive command to sanctify oneself in Joshua 3, 5, 7.
Covenant
Approved rendering: वाचा
Transliteration: vācā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Rejected alternatives: अनुबंध, समझौता
Original: בְּרִית
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly. Central to the Ark of the Covenant (ch.3-4), the Gibeonite treaty (ch.9), and the Shechem renewal (ch.24).
Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: vyavasthā
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
Rejected alternatives: धर्म
Original: תּוֹרָה
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (duplicate cross-reference; see primary entry above). Governs Joshua 1:7-8; 8:31-34; 23:6; 24:26.
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāpa
Doctrine: Corporate Covenant Accountability (Sin of Achan)
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता
Original: חַטָּאָה
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly. Achan’s confession (7:20) names moral transgression against a personal covenant God, not impersonal ritual impurity or karmic debt.
Wrath Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का क्रोध
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā krodha
Doctrine: Holy War and Divine Judgment
Rejected alternatives: बदला
Original: אַף יְהוָה
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly. Kindled against Israel over Achan’s sin (7:1) and the Transjordan altar dispute (22:18); God’s settled righteous judgment, never capricious anger or personal revenge.
Promise
Approved rendering: प्रतिज्ञा
Transliteration: pratijñā
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise
Rejected alternatives: वरदान, वचन (alone, ambiguous with mere spoken word)
Original: (conceptual; cf. Genesis 12-17 covenant oath fulfilled in Joshua)
Category: Land and Promise
Inherited from Galatians package. Reused exactly. वरदान remains forbidden — it would make the land-gift merit-conditioned, the reverse of the unconditional patriarchal oath Joshua’s conquest is shown fulfilling.
Election
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का चुनाव
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā cunāva
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, नियति, किस्मत
Original: (conceptual; contrasted with Joshua 24:15’s human בָּחַר)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly, for cross-reference purposes ONLY. Must NEVER be used to render Joshua 24:15’s בָּחַר (see choose below) — that verse describes Israel’s own decision, not God’s sovereign choice of persons. Keeping both terms distinct prevents the divine-election and human-response categories from blurring.
Curse
Approved rendering: श्राप / श्रापित
Transliteration: śrāpa / śrāpita
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
Original: קְלָלָה
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Galatians package. Reused exactly. Applies to the covenant curse-sanction read at Mount Ebal (8:34). Must read as a fixed judicial verdict, never a transferable, ritually-liftable folk curse.
Foreign Gods
Approved rendering: देवता (पराए देवता / दूसरे देवता / अमोरियों के देवता)
Transliteration: devatā (parāe devatā / dūsare devatā / Amoriyoṃ ke devatā)
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Rejected alternatives: परमेश्वर, ईश्वर (either would wrongly dignify these as the true God)
Original: אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים / אֱלֹהֵי הָאֱמֹרִי
Category: God
NEW. The gods worshipped by Israel’s ancestors ‘beyond the River’ and in Egypt, and by the Amorites (24:2,14-15,23; 23:7). देवता is reserved EXCLUSIVELY for false/pagan deities throughout Joshua, never for Yahweh — this lexical wall is load-bearing for every ‘other gods’ occurrence, especially the core passage.
Commander Of Lords Army
Approved rendering: यहोवा की सेना का सेनापति
Transliteration: Yahovā kī senā kā senāpati
Doctrine: The Divine Warrior Motif
Original: שַׂר־צְבָא־יְהוָה
Category: God
NEW. The singular divine-warrior figure receiving a worship-posture response from Joshua (5:14-15). The possessive यहोवा की सेना must remain grammatically explicit so ownership, not independent divinity, is communicated — distinct from war-deities such as Kartikeya or Indra who are independently worshipped.
Hardened Heart Canaanite Kings
Approved rendering: उनका हृदय कठोर करना
Transliteration: unakā hṛdaya kaṭhora karanā
Doctrine: Divine Hardening of the Canaanite Kings
Original: חִזֵּק אֶת־לִבָּם
Category: God
NEW. God’s judicial hardening of the Canaanite kings driving them to destruction (11:20). Must NOT be conflated with the baseline’s partial_hardening entry (Romans 11:25, Israel’s temporary/restorative hardening) — this hardening is total, judicial, and terminal, paralleling Pharaoh. Must not read as impersonal karma-style mechanism.
