Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Zechariah (English → Hindi)
A. Divine Names, Titles, and Persons
| English Term | Hindi Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine/Category | Key Chapters | Status / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The LORD (YHWH, covenant name) | यहोवा | Yahowā | Critical | God / Divine Name | 1–14 (pervasive) | NEW. Established BSI OV/NV transliteration for the Tetragrammaton. Never ईश्वर/भगवान. Kept distinct from प्रभु (Adonai/Kyrios) and परमेश्वर (generic “God”). |
| LORD of hosts | सेनाओं का यहोवा | Senāoṇ kā Yahowā | High | Providence / Sovereignty | 1,2,4,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14 | NEW. Caution: avoid resonance with deva-sena (armies of the gods) or a martial deity among rivals; asserts total, singular divine command over all power. |
| God (Elohim) | परमेश्वर | Parameśvara | Critical | God | throughout | REUSE (baseline). |
| Lord (Adonai, where distinct from YHWH) | प्रभु | Prabhu | Critical | Lordship | 9:14 and similar | REUSE (baseline). Kept distinct from यहोवा. |
| Angel of the LORD | यहोवा का दूत | Yahowā kā dūta | High | Christology (typological) | 1, 3, 12 | NEW. Distinguish from generic devas; flag passages where the figure speaks in the divine first person. |
| Holy Spirit / My Spirit | पवित्र आत्मा | Pavitra Ātmā | Critical | Holy Spirit | 4:6; 6:8; 12:10; 13 (contrast) | REUSE (baseline). Never ब्रह्म/परमात्मा alone. |
| Spirit of uncleanness | अशुद्ध आत्मा | Aśuddha Ātmā | Medium | Sin / False Prophecy | 13:2 | NEW. Must be kept lexically distinct from पवित्र आत्मा. |
| Satan / the Accuser | शैतान | Śaitāna | Medium | Spiritual Conflict | 3:1-2 | NEW (established Hindi transliteration). Distinguish from generic भूत-प्रेत (folk evil spirits). |
| Joshua (high priest) | यहोशू | Yahośū | Low | Restoration / Priesthood | 3, 6 | NEW (proper name; note the etymological identity with यीशु/Yeshua is a teaching point, not a translation risk). |
| Zerubbabel | जरुब्बाबेल | Jarubbābela | Low | Restoration of the Temple | 4, 6 | NEW (proper name). |
| David | दाऊद | Dāūda | Medium | Davidic Covenant | 12, 13 | REUSE (baseline). |
| Israel | इस्राएल | Isrāela | Medium | Covenant | 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 12 | REUSE (baseline). |
| Zion | सिय्योन | Siyyona | High | Zeal for Zion / Restoration | 1, 2, 8, 9 | NEW. Personified covenant community/city; treat as an established proper noun. |
| Jerusalem | यरूशलेम | Yarūshalema | High | Restoration of Jerusalem | 1–14 (pervasive) | NEW (established transliteration). |
| Daughter of Zion / Daughter of Jerusalem | सिय्योन/यरूशलेम की बेटी | Siyyona/Yarūshalema kī beṭī | Medium | Zion Personification | 2:10; 9:9 | NEW. Poetic personification of the whole covenant people. |
B. The Coming Messianic King
| English Term | Hindi Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine/Category | Key Chapters | Status / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your king (comes to Zion) | तेरा राजा | Terā rājā | Critical | Messianic King | 9:9 | NEW. Must be tied explicitly in teaching notes to मसीह and दाऊद के वंश से. |
| Righteous (of the king) | धर्मी | Dharmī | Critical | Messianic King / Righteousness | 9:9 | NEW, morphologically bound to baseline धार्मिकता; never confuse with धर्म (forbidden). |
| Having salvation / saved | उद्धार पाया हुआ | Uddhāra pāyā huā | Critical | Messianic King / Salvation | 9:9 | NEW, built on baseline उद्धार (never मुक्ति/मोक्ष). Flag MT-passive/LXX-active tension for theologian review. |
| Humble / lowly | दीन | Dīna | High | Messianic King | 9:9 | NEW. Pastoral note required: voluntary self-humbling, not caste-linked social status. |
| Mounted on a donkey / colt, foal of a donkey | गदहे पर चढ़ा हुआ / गदही के बच्चे पर | Gadahe para caṛhā huā / gadahī ke bacce para | Medium | Messianic King | 9:9 | NEW. Preserve Hebrew poetic parallelism (one animal, two descriptive lines), not two animals. |
| He shall speak peace to the nations | वह अन्यजातियों से शान्ति की बात करेगा | Vaha anyajātiyoṇ se śānti kī bāta karegā | High | Messianic King / Peace / Gentiles | 9:10 | REUSE (baseline) शांति + अन्यजाति; elevated risk due to universal-proclamation context. |
| His rule / dominion (sea to sea) | उसका राज्य | Usakā rājya | Critical | Messianic King / Kingdom of God | 9:10 | NEW, aligned terminologically with baseline परमेश्वर का राज्य. |
| The Branch | अंकुर | Aṅkura | Critical | Messianic King | 3:8; 6:12 | NEW. Messianic title; gloss on first use tying to दाऊद के वंश से and मसीह. |
| Priest on his throne (dual office) | राजगद्दी पर याजक | Rājagaddī para yājaka | Critical | Messianic King / Priesthood | 6:13 | NEW. Institutional anomaly signaling Messianic/Melchizedekian typology; mandatory theologian review. |
| Cornerstone (from Judah) | कोने का पत्थर | Kone kā patthara | High | Messianic King | 10:4 | NEW. Positive foundation image; keep distinct from baseline stumbling_stone (ठोकर का पत्थर). |
| Cup of staggering | लड़खड़ाने का कटोरा | Laṛkhaṛāne kā kaṭorā | Medium | Judgment | 12:2 | NEW. |
| The LORD will be king over all the earth | यहोवा सारी पृथ्वी पर राजा होगा | Yahowā sārī pṛthvī para rājā hogā | Critical | Kingdom of God / Eschatology | 14:9 | NEW, paired with baseline परमेश्वर का राज्य. |
C. Restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple
| English Term | Hindi Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine/Category | Key Chapters | Status / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will dwell in your midst | मैं तेरे बीच में निवास करूंगा | Maiṃ tere bīca meṇ nivāsa karūṅgā | High | Restoration / Indwelling Presence | 2:10-11 | NEW. Background for John 1:14; do not conflate lexically with देहधारण (incarnation). |
| Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD | बहुत सी जातियां यहोवा से मिल जाएंगी | Bahuta sī jātiyāṅ Yahowā se mila jāeṅgī | High | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 2:11 | REUSE (baseline) अन्यजाति family. |
| Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit | न बल से, न शक्ति से, परन्तु मेरे आत्मा के द्वारा | Na bala se, na śakti se, parantu mere ātmā ke dvārā | Critical | Providence / Holy Spirit | 4:6 | REUSE (baseline) पवित्र आत्मा; बल (human strength) distinct from forbidden शक्ति (God’s power) substitution context — verify usage carefully in context. |
| Faithful city | सच्चाई का नगर | Saccāī kā nagara | Medium | Restoration | 8:3 | NEW, consistent with baseline सुसमाचार की सच्चाई family. |
| Covenant formula: my people / their God | वे मेरी प्रजा होंगे, और मैं उनका परमेश्वर हूंगा | Ve merī prajā hoṅge, aura maiṃ unakā Parameśvara hūṅgā | High | Covenant | 8:8; 13:9 | NEW (formula); must remain verbatim-consistent across occurrences. |
| God is with you | परमेश्वर तुम्हारे साथ है | Parameśvara tumhāre sātha hai | High | Mission to the Nations | 8:23 | NEW, Immanuel-resonant; native speaker review per baseline mission routing. |
| Blood of my covenant | तेरी वाचा का लोहू | Terī vācā kā lohū | High | Covenant / Atonement | 9:11 | REUSE (baseline) वाचा exactly. |
| Prisoners of hope | आशा के बन्धुए | Āśā ke bandhue | Medium | Sovereign Plan | 9:12 | NEW. |
| Living waters (from Jerusalem) | जीवित जल | Jīvita jala | High | Restoration / Eschatology | 14:8 | NEW. Distinguish from sacred-river (e.g. Ganga) purification concepts. |
| Feast of Booths | झोपड़ियों का पर्व (सुक्कोत) | Jhopaṛiyoṇ kā parva (Sukkota) | Medium | Restoration / Universal Worship | 14:16-19 | NEW. Gloss transliteration on first use. |
| Holy to the LORD (pervasive holiness) | यहोवा के लिये पवित्र | Yahowā ke liye pavitra | High | Holiness / Worship | 14:20-21 | REUSE (baseline) पवित्र; extended to mundane objects — teach as non-ritual-hierarchical consecration. |
D. Visions of God’s Sovereign Plan for His People
| English Term | Hindi Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine/Category | Key Chapters | Status / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word of the LORD | यहोवा का वचन | Yahowā kā vacana | High | Inspiration of Scripture | 1, 7 | NEW. Keep distinct from baseline प्रतिज्ञा (promise). |
| Return / turn back | मन फिराव (फिरना) | Mana phirāva (phiranā) | High | Repentance | 1:3 | REUSE (baseline). |
| Stone with seven eyes / eyes of the LORD | सात आँखोंवाला पत्थर / यहोवा की आंखें | Sāta āṅkhoṇvālā patthara / Yahowā kī āṅkheṇ | Medium | Providence / Omniscience | 3:9; 4:10 | NEW. Symbolic vision-imagery for divine omniscience. |
| Two olive trees / two anointed ones | तेल के दो पुत्र / दो अभिषिक्त जन | Tela ke do putra / do abhiṣikta jana | Medium | Spirit-Empowered Leadership | 4:14 | NEW. Must not be confused with मसीह (unique Messiah). |
| Four chariots / four winds of heaven | चार रथ / आकाश की चार वायु | Cāra ratha / ākāśa kī cāra vāyu | Medium | Sovereignty | 6:1-8 | NEW. |
| Flying scroll bearing a curse | उड़ता हुआ पत्रा जिस पर श्राप है | Uṛtā huā patrā jisa para śrāpa hai | Medium/High | Judgment | 5:1-4 | REUSE (baseline) श्राप/श्रापित family; translator note distinguishing judicial verdict from folk curse-magic. |
| Woman named Wickedness (ephah-basket) | दुष्टता नामक स्त्री | Duṣṭatā nāmaka strī | Medium | Sin / Purging | 5:5-11 | NEW. |
| Oracle / burden | भारी वचन / भार | Bhārī vacana / bhāra | Medium | Prophetic Genre | 9:1; 12:1 | NEW. |
| Diviners / household idols (teraphim) | भावी बतानेवाले / कुलदेवता | Bhāvī batānevāle / kuladevatā | High | Idolatry | 10:2 | REUSE (baseline) मूर्तिपूजा doctrine family; handle pastorally re: astrology/household deities. |
| Day of the LORD | यहोवा का दिन | Yahowā kā dina | Critical | Sovereign Plan / Eschatology | 14:1 (pervasive “on that day”) | NEW. Must remain linear/unique, never cyclical (yuga) eschatology. |
| The LORD will be one, and his name one | यहोवा एक ही होगा, और उसका नाम भी एक ही होगा | Yahowā eka hī hogā, aura usakā nāma bhī eka hī hogā | Critical | Monotheism / Sovereign Plan | 14:9 | NEW. Exclusive personal monotheism; never impersonal Advaitic “oneness.” |
| Mount of Olives split | जैतून का पहाड़ बंट जाएगा | Zaitūna kā pahāṛa baṇṭa jāegā | High | Eschatology | 14:4 | NEW (proper noun); cross-testament link to Acts 1:11-12. |
E. The Piercing of the One They Have Pierced (Zechariah 12:10)
| English Term | Hindi Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine/Category | Key Chapters | Status / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pour out (the Spirit) | उंडेल देना | Uṇḍela denā | High | Holy Spirit / Outpouring | 12:10 | NEW. Align with any existing Hindi Joel 2:28/Acts 2:17 rendering. |
| Spirit of grace and pleading | अनुग्रह और गिड़गिड़ाहट की आत्मा | Anugraha aura giṛgiṛāhaṭa kī ātmā | Critical | Grace / Repentance | 12:10 | NEW, deliberately uses baseline अनुग्रह (not कृपा) to preserve doctrinal continuity with NT grace-enabled repentance. |
| Look on me, on him whom they have pierced (me/him shift) | मुझ पर, अर्थात् जिसे उन्होंने छेदा है, उस पर वे दृष्टि करेंगे | Mujha para, arthāta jise unhoṇne chhedā hai, usa para ve dṛṣṭi kareṅge | Critical | Deity/Sonship of Christ | 12:10 | NEW. Preserve the first-person/third-person grammatical shift; do not smooth into consistent person. Mandatory theologian review. |
| Pierced | छेदा | Chhedā | Critical | Piercing of the One / Atonement | 12:10 | NEW. Must match Hindi John 19:37 rendering exactly; mandatory cross-testament consistency check. |
| Mourn as for an only child / firstborn | एकलौते पुत्र/पहलौठे के लिये विलाप | Ekalaute putra/pahalauṭhe ke liye vilāpa | High | Repentance / Piercing | 12:10-14 | NEW. Preserve depth and singularity of grief imagery. |
F. The Shepherd Motif (Chs. 10–13)
| English Term | Hindi Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine/Category | Key Chapters | Status / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd-less flock | चरवाहे के बिना भेड़ें | Carawāhe ke binā bheṛeṇ | Medium | Leadership Failure | 10:2 | NEW. |
| Flock doomed to slaughter | घात की भेड़ें | Ghāta kī bheṛeṇ | Medium | Judgment | 11:4,7 | NEW. |
| Thirty pieces of silver / thrown to the potter | तीस चाँदी के सिक्के / कुम्हार के पास फेंकना | Tīsa cāṅdī ke sikke / kumhāra ke pāsa pheṅkanā | Critical | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 11:12-13 | NEW. Must match Hindi Matthew 27:9-10 exactly; mandatory cross-testament consistency check. |