Ark Of The Covenant
Approved rendering: वाचा का सन्दूक
Transliteration: vācā kā sandūka
Doctrine: The Presence of God and the Ark of the Covenant
Original: אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית
Category: Covenant
NEW. Carried before Israel through the Jordan crossing (ch.3-4) as the visible symbol of Yahweh’s presence. Must never be presented as an idol-image (mūrti) carried in devotional procession — it is a covenant-testimony container, not a deity-representation.
Covenant Sanctions Blessing And Curse
Approved rendering: आशीष / श्राप
Transliteration: āśīṣa / śrāpa
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
NEW (paired application of two inherited terms). The Deuteronomy 27-28 blessing/curse sanctions read publicly at Mount Ebal (8:34). Reuses the baseline Galatians renderings exactly for cross-curriculum consistency; श्राप carries the same folk-curse-vs-judicial-verdict caution documented for herem below.
Sanctify Yourselves
Approved rendering: अपने आपको पवित्र करो
Transliteration: apane āpako pavitra karo
Doctrine: Sanctification as Preparation for Holy War
Original: הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Reflexive command to consecrate oneself before Yahweh’s wonders (3:5) and before the Jericho campaign (7:13). Must read as covenantal readiness before the living God’s specific action, not generic ritual-purity procedure (shuddhi) or self-directed ascetic merit-generation.
Trespass Unfaithfulness
Approved rendering: विश्वासघात
Transliteration: viśvāsaghāta
Doctrine: Corporate Covenant Accountability (Sin of Achan)
Rejected alternatives: अपराध (generic crime, loses covenantal-sacrilege sense)
Original: מַעַל
Category: Sin
NEW. Achan’s theft of devoted plunder (7:1) and the Transjordan tribes’ feared repetition (22:16,20) — sacrilegious misappropriation of what belongs to God, with individual sin bearing corporate consequence.
Lord Fought For Israel
Approved rendering: क्योंकि यहोवा इस्राएल के लिये लड़ता था
Transliteration: kyoṅki Yahovā Isrāela ke liye laṛatā thā
Doctrine: The Divine Warrior Motif
Original: כִּי יְהוָה נִלְחָם לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Category: Holy War
NEW. The divine-warrior refrain (10:14,42). Must not read as tribal-deity pantheon-contest favoritism (‘each nation’s god fights for it, the strongest wins’) — this names a specific, bounded historical act of the one sovereign God, not ethnic-god supremacism.
Sun And Moon Stood Still
Approved rendering: सूर्य और चन्द्रमा थम गए
Transliteration: sūrya aura candramā thama gae
Doctrine: The Divine Warrior Motif
Original: שֶׁמֶשׁ / יָרֵחַ … דָּמַם
Category: Holy War
NEW. Celestial bodies halting at Joshua’s word (10:12-13) — a deliberate polemical sign that the sun and moon, objects of Sūrya-devotion and lunar veneration in the Indian context, are mere obedient creatures, not autonomous divine agents.
Fear The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा का भय मानना
Transliteration: Yahovā kā bhaya mānanā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Rejected alternatives: डरना (bare terror, without reverential sense)
Original: יָרֵא
Category: Faith
NEW. Reverential covenant awe (4:14; 24:14), grounded in Yahweh’s demonstrated historical faithfulness, not superstitious dread of a capricious deity requiring ritual appeasement.
Serve
Approved rendering: सेवा करना
Transliteration: sevā karanā
Doctrine: Exclusive Worship of Yahweh
Rejected alternatives: आराधना (baseline-reserved for NT worship contexts), पूजा (forbidden per baseline, Hindu ritual-offering connotation)
Original: עָבַד
Category: Faith
NEW. The book’s central covenant verb, used six times in the core passage (24:14-15). Names a binary, mutually exclusive covenant decision, not selection among equally valid devotional options (ishta-devata).
Choose
Approved rendering: चुनना
Transliteration: cunanā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Rejected alternatives: चुनाव (reserved for baseline’s divine-election noun)
Original: בָּחַר
Category: Faith
NEW. Israel’s own act of choosing whom to serve (24:15,22) — CAUTION: agency direction is reversed from the baseline election entry. Must not read as picking a favored deity from an accepted pantheon (ishta-devata); the passage frames only two categories, not a menu.
Love The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा से प्रेम करना
Transliteration: Yahovā se prema karanā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Original: אָהַב
Category: Faith
NEW. Covenantal, obedience-expressed love (23:11), not interchangeable bhakti-devotion offered to any chosen personal deity (ishta-devata).