| Two staffs: Favor and Union | मनभावनी (नोअम) और मिलाप (हॉब्लीम) | Manabhāvanī (No’am) aura milāpa (Chovelim) | Medium | Covenant Breach | 11:7,14 | NEW. Gloss transliterated Hebrew names alongside Hindi meaning-equivalents. |
| Worthless shepherd | निकम्मा चरवाहा | Nikammā carawāhā | High | False Leadership | 11:15-17 | NEW. Root-linked to मूर्तिपूजा-adjacent “worthlessness.” |
| My companion / associate (of the shepherd) | मेरा सहयोगी / मेरा साथी | Merā sahayogī / merā sāthī | Critical | Deity of Christ | 13:7 | NEW. Implies near-equal status with YHWH; mandatory theologian review; cross-testament check against Hindi Matthew 26:31. |
| Strike the shepherd; the sheep will be scattered | चरवाहे पर वार करो, और भेड़ें तितर-बितर हो जाएंगी | Carawāhe para vāra karo, aura bheṛeṇ titara-bitara ho jāeṅgī | Critical | Atonement / Fulfillment of Prophecy | 13:7 | NEW. |
| Fountain for sin and uncleanness | पाप और अशुद्धता को धोने का सोता | Pāpa aura aśuddhatā ko dhone kā sotā | High | Cleansing / Atonement | 13:1 | REUSE (baseline) पाप exactly; note distinguishing divine cleansing from ritual self-purification. |
| Refined as silver, tested as gold | चांदी की नाईं तपाया, सोने की नाईं परखा गया | Cāṅdī kī nāīṇ tapāyā, sone kī nāīṇ parakhā gayā | Medium | Remnant / Sanctification | 13:9 | REUSE (baseline) बचे हुए लोग (remnant) family; distinguish from karmic-purification-through-suffering framing. |
G. Sin, Judgment, and Ethics
| English Term | Hindi Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine/Category | Key Chapters | Status / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fasting | उपवास | Upavāsa | Medium/High | Fasting Critique | 7 | NEW. Pastoral note distinguishing from merit-based Hindu vrat fasting. |
| True justice, kindness, mercy | सच्चा न्याय, कृपा और दया | Saccā nyāya, kṛpā aura dayā | High | Social Ethics | 7:9-10 | REUSE (baseline) दया, कृपा; न्याय is NEW — note distinguishing social-ethical justice from cosmic/karmic-law connotations of Hindu “Nyaya.” |
| Filthy garments / clean garments | मैले वस्त्र / उत्तम वस्त्र | Maile vastra / uttama vastra | High | Justification (typological) | 3:3-4 | NEW. Tie explicitly to baseline धर्मी ठहराया जाना (forensic declaration, not ritual purification). |
| Idols cut off / diviners | मूर्तियां और भावी बतानेवाले नाश किए जाएंगे | Mūrtiyāṇ aura bhāvī batānevāle nāśa kie jāeṅge | High | Idolatry | 10, 13:2 | REUSE (baseline) मूर्तिपूजा. |
| Sin / uncleanness | पाप / अशुद्धता | Pāpa / aśuddhatā | High | Universal Accountability | 13:1 | REUSE (baseline) exactly, kept lexically distinct. |
| Curse (flying scroll) | श्राप | Śrāpa | Medium/High | Judgment | 5:3-4 | REUSE (baseline) श्राप/श्रापित family (from Galatians extension). |
H. Zeal, Zion, and Covenant Love
| English Term | Hindi Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine/Category | Key Chapters | Status / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jealous / zeal for Zion | सिय्योन के लिये बड़ी जलन | Siyyona ke liye baṛī jalana | High | God’s Zeal for Zion | 1:14; 8:2 | NEW, distinct from baseline उत्साह (Rom 10:2 human zeal). Never ईर्ष्या (petty envy). Mandatory translator note; theologian review recommended. |
| Apple of his eye | आंख की पुतली | Āṅkha kī putalī | Medium | Zeal for Zion | 2:8 | NEW. Natural Hindi idiom equivalent exists. |
| I will pour out a spirit of grace | मैं अनुग्रह की आत्मा उंडेलूंगा | Maiṃ anugraha kī ātmā uṇḍelūṅgā | Critical | Grace / Piercing | 12:10 | See Section E above; cross-listed here for the Zeal/Zion doctrine’s covenant-restoration dimension. |
Cross-Testament Consistency Flags (Mandatory Checks Before Phase 2 Sign-off)
| Zechariah Reference | NT Quotation/Echo | Required Consistency Check |
|---|---|---|
| 9:9 | Matthew 21:5; John 12:15 | ”Humble/gentle,” “donkey/colt” phrasing |
| 11:12-13 | Matthew 27:9-10 | ”Thirty pieces of silver,” “potter” |
| 12:10 | John 19:37 | ”Pierced” (छेदा) |
| 13:7 | Matthew 26:31 | ”Strike the shepherd… scattered” |
| 14:4 | Acts 1:11-12 | ”Mount of Olives” (जैतून का पहाड़) |
All terms in this glossary marked “NEW” must be formally added to translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json with version increments before any Phase 2 segment translation of Zechariah begins, per the pipeline’s glossary-load protocol.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvara
Doctrine: God
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान
Original: אֱלֹהִים
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Renders Hebrew אֱלֹהִים (Elohim), the generic divine title, used throughout Zechariah alongside the personal covenant name. Must be kept lexically distinct in this curriculum from यहोवा (YHWH, the personal covenant name) and प्रभु (Adonai).
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: Prabhu
Doctrine: Christology
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, ईश्वर
Original: אֲדֹנָי
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Renders Hebrew אֲדֹנָי (Adonai) where distinct from the Tetragrammaton (e.g., Zechariah 9:14). Kept lexically distinct from यहोवा in this curriculum’s three-way divine-name fence.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: God
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा, देव-आत्मा
Original: רוּחִי / רוּחַ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. God’s own personal, empowering Spirit — the agent of restoration (Zechariah 4:6) and of the outpoured grace of repentance (12:10). Never ब्रह्म or परमात्मा alone. Must be kept lexically distinct from अशुद्ध आत्मा (spirit of uncleanness, 13:2).
Salvation
Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhāra
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष, छुटकारा (reserved for redemption contexts)
Original: יְשׁוּעָה
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER मुक्ति or मोक्ष. Given climactic expression in the coming king who is himself ‘having salvation’ (9:9) and who saves the tents of Judah first (12:7).