Land
Approved rendering: देश
Transliteration: deśa
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise
Rejected alternatives: पुण्य भूमि-style adjectival framing (inherently sacred soil)
Original: אֶרֶץ
Category: Land and Promise
NEW. The promised territory (pervasive from 1:2). Holiness derives entirely from Yahweh’s unilateral covenant oath, never from any innate quality of the soil. Kept adjective-free in the base term; sanctity is carried only by surrounding oath-language.
Inheritance Nachalah
Approved rendering: अधिकार
Transliteration: adhikāra
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise
Rejected alternatives: वारिस (baseline heir, reserved for personal adoption-heirship)
Original: נַחֲלָה
Category: Land and Promise
NEW. The land allotted to each tribe by God’s sovereign decision (pervasive chs.13-19). The land-portion itself, allotted by divine decree, not earned by conquest-merit — deliberately kept distinct from heir/वारिस.
Not One Word Failed
Approved rendering: एक भी अच्छी प्रतिज्ञा टलकर नहीं रही
Transliteration: eka bhī acchī pratijñā ṭalakara nahīṃ rahī
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise
Original: לֹא־נָפַל דָּבָר
Category: Land and Promise
NEW. The direct fulfillment-statement (21:45; restated 23:14). Reuses the baseline प्रतिज्ञा term; must be rendered identically at every recurrence as the doctrine’s climactic proof-text.
Be Strong And Courageous
Approved rendering: बलवन्त हो और हियाव बान्ध
Transliteration: balavanta ho aura hiyāva bāndha
Doctrine: Courage through God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: दृढ़ इच्छाशक्ति (mere willpower)
Original: חָזַק וֶאֱמָץ
Category: Courage
NEW. Repeated command to Joshua (1:6,7,9) and Israel (23:6). Must remain grammatically and pedagogically tethered to मैं तेरे साथ रहूँगा — never excerpted as a stand-alone motivational pull-quote.
I Will Be With You
Approved rendering: मैं तेरे साथ रहूँगा
Transliteration: maiṃ tere sātha rahūṅgā
Doctrine: Courage through God’s Presence
Original: אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ
Category: Courage
NEW. Yahweh’s presence-formula (1:5,9), echoing Exodus 3:12. The ground, not merely the reward, of the courage command; must not be flattened into a generic blessing-formula.
As The Lord Commanded
Approved rendering: आज्ञा देना (जैसा यहोवा ने आज्ञा दी थी)
Transliteration: ājñā denā (jaisā Yahovā ne ājñā dī thī)
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
Original: צִוָּה
Category: Obedience
NEW. The book’s recurring obedience-refrain (~30 occurrences, 1:7,9,13; 11:15,23; and elsewhere). Lexical consistency is itself doctrinally load-bearing; treat any stylistic variation across occurrences as a validation failure regardless of the term’s nominal High (not Critical) tier.
Rahabs Confession
Approved rendering: यहोवा ही स्वर्ग में और पृथ्वी पर परमेश्वर है
Transliteration: Yahovā hī svarga meṃ aura pṛthvī para Parameśvara hai
Doctrine: Rahab and the Inclusion of the Nations by Faith
Original: (Joshua 2:9-11, no single verb equivalent to ‘believe’)
Category: Faith
NEW. Rahab’s theological confession (2:11). The Hebrew text has no verb for ‘believe’ (he’emin) — do NOT insert विश्वास into the Joshua 2 text itself; reserve विश्वास for cross-reference notes toward Hebrews 11:31 and James 2:25.
Rest
Approved rendering: विश्राम
Transliteration: viśrāma
Doctrine: Rest in the Promised Land as a Type of Salvation Rest
Rejected alternatives: मोक्ष, मुक्ति, निर्वाण (self-attained liberation/cessation)
Original: מְנוּחָה / נוּחַ
Category: Eschatology
NEW. The book’s climactic theological term (21:44). Extends the baseline’s forbidden-substitution list to this new doctrinal category: a personal God’s ongoing relational gift to a covenant people who continue to exist and worship him, never cessation of selfhood.
Medium Risk Terms
Gentiles
Approved rendering: अन्यजाति
Transliteration: anyajāti
Doctrine: Rahab and the Inclusion of the Nations by Faith
Rejected alternatives: विदेशी
Original: (conceptual — Rahab, the Gibeonites, and other non-Israelite peoples included in or engaging Israel’s covenant community)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly. Applies conceptually to Rahab and the Gibeonites — non-Israelite peoples brought under Israel’s covenant protection — ties narratively to the Romans Jew/Gentile unity doctrine.