Grace
Approved rendering: अनुग्रह
Transliteration: anugraha
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कृपा (reserved for non-grace contexts), दया, वरदान, भाग्य, कर्म-फल, पुण्य
Original: חֵן
Category: Grace
Inherited from Romans package. Deliberately used (never कृपा) at 12:10’s ‘spirit of grace and pleading’ to preserve doctrinal continuity with the New Testament’s Spirit-given grace of repentance.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: Masīha
Doctrine: Christology
Rejected alternatives: अभिषिक्त व्यक्ति, देव-दूत
Original: מָשִׁיחַ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Zechariah does not use this Hebrew lexeme as its primary title but the Messianic King figure is the same referent. Used in teaching notes to tie together तेरा राजा, अंकुर, and दाऊद के वंश से as one promised figure, not several distinct ones.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: धार्मिकता
Transliteration: dhārmikatā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, न्याय (reserved for social-ethical justice in this curriculum)
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER धर्म. Background abstract noun anchoring धर्मी (righteous_king) at Zechariah 9:9 — right standing before God, not dharma-performance.
Justification
Approved rendering: धर्मी ठहराया जाना
Transliteration: dharmī ṭaharāyā jānā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: माफी पाना, पुण्य प्राप्त करना
Inherited from Romans package. Zechariah 3:3-4’s filthy/clean garments vision is a dramatized enactment of this same forensic logic — teaching notes must draw the explicit connection so the imagery is not collapsed into Hindu shuddhi ritual-purification logic.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: देहधारण
Transliteration: dehadhāraṇa
Doctrine: Christology
Rejected alternatives: अवतार, देह प्रकटीकरण
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER अवतार. Referenced as background contrast for Zechariah 2:10-11’s ‘I will dwell in your midst’ (निवास करूंगा) — the two terms must never be lexically conflated even though 2:10-11 forms legitimate typological background for John 1:14.
Yhwh
Approved rendering: यहोवा
Transliteration: Yahowā
Doctrine: God
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान
Original: יְהוָה
Category: God
NEW. The personal covenant name of God (Tetragrammaton), occurring 130+ times through Zechariah’s fourteen chapters. Established BSI OV/NV transliteration; MUST be kept lexically distinct from परमेश्वर (Elohim, generic) and प्रभु (Adonai). This term did not exist in the Romans/Galatians baseline because NT Greek has no occasion to transliterate the Tetragrammaton.
Your King
Approved rendering: तेरा राजा
Transliteration: terā rājā
Doctrine: Messianic King
Original: מַלְכֵּךְ
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Core passage term (Zechariah 9:9). Must be reinforced by ties to दाऊद के वंश से and मसीह so this is not read as a generic ruler or one avatar-figure among several regional deity-descents. Both particularity (Zion’s own king) and universality (v.10) must be held together.
Righteous King
Approved rendering: धर्मी
Transliteration: dharmī
Doctrine: Messianic King
Rejected alternatives: धर्म
Original: צַדִּיק
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 9:9. Describes the king’s own right standing before God, morphologically bound to the licensed धर्मी ठहराया जाना but never to be confused with धर्म (Hindu cosmic duty/raja-dharma performance). Context must make plain this is the king’s own righteous character before God, not his enforcement of dharma.
Having Salvation
Approved rendering: उद्धार पाया हुआ
Transliteration: uddhāra pāyā huā
Doctrine: Messianic King
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष
Original: וְנוֹשָׁע
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 9:9. Niphal participle — the king as one saved/vindicated by God and/or bringing salvation. LXX renders actively (‘saving’); this MT-passive/LXX-active tension must be flagged for theologian review before any teaching material commits to one reading.
His Rule Dominion
Approved rendering: उसका राज्य
Transliteration: usakā rājya
Doctrine: Messianic King
Original: וּמָשְׁלוֹ
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 9:10, ‘from sea to sea… to the ends of the earth’ — the hinge of the core passage’s kingship claim. Aligned terminologically with परमेश्वर का राज्य so translator notes can make explicit the king’s dominion IS the in-breaking of God’s kingdom.
The Branch
Approved rendering: अंकुर
Transliteration: aṅkura
Doctrine: Messianic King
Rejected alternatives: शाखा
Original: צֶמַח
Category: Messianic King
NEW. A specific Messianic title (Zechariah 3:8; 6:12) denoting a promised, divinely-sprouted royal-priestly Davidic figure. Formatted as a quasi-proper-noun title (‘मेरा दास “अंकुर”’), glossed on first use tying to दाऊद के वंश से and मसीह. शाखा (generic ‘branch’) rejected as lacking title-register force.
Priest On His Throne
Approved rendering: राजगद्दी पर याजक
Transliteration: rājagaddī para yājaka
Doctrine: Messianic King
Original: כֹּהֵן עַל־כִּסְאוֹ
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 6:12-13. Unprecedented union of royal and priestly office — an institutional anomaly in Israelite practice, doubly anomalous set against Indian caste logic (kshatriya/raja vs. brahmin/purohit strict separation). Must be rendered with maximal literalness, never smoothed into a single compound noun, to preserve its Melchizedekian typological force (Psalm 110; Hebrews 7). Mandatory theologian review.
Lord King Over All Earth
Approved rendering: यहोवा सारी पृथ्वी पर राजा होगा
Transliteration: Yahowā sārī pṛthvī para rājā hogā
Doctrine: Eschatology
Original: וְהָיָה יְהוָה לְמֶלֶךְ עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Zechariah 14:9. Climactic universal-kingship confession paired terminologically with परमेश्वर का राज्य; mandatory theologian review given pairing with the oneness confession (see lord_one_name_one).
Not By Might But By Spirit
Approved rendering: न तो बल से, और न शक्ति से, परन्तु मेरे आत्मा के द्वारा
Transliteration: na to bala se, aura na śakti se, parantu mere ātmā ke dvārā
Doctrine: Holy Spirit
Original: לֹא בְחַיִל וְלֹא בְכֹחַ כִּי בְרוּחִי
Category: Holy Spirit
NEW. Zechariah 4:6. Rejects human military/physical strength (बल) as the means of restoration; affirms God’s own personal Spirit (पवित्र आत्मा). बल here is a distinct clause from the baseline’s forbidden शक्ति substitution for God’s OWN power (Romans 1:16) — verify context carefully so the two rules are not cross-applied or confused. Mandatory theologian review given doctrinal density.
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा का दिन
Transliteration: Yahowā kā dina
Doctrine: Eschatology
Rejected alternatives: युग का अंत, कलियुग की समाप्ति
Original: יוֹם בָּא לַיהוָה
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Zechariah 14:1 (and pervasive ‘on that day’). Must remain a unique, linear, historically-terminal event, NEVER assimilated to Hindu cyclical yuga-ending cosmology. Never gloss with युग/कलियुग vocabulary under any circumstance. Mandatory theologian review and mandatory translator note.