Circumcision
Approved rendering: खतना
Transliteration: khatanā
Doctrine: Sanctification as Preparation for Holy War
Original: מִילָה
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. Reused exactly. Renewed for the wilderness generation before entering the land (5:2-9); same covenant sign established with Abraham.
Heir
Approved rendering: वारिस
Transliteration: vārisa
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise
Original: (contrast term for נַחֲלָה)
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Galatians package. Reused exactly, as a deliberate CONTRAST term only. वारिस names personal heirship through adoption; it must never be conflated with अधिकार (nachalah, the land-portion allotted by divine decree in Joshua — see inheritance_nachalah below).
Kindness Of God
Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Rahab and the Inclusion of the Nations by Faith
Original: חֶסֶד
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly, per the baseline’s non-grace-context permission. Rahab’s request that the spies ‘deal kindly’ (chesed, 2:12) — kept distinct from अनुग्रह (grace, reserved for unmerited salvific favor).
Blessing Of Abraham
Approved rendering: आशीष
Transliteration: āśīṣa
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
Rejected alternatives: आशीर्वाद (guru/elder reciprocal-favor connotation)
Inherited from Galatians package. Reused exactly. Applies to the covenant blessing read publicly at Mount Ebal (8:34, following the Deuteronomy 27-28 pattern).
Israel
Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: Isrāela
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly. Proper name; BSI established form, pervasive throughout Joshua.
Cut A Covenant
Approved rendering: वाचा बान्धना
Transliteration: vācā bāndhanā
Doctrine: Covenant Signs, Memorials, and Witnesses
Rejected alternatives: वाचा काटना (literal ‘cut,’ meaningless/grotesque in Hindi)
Original: כָּרַת בְּרִית
Category: Covenant
NEW. The Hebrew idiom כָּרַת בְּרִית (9:6,11,15; 24:25). Must use the established Hindi covenant-making idiom, never a literal ‘cut’ verb.
Witness
Approved rendering: साक्षी / गवाह
Transliteration: sākṣī / gavāha
Doctrine: Covenant Signs, Memorials, and Witnesses
Original: עֵד
Category: Covenant
NEW. A person or object testifying to a covenant fact — the Transjordan altar (22:27-28) and the great stone at Shechem (24:27). Must be kept a concrete testimonial marker, never confused with Vedantic sākṣī-bhāva (impersonal witness-consciousness).
Oath
Approved rendering: शपथ
Transliteration: śapatha
Doctrine: The Gibeonite Covenant and the Gravity of Oath-Keeping
Rejected alternatives: कसम (too casual a register)
Original: שְׁבֻעָה
Category: Covenant
NEW. Solemn, binding promise invoking Yahweh — the spies’ protection-oath to Rahab (2:12,17,20) and Israel’s oath to the Gibeonites (9:15), honored even though obtained by deception.
Memorial
Approved rendering: स्मारक
Transliteration: smāraka
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise
Original: זִכָּרוֹן
Category: Covenant
NEW. The twelve stones from the Jordan (4:6-7); a didactic remembrance-marker (‘so that you shall tell your children’), distinct from the juridical witness (साक्षी) function.
Book Of The Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था की पुस्तक
Transliteration: vyavasthā kī pustaka
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
Original: סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה
Category: Covenant
NEW. Built on the reused व्यवस्था rendering; keeps the object concrete (a written scroll/book), supporting the Inspiration of Scripture doctrine’s insistence on a fixed, God-given written text (1:8; 8:34; 23:6; 24:26).
Holy Ground
Approved rendering: पवित्र भूमि
Transliteration: pavitra bhūmi
Doctrine: The Presence of God and the Ark of the Covenant
Original: אַדְמַת־קֹדֶשׁ
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Ground rendered set-apart by the commander of the LORD’s army’s presence (5:15). Holiness derives entirely from divine presence at that moment, not innate site-sacredness — guards against Hindu tirtha assimilation.
War Shout
Approved rendering: जयनाद / ललकार
Transliteration: jayanāda / lalakāra
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
Original: תְּרוּעָה
Category: Holy War
NEW. The corporate triumph-shout commanded before Jericho’s walls fell (6:5,10,16,20) — faith-obedience with no independent military logic; the shout is not a magical incantation.