Lord One Name One
Approved rendering: यहोवा एक ही होगा, और उसका नाम भी एक ही होगा
Transliteration: Yahowā eka hī hogā, aura usakā nāma bhī eka hī hogā
Doctrine: Monotheism
Original: יְהוָה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד
Category: Monotheism
NEW. Zechariah 14:9. The single highest Hindu-philosophical-collision point in the entire book. Must be rendered as exclusive, personal monotheism (one unique divine Person, one unique Name), NEVER as impersonal Advaitic ‘all is ultimately one’ (Brahman) monism, which would invert the verse’s entire force. Mandatory theologian review and mandatory translator note on every occurrence, non-negotiable.
Spirit Of Grace And Pleading
Approved rendering: अनुग्रह और गिड़गिड़ाहट की आत्मा
Transliteration: anugraha aura giṛgiṛāhaṭa kī ātmā
Doctrine: Piercing
Rejected alternatives: कृपा (weaker, reserved for non-grace contexts)
Original: רוּחַ חֵן וְתַחֲנוּנִים
Category: Piercing
NEW. Zechariah 12:10. Deliberately uses baseline अनुग्रह, never कृपा, to preserve doctrinal continuity with NT Spirit-given grace of repentance. This is God’s own personal, gracious Spirit-initiative, not human-generated remorse or ritual penance. Mandatory theologian review given doctrinal density.
Look On Me Him Pierced
Approved rendering: मुझ पर, अर्थात् जिसे उन्होंने छेदा है, उस पर वे दृष्टि करेंगे
Transliteration: mujha para, arthāta jise unhoṇne chhedā hai, usa para ve dṛṣṭi kareṅge
Doctrine: Deity/Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: consistent third-person smoothing, consistent first-person smoothing
Original: וְהִבִּיטוּ אֵלַי אֵת אֲשֶׁר־דָּקָרוּ
Category: Piercing
NEW. Zechariah 12:10. The single most important grammatical crux in the book — YHWH speaks in the first person (‘look on ME’) then refers to the same figure in the third person (‘HIM whom they have pierced’). Must NEVER be smoothed into consistent person in either direction. Mandatory theologian review; cross-testament link to John 19:37.
Pierced
Approved rendering: छेदा
Transliteration: chhedā
Doctrine: Piercing
Original: דָּקְרוּ
Category: Piercing
NEW. Zechariah 12:10 (Hebrew דָּקַר). Must match the Hindi John 19:37 rendering exactly — mandatory cross-testament consistency check as a hard gate before Phase 2 sign-off. Mandatory theologian review.
Thirty Pieces Of Silver
Approved rendering: तीस चाँदी के सिक्के
Transliteration: tīsa cāṅdī ke sikke
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: שְׁלֹשִׁים כָּסֶף… הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אֶל־הַיּוֹצֵר
Category: Fulfillment of Prophecy
NEW. Zechariah 11:12-13, cited/echoed at Matthew 27:9-10 (Judas’s betrayal payment). MUST match the Hindi New Testament rendering of ‘thirty pieces of silver’ and ‘potter’ exactly — mandatory cross-testament consistency check.
My Companion
Approved rendering: मेरा सहयोगी / मेरा साथी
Transliteration: merā sahayogī / merā sāthī
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: עֲמִיתִי
Category: Deity of Christ
NEW. Zechariah 13:7 (עֲמִיתִי), applied by YHWH to the struck shepherd, implying unique near-equal status; quoted by Jesus of his own arrest (Matthew 26:31). Both Hindi candidates undertranslate the Hebrew’s co-equality implication — treated as an irreducible gap compensated by mandatory theologian-reviewed teaching notes, not by a stronger word. Cross-testament consistency check against Hindi Matthew 26:31 mandatory.
Strike The Shepherd
Approved rendering: चरवाहे पर वार करो, और भेड़ें तितर-बितर हो जाएंगी
Transliteration: carawāhe para vāra karo, aura bheṛeṇ titara-bitara ho jāeṅgī
Doctrine: Atonement
Original: הָךְ אֶת־הָרֹעֶה
Category: Atonement
NEW. Zechariah 13:7, quoted by Jesus at Matthew 26:31. The shepherd is struck by God’s own sovereign will — substitutionary overtones, not merely human violence against a prophet-figure. Mandatory theologian review and cross-testament consistency check.
Jealousy Zeal For Zion
Approved rendering: सिय्योन के लिये बड़ी जलन
Transliteration: Siyyona ke liye baṛī jalana
Doctrine: God’s Zeal for Zion
Rejected alternatives: ईर्ष्या, उत्साह (reserved for human zeal, Romans 10:2)
Original: קִנֵּאתִי לְצִיּוֹן קִנְאָה גְדוֹלָה
Category: Zeal for Zion
NEW. Zechariah 1:14; 8:2. Named curriculum doctrine. जलन is the least-bad available term for God’s protective covenant love; ईर्ष्या (petty envy) and उत्साह (already reserved for human zeal-without-knowledge) are both forbidden. Mandatory translator note on EVERY occurrence reframing जलन via the Exodus 20:5 background (जलन करनेवाला परमेश्वर) as positive, protective covenant-partner love, never capricious possessiveness. Theologian review recommended.
High Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: शांति
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Messianic King
Rejected alternatives: चैन, सुकून
Original: שָׁלוֹם
Category: Messianic King
Inherited from Romans package (Medium there). RISK ELEVATED TO HIGH in this curriculum: at Zechariah 9:10 this is the Messianic King’s own global, relational, covenantal proclamation to all nations, not private psychological calm — the baseline’s caution against Hindu meditation-peace applies with heightened force given the universal scope.
Remnant
Approved rendering: बचे हुए लोग
Transliteration: bace hue loga
Doctrine: Election
Original: שְׁאָר
Category: Election
Inherited from Romans package. The surviving portion of the covenant people refined through judgment (Zechariah 13:8-9); grace-not-works basis of survival must remain explicit, distinct from karmic purification-through-suffering.
Seed Of David
Approved rendering: दाऊद के वंश से
Transliteration: Dāūda ke vaṃśa se
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: זֶרַע דָּוִד
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Used to anchor तेरा राजा and अंकुर in the Davidic covenant (cf. Zechariah 12:7-8; 13:1).
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का राज्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर का राष्ट्र
Original: מַלְכוּת אֱלֹהִים (theological category; cf. מֶלֶךְ, מָשְׁלוֹ)
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package (Medium there). RISK ELEVATED TO HIGH in this curriculum: directly aligned with two Critical entries (his_rule_dominion at 9:10; lord_king_over_all_earth at 14:9) central to the Messianic King and Day-of-the-LORD doctrines.
Worship
Approved rendering: आराधना
Transliteration: ārādhanā
Doctrine: Worship
Rejected alternatives: पूजा
Original: עֲבוֹדָה / הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה (contextual; cf. Feast of Booths, 14:16-19)
Category: Worship
Inherited from Romans package. Extended eschatologically to require all surviving nations’ pilgrimage-worship in Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:16-19). NEVER पूजा.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मल
Original: קֹדֶשׁ / קָדוֹשׁ
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Extended in Zechariah’s climax to even the most mundane objects (14:20-21) — must convey pervasive relational consecration, not ritual-purity (shuddhi) classification of substances.
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāpa
Doctrine: Sin
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता (reserved for ritual uncleanness, niddah)
Original: חַטָּאת
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Addressed by the cleansing fountain (13:1) and the removal of personified Wickedness (5:5-11). Kept lexically distinct from अशुद्धता even where both occur in the same verse (13:1).
Idolatry
Approved rendering: मूर्तिपूजा
Transliteration: mūrtipūjā
Doctrine: Sin
Original: עֲבֹדַת אֱלִילִים (contextual; cf. תְּרָפִים)
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Worship of idols and consultation of household idols/diviners, explicitly contrasted with trust in YHWH (Zechariah 10:1-2; 13:2). Handle pastorally given prevalence of astrology and household-deity veneration in Indian context; do not soften the text’s judgment.
Covenant
Approved rendering: वाचा
Transliteration: vācā
Doctrine: Covenant
Rejected alternatives: अनुबंध, समझौता
Original: בְּרִית
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies the covenant formula (8:8; 13:9) and the covenant-ratifying blood of 9:11.
Curse
Approved rendering: श्राप
Transliteration: śrāpa
Doctrine: Atonement
Original: אָלָה
Category: Atonement
Inherited from the Galatians-extension baseline (श्राप/श्रापित family). God’s own judicial curse-sentence embodied in the flying scroll (Zechariah 5:1-4). Must read as a fixed judicial verdict, never a transferable, ritually-liftable folk curse; mandatory translator note required on every occurrence.
Repentance
Approved rendering: मन फिराव
Transliteration: mana phirāva
Doctrine: Repentance
Rejected alternatives: पश्चाताप
Inherited from Romans package. Zechariah 1:3’s reciprocal ‘Return to me… and I will return to you’ frames the entire book’s restoration promises as covenant-conditioned. Never पश्चाताप alone (mere remorse).
Power Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī sāmarthya
Doctrine: God
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति, ताकत
Inherited from Romans package. Referenced as the guardrail term relevant to Zechariah 4:6’s ‘not by might, nor by power’ — the power being REJECTED in 4:6 is human strength (बल), a distinct clause from this term’s own forbidden शक्ति substitution rule for God’s OWN power; the two rules must not be cross-applied.
Wrath Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का क्रोध
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā krodha
Doctrine: Judgment
Rejected alternatives: बदला
Inherited from Romans package. Background family term for Zechariah 12:2’s cup of staggering (लड़खड़ाने का कटोरा) — God’s settled, righteous judgment, never personal revenge.
Sovereignty
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की संप्रभुता
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī samprabhutā
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, नियति
Inherited from Romans package. Background term for the night-vision symbolism (seven eyes, ch. 3-4; four chariots, ch. 6) and the divine oversight of nations (ch. 1, 9-10, 12) — God’s personal rule, never impersonal fate/karma.
Providence
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का विधान
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā vidhāna
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, कर्म का नियम
Inherited from Romans package. Background term for the ‘eyes of the LORD’ (3:9; 4:10) and the visions of God’s sovereign plan generally — God’s personal, purposive governance, never fate or karma.
Election
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का चुनाव
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā cunāva
Doctrine: Election
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, नियति, किस्मत
Inherited from Romans package. Background doctrine underlying the Refined Remnant doctrine (Zechariah 13:8-9) — God’s sovereign, personal choice, never karma-determined fate.
Lord Of Hosts
Approved rendering: सेनाओं का यहोवा
Transliteration: Senāoṇ kā Yahowā
Doctrine: God
Original: יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת
Category: God
NEW. ‘YHWH of armies/hosts,’ recurring 50+ times, asserting supreme command over heavenly and earthly hosts. Risk: सेनाओं could evoke देवसेना (Puranic ‘army of the gods,’ e.g. Kartikeya as devasenapati). Mandatory translator note: this is YHWH’s singular, total command over ALL power, excluding any pantheon-of-competing-armies implication.
Angel Of The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा का दूत
Transliteration: Yahowā kā dūta
Doctrine: Christology
Original: מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה
Category: Christology
NEW. A figure (Zechariah 1, 3) who sometimes speaks and acts with YHWH’s own first-person authority. Must be distinguished from generic devas in Hindu-background hearing. Flag passages of divine first-person speech for Christological significance without over-asserting a settled pre-incarnate-Son identification the Hebrew text leaves ambiguous.
Zion
Approved rendering: सिय्योन
Transliteration: Siyyona
Doctrine: Zion
Original: צִיּוֹן
Category: Zion
NEW. The personified covenant city/people, object of God’s protective jealousy and recipient of the coming king (1:14; 2; 8; 9:9). Established transliterated proper noun; personification preserved as address to the whole covenant community, not a literal individual woman.
Jerusalem
Approved rendering: यरूशलेम
Transliteration: Yarūshalema
Doctrine: Restoration
Original: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ
Category: Restoration
NEW. The covenant city, object of restoration promises, divine indwelling, and eschatological pilgrimage throughout. High risk owed to doctrinal density, not lexical difficulty.
Humble King
Approved rendering: दीन
Transliteration: dīna
Doctrine: Messianic King
Rejected alternatives: निम्न
Original: עָנִי
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 9:9. Voluntary royal self-humbling inverting royal expectation. In Indian social context दीन/दीनता can carry low-caste association; mandatory pastoral note required on every occurrence disclaiming any caste-status implication. Never substitute निम्न (stronger inherent-rank connotation).
Speak Peace To Nations
Approved rendering: वह अन्यजातियों से शान्ति की बात करेगा
Transliteration: vaha anyajātiyoṇ se śānti kī bāta karegā
Doctrine: Messianic King
Original: וְדִבֶּר שָׁלוֹם לַגּוֹיִם
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 9:10. Reuses baseline शांति + अन्यजाति; elevated risk here because this is the king’s own global peace-proclamation to all nations. Must never be softened into private inner calm.
From River To Ends Of Earth
Approved rendering: महानद से पृथ्वी की सीमाओं तक
Transliteration: mahānada se pṛthvī kī sīmāoṇ taka
Doctrine: Messianic King
Original: וּמִנָּהָר עַד־אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 9:10. Movement from the traditional covenant-land boundary (Euphrates) to unbounded global reach. महानद should be glossed on first use as फरात नदी (the Euphrates) given low OT-narrative literacy of the target audience.
Cornerstone
Approved rendering: कोने का पत्थर
Transliteration: kone kā patthara
Doctrine: Messianic King
Original: פִּנָּה
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 10:4 (פִּנָּה). Positive foundation-stone leadership image. Must be kept distinct from the baseline’s negative ठोकर का पत्थर (stumbling_stone, אֶבֶן נֶגֶף, a different Hebrew term) so the two ‘stone’ images are never confused or conflated.