Altar
Approved rendering: वेदी
Transliteration: vedī
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
Original: מִזְבֵּחַ
Category: Worship
NEW. Built per Mosaic specification at Mount Ebal (8:30) and, disputedly, by the Transjordan tribes (22:10-29). Must be distinguished from a general-purpose Hindu havan-kund usable for any deity — covenantally exclusive to Yahweh-worship.
Burnt Offering
Approved rendering: होमबलि
Transliteration: homabali
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
Rejected alternatives: होम/हवन (generic multi-deity ritual)
Original: עוֹלָה
Category: Worship
NEW. A wholly-consumed sacrifice offered at Mount Ebal (8:31). Consecration/atonement offering to Yahweh alone, not a homa/havan for cosmic balance or multi-deity appeasement.
Peace Offering
Approved rendering: मेलबलि
Transliteration: melabali
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
Original: שְׁלָמִים
Category: Worship
NEW. Shared-meal sacrifice signifying restored relationship, offered alongside the burnt offering at Mount Ebal (8:31).
Passover
Approved rendering: फसह
Transliteration: phasaha
Doctrine: Rahab and the Inclusion of the Nations by Faith
Original: פֶּסַח
Category: Worship
NEW. The Exodus-deliverance feast, kept for the first time in the land at Gilgal (5:10-11). Ties Exodus-deliverance typologically to conquest-deliverance.
Reproach Of Egypt
Approved rendering: मिस्र की नामधराई
Transliteration: Misra kī nāmadharāī
Doctrine: Sanctification as Preparation for Holy War
Original: חֶרְפַּת מִצְרַיִם
Category: Worship
NEW. Disgrace of the wilderness generation’s uncircumcised status, removed at Gilgal (5:9). Honor/shame dynamics; route to native speaker review.
Sincerity Wholeness
Approved rendering: खराई / सिधाई
Transliteration: kharāī / sidhāī
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Rejected alternatives: पुण्य (merit)
Original: תָּמִים
Category: Faith
NEW. Wholehearted, undivided devotion (tamim), paired with ‘truth’ at 24:14. Names integrity of devotion, not accumulated merit.
Truth Faithfulness
Approved rendering: सच्चाई
Transliteration: saccāī
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Original: אֱמֶת
Category: Faith
NEW. Reliable covenant faithfulness (emet), paired with tamim at 24:14. Parallels the baseline’s सुसमाचार की सच्चाई pattern.
Put Away Idols
Approved rendering: दूर कर देना / त्याग देना
Transliteration: dūra kara denā / tyāga denā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Rejected alternatives: सुधार करना (mere reform)
Original: סוּר
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Total renunciation of ancestral gods (24:14,23), not gradual reform or de-prioritization.
Cling To The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा से लिपटे रहो
Transliteration: Yahovā se lipaṭe raho
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Original: דָּבַק
Category: Faith
NEW. Command to cleave/hold fast to Yahweh (23:8), echoing Genesis 2:24’s marriage-bond language. Relational covenant intimacy, not mere physical proximity.
Snare
Approved rendering: जाल / फंदा
Transliteration: jāla / phandā
Doctrine: Holy War and Divine Judgment
Original: מוֹקֵשׁ
Category: Sin
NEW. The remaining nations’ gods as an entangling trap (23:13) — idolatrous entanglement, not neutral cultural exchange.
Portion Chelek
Approved rendering: भाग
Transliteration: bhāga
Doctrine: The Levites’ Portion: God Himself as Inheritance
Original: חֵלֶק
Category: Land and Promise
NEW. Yahweh himself declared the Levites’ portion instead of a land-allotment (13:33) — prefigures God, not material possession, as ultimate inheritance. Must not be treated as interchangeable with अधिकार.
Lot Goral
Approved rendering: चिट्ठी
Transliteration: ciṭṭhī
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness to the Land Promise
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, नियति (impersonal fate/destiny)
Original: גּוֹרָל
Category: Land and Promise
NEW. The lot cast to determine tribal boundaries (pervasive chs.14-19). Extends the baseline’s providence/election fate-language prohibition; the outcome is attributed to Yahweh’s sovereign direction, never chance.
Wholly Followed The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा के पीछे पूरी रीति से चला
Transliteration: Yahovā ke pīche pūrī rīti se calā
Doctrine: Rest in the Promised Land as a Type of Salvation Rest
Original: מִלֵּא אַחֲרֵי יְהוָה
Category: Faith
NEW. Caleb’s complete, undivided devotion (14:8-9), contrasted with the unbelieving spies. Anchors forward to tamim (सिधाई) at 24:14.