Dwell In Your Midst
Approved rendering: मैं तेरे बीच में निवास करूंगा
Transliteration: maiṃ tere bīca meṇ nivāsa karūṅgā
Doctrine: Restoration
Original: וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְתוֹכֵךְ
Category: Restoration
NEW. Zechariah 2:10-11 (root שָׁכַן, underlying מִשְׁכָּן/tabernacle and rabbinic שְׁכִינָה/Shekinah). Legitimate typological background for John 1:14 but must never be lexically conflated with देहधारण (incarnation).
Covenant Formula
Approved rendering: वे मेरी प्रजा होंगे, और मैं उनका परमेश्वर हूंगा
Transliteration: ve merī prajā hoṅge, aura maiṃ unakā Parameśvara hūṅgā
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: וְהָיוּ־לִי לְעָם וַאֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים
Category: Covenant
NEW. Zechariah 8:8; 13:9, echoing Jeremiah 31 and Ezekiel 37. Must remain verbatim-consistent across all its recurrences within Zechariah and should be cross-checked against NT citations (2 Corinthians 6:16; Revelation 21:3).
God Is With You
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर तुम्हारे साथ है
Transliteration: Parameśvara tumhāre sātha hai
Doctrine: Mission
Original: שָׁמַעְנוּ אֱלֹהִים עִמָּכֶם
Category: Mission
NEW. Zechariah 8:23. Immanuel-resonant Gentile-ingathering phrase; flagged for native speaker review per the baseline mission_to_nations routing rule.
Blood Of My Covenant
Approved rendering: तेरी वाचा का लोहू
Transliteration: terī vācā kā lohū
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: בְּדַם־בְּרִיתֵךְ
Category: Covenant
NEW. Zechariah 9:11 (cf. Exodus 24:8). Reuses baseline वाचा exactly. Flag for cross-testament consistency with NT ‘blood of the covenant’ language (Matthew 26:28).
Living Waters
Approved rendering: जीवित जल
Transliteration: jīvita jala
Doctrine: Restoration
Original: מַיִם חַיִּים
Category: Restoration
NEW. Zechariah 14:8. Must be distinguished pastorally from sacred-river purification concepts (e.g., the Ganga); this water’s life-giving power flows from God’s own presence in Jerusalem, not from an inherently sacred geographic feature. Mandatory note on every occurrence.
Holy To The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा के लिये पवित्र
Transliteration: Yahowā ke liye pavitra
Doctrine: Holiness
Original: קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה
Category: Holiness
NEW. Zechariah 14:20-21. Reuses baseline पवित्र exactly, extended to mundane objects (horse bells, cooking pots). Must be taught as relational consecration, never ritual-purity (shuddhi-ashuddhi) classification of substances.
Word Of The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा का वचन
Transliteration: Yahowā kā vacana
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Original: דְּבַר־יְהוָה
Category: Inspiration of Scripture
NEW. The standing prophetic-commissioning formula (1:1; 7:8). Must be kept distinct from baseline प्रतिज्ञा (which explicitly rejects बचन/वचन alone as ambiguous for the unconditional covenant pledge); here वचन correctly names the technical prophetic-revelation formula. Distinguish from Hindu shruti (divine speech heard by sages).
Flying Scroll Curse
Approved rendering: उड़ता हुआ पत्रा जिस पर श्राप है
Transliteration: uṛtā huā patrā jisa para śrāpa hai
Doctrine: Judgment
Original: מְגִלָּה עָפָה… הָאָלָה
Category: Judgment
NEW. Zechariah 5:1-4. Reuses baseline श्राप/श्रापित family. A fixed divine judicial verdict against thieves and false swearers, never a magically transferable folk curse; mandatory translator note required.
Mount Of Olives Split
Approved rendering: जैतून का पहाड़ बंट जाएगा
Transliteration: Zaitūna kā pahāṛa baṇṭa jāegā
Doctrine: Eschatology
Original: הַר הַזֵּיתִים… וְנִבְקַע
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Zechariah 14:4. Established transliterated proper noun; high risk owed to cross-testament theological weight (Acts 1:11-12), not translation difficulty.
Pour Out Spirit
Approved rendering: मैं उंडेल दूंगा
Transliteration: maiṃ uṇḍela dūṅgā
Doctrine: Holy Spirit
Original: שָׁפַכְתִּי
Category: Holy Spirit
NEW. Zechariah 12:10. Same verb-family later used of the Spirit’s outpouring in Joel 2:28 (quoted Acts 2:17). Align with existing Hindi Joel 2:28/Acts 2:17 rendering for cross-testament resonance.
Mourn Only Child Firstborn
Approved rendering: एकलौते पुत्र के लिये विलाप
Transliteration: ekalaute putra ke liye vilāpa
Doctrine: Piercing
Original: כְּמִסְפֵּד עַל־הַיָּחִיד
Category: Piercing
NEW. Zechariah 12:10b. Must preserve the intensity and family-specific singularity of grief — total, personal mourning, not ritual or perfunctory.
Worthless Shepherd
Approved rendering: निकम्मा चरवाहा
Transliteration: nikammā carawāhā
Doctrine: Shepherd Motif
Original: רֹעֶה הָאֱלִיל
Category: Shepherd Motif
NEW. Zechariah 11:15-17 (אֱלִיל, ‘worthless,’ root-linked to idol-worthlessness). An antichrist-adjacent figure contrasted with the true Shepherd-King motif of chapters 12-13.
Fountain For Sin Uncleanness
Approved rendering: पाप और अशुद्धता को धोने का सोता
Transliteration: pāpa aura aśuddhatā ko dhone kā sotā
Doctrine: Atonement
Original: מָקוֹר… לְחַטָּאת וּלְנִדָּה
Category: Atonement
NEW. Zechariah 13:1. A single fountain for both moral sin (पाप) and ritual uncleanness (अशुद्धता) — God’s own provided cleansing. Translator note required distinguishing this from self-performed ritual purification (shuddhi).
Diviners Teraphim
Approved rendering: भावी बतानेवाले / कुलदेवता
Transliteration: bhāvī batānevāle / kuladevatā
Doctrine: Idolatry
Original: תְּרָפִים / קֹסְמִים
Category: Idolatry
NEW. Zechariah 10:1-2; 13:2. Household idols and professional diviners contrasted with seeking guidance from YHWH. Handle pastorally given prevalence of astrology and household-deity veneration in Indian context; do not soften the text’s judgment.
Fasting
Approved rendering: उपवास
Transliteration: upavāsa
Doctrine: Ethics
Original: צוֹם
Category: Ethics
NEW. Zechariah 7:5. Identical term to Hindu vrat merit-fasting; the passage’s own built-in critique (7:9-10) of ritual disconnected from covenant obedience and social justice must be foregrounded in every teaching use, turning the terminological crowding into a pedagogical safeguard.