Meditate
Approved rendering: मनन करना
Transliteration: manana karanā
Doctrine: Obedience and the Conquest
Rejected alternatives: ध्यान करना (risks yogic mind-emptying connotation)
Original: הָגָה
Category: Obedience
NEW. Command to meditate on the Book of the Law day and night (1:8) — reflective, vocalized rumination on an external, fixed, revealed text, not an inward-turning technique toward a void.
Sign
Approved rendering: चिन्ह
Transliteration: cinha
Doctrine: Rahab and the Inclusion of the Nations by Faith
Original: אוֹת
Category: Covenant
NEW. The scarlet cord as a visible covenant marker (2:12,18), structurally parallel to circumcision and the Passover blood.
City Of Refuge
Approved rendering: शरणस्थान के नगर
Transliteration: śaraṇasthāna ke nagara
Doctrine: Cities of Refuge and Divine Justice
Original: עִיר מִקְלָט
Category: Justice
NEW. A God-instituted judicial safe-haven pending trial (ch.20) — a concrete legal provision, not a general devotional shelter (must be distinguished from bhakti śaraṇāgati).
Avenger Of Blood
Approved rendering: रक्त का पलटा लेनेवाला
Transliteration: rakta kā palaṭā lenevālā
Doctrine: Cities of Refuge and Divine Justice
Original: גֹּאֵל הַדָּם
Category: Justice
NEW. The pursuing kinsman restrained by the cities of refuge (20:3,5,9). Shares the root ga’al used of ‘redeemer’ elsewhere, but names the avenger sense specifically here.
Quiet From War
Approved rendering: देश में शान्ति / युद्ध से चैन
Transliteration: deśa meṃ śānti / yuddha se caina
Doctrine: Rest in the Promised Land as a Type of Salvation Rest
Original: שָׁקַט
Category: Eschatology
NEW. The narrower military-cessation sense (11:23; 14:15), distinct from the broader menuchah rest-theology. Must be kept lexically distinct from विश्राम so 21:44’s fuller claim is not diluted into a mere ceasefire note.
Low Risk Terms
Congregation
Approved rendering: मण्डली
Transliteration: maṇḍalī
Doctrine: Cities of Refuge and Divine Justice
Original: עֵדָה
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly (church entry permits मण्डली for congregational contexts distinct from कलीसिया). Used of the gathered covenant community in the cities-of-refuge legislation (20:6,9).
Trumpet
Approved rendering: तुरही
Transliteration: turahī
Doctrine: Holy War and Divine Judgment
Original: שׁוֹפָר
Category: Holy War
NEW. Ram’s-horn trumpet sounded by the priests at Jericho (6:4-20). Neutral cultic-military instrument; no significant collision risk.
Valley Of Achor
Approved rendering: आकोर की तराई
Transliteration: Ākora kī tarāī
Doctrine: Historical Record-Keeping and Place-Name Memorials
Original: עָכוֹר
Category: Sin
NEW. The valley named ‘Trouble,’ site of Achan’s execution (7:26). Toponymic wordplay; retain as a transliterated place-name.
Rahab Name
Approved rendering: राहाब
Transliteration: Rāhāba
Doctrine: Rahab and the Inclusion of the Nations by Faith
NEW. Proper name; a Canaanite woman of Jericho whose confession and inclusion anchor this doctrine (ch.2; 6:22-25).
Joshua Name
Approved rendering: यहोशू
Transliteration: Yahośū
Doctrine: Courage through God’s Presence
NEW. Proper name of the book’s central figure and Moses’ successor; established Hindi Bible transliteration.
Caleb Name
Approved rendering: कालेब
Transliteration: Kāleba
Doctrine: Rest in the Promised Land as a Type of Salvation Rest
NEW. Proper name; exemplar of wholehearted devotion (14:8-9) anchoring forward to the core passage’s tamim language.
Amorites Name
Approved rendering: अमोरी
Transliteration: Amorī
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
NEW. Proper name; the people whose land Israel now occupies and whose gods (अमोरियों के देवता) constitute the present-tense temptation in the core passage (24:15).
Low-Medium Risk Terms
Household Bayit
Approved rendering: घराना
Transliteration: gharānā
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal at Shechem
NEW (parallels the baseline household_of_faith घराना pattern but renders a different Hebrew term, בַּיִת, ‘house/family’). Joshua’s exemplary declaration ‘as for me and my house’ (24:15) — models leadership as household-level exclusive covenant allegiance.
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