True Justice Kindness Mercy
Approved rendering: सच्चा न्याय, कृपा और दया
Transliteration: saccā nyāya, kṛpā aura dayā
Doctrine: Ethics
Original: מִשְׁפַּט אֱמֶת… חֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים
Category: Ethics
NEW. Zechariah 7:9-10. न्याय (justice) risks assimilation to the classical Hindu Nyaya philosophical school or impersonal karmic-retributive connotations (‘न्याय होगा’); anchor exclusively to concrete social-ethical content (widow, orphan, sojourner, poor). कृपा and दया reuse baseline terms exactly.
Filthy Garments Clean Garments
Approved rendering: मैले वस्त्र / उत्तम वस्त्र
Transliteration: maile vastra / uttama vastra
Doctrine: Justification
Original: הַבְּגָדִים הַצֹּאִים / מַחֲלָצוֹת
Category: Justification
NEW. Zechariah 3:3-4. Forensic-symbolic imagery: God-initiated removal of guilt-representing garments, replaced with clean ones. Tie explicitly to baseline धर्मी ठहराया जाना; must not collapse into Hindu shuddhi/ritual-purification logic.
Medium Risk Terms
David
Approved rendering: दाऊद
Transliteration: Dāūda
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: דָּוִד
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. The royal ancestor of the promised Branch/King and the ‘house of David’ upon whom the Spirit of grace is poured (Zechariah 12:7-8,10; 13:1).
Israel
Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: Isrāela
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. The covenant people addressed throughout the restoration promises and shepherd oracles (Zechariah 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 12).
Gentiles
Approved rendering: अन्यजाति
Transliteration: anyajāti
Doctrine: Church
Rejected alternatives: विदेशी
Original: גּוֹיִם
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Non-Israelite nations, recipients of the king’s peace-proclamation (9:10) and eschatological pilgrims to Zion (2:11; 8:20-23; 14:16-19).
Stumbling Stone
Approved rendering: ठोकर का पत्थर
Transliteration: ṭhokara kā patthara
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Inherited from Romans package. Must be kept lexically and conceptually distinct from Zechariah 10:4’s कोने का पत्थर (cornerstone, פִּנָּה) — a different Hebrew term with an opposite (positive, foundational) valence. Never abbreviate either phrase to bare पत्थर in doctrinal contexts.
Mercy
Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: dayā
Doctrine: Character of God
Inherited from Romans package. Used at Zechariah 7:9-10 within ‘true justice, kindness, mercy’ (सच्चा न्याय, कृपा और दया), commanded toward the widow, orphan, sojourner, and poor.
Kindness Of God
Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Character of God
Inherited from Romans package. Permitted here per the baseline grace entry’s note (कृपा allowed in non-grace contexts) — used at Zechariah 7:9-10 alongside दया, never substituted for अनुग्रह at 12:10.
Spirit Of Uncleanness
Approved rendering: अशुद्ध आत्मा
Transliteration: aśuddha ātmā
Doctrine: Sin
Original: רוּחַ הַטֻּמְאָה
Category: Sin
NEW. False, impure spiritual influence purged alongside idols and false prophets (Zechariah 13:2). Must be kept lexically distinct from पवित्र आत्मा; never abbreviate either phrase when both occur in the same teaching unit.
Satan
Approved rendering: शैतान
Transliteration: Śaitāna
Doctrine: Spiritual Conflict
Rejected alternatives: भूत-प्रेत
Original: הַשָּׂטָן
Category: Spiritual Conflict
NEW. ‘The accuser/adversary’ standing against Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1-2). Established Hindi Christian/Muslim-shared transliteration. Must be distinguished from generic folk categories of evil spirits (भूत-प्रेत).
Daughter Of Zion
Approved rendering: सिय्योन की बेटी
Transliteration: Siyyona kī beṭī
Doctrine: Zion
Original: בַּת־צִיּוֹן
Category: Zion
NEW. Poetic personification of Jerusalem/God’s people, parallel to यरूशलेम की बेटी in the same verse (9:9), Hebrew synonymous parallelism, same referent.
Mounted On Donkey
Approved rendering: गदहे पर चढ़ा हुआ
Transliteration: gadahe para caṛhā huā
Doctrine: Messianic King
Original: רֹכֵב עַל־חֲמוֹר
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 9:9. Peaceable royal entry, not military conquest (cf. 1 Kings 1:33). Native-speaker notes should preserve the peaceable-arrival contrast against assumptions a king ‘should’ arrive on horse/elephant.
Colt Foal Of Donkey
Approved rendering: गदही के बच्चे पर
Transliteration: gadahī ke bacce para
Doctrine: Messianic King
Original: עַיִר בֶּן־אֲתֹנוֹת
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 9:9. Hebrew synonymous parallelism describing ONE young donkey, not two animals. Translator note required distinguishing this from a surface two-animal reading of the Matthew 21 quotation tradition.
From Sea To Sea
Approved rendering: समुद्र से समुद्र तक
Transliteration: samudra se samudra taka
Doctrine: Messianic King
Original: מִיָּם עַד־יָם
Category: Messianic King
NEW. Zechariah 9:10. Geographic-totality merism echoing Psalm 72:8’s Davidic coronation psalm. Hindi supports the same merism naturally.
Prisoners Of Hope
Approved rendering: आशा के बन्धुए
Transliteration: āśā ke bandhue
Doctrine: Sovereign Plan
Original: אֲסִירֵי הַתִּקְוָה
Category: Sovereign Plan
NEW. Zechariah 9:12. आशा denotes expectant confidence grounded in God, distinct from wishful optimism.
Feast Of Booths
Approved rendering: झोपड़ियों का पर्व
Transliteration: Jhopaṛiyoṇ kā parva
Doctrine: Restoration
Original: חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת
Category: Restoration
NEW. Zechariah 14:16-19. Gloss with the transliteration सुक्कोत on first use given low OT-narrative literacy of the target audience.
Faithful City
Approved rendering: सच्चाई का नगर
Transliteration: saccāī kā nagara
Doctrine: Restoration
Original: עִיר־הָאֱמֶת
Category: Restoration
NEW. Zechariah 8:3. Consistent with baseline सुसमाचार की सच्चाई family’s use of सच्चाई for objective, non-negotiable faithfulness.
Stone Seven Eyes
Approved rendering: सात आँखोंवाला पत्थर
Transliteration: sāta āṅkhoṇvālā patthara
Doctrine: Providence
Original: הָאֶבֶן שִׁבְעָה עֵינָיִם
Category: Providence
NEW. Zechariah 3:9. Symbolic vision-object for God’s comprehensive vigilance/knowledge, paralleled at 4:10.
Eyes Of The Lord
Approved rendering: यहोवा की आंखें
Transliteration: Yahowā kī āṅkheṇ
Doctrine: Providence
Original: עֵינֵי יְהוָה
Category: Providence
NEW. Zechariah 4:10, ‘which range through the whole earth’ — reinforces comprehensive divine oversight.
Two Anointed Ones
Approved rendering: तेल के दो पुत्र
Transliteration: tela ke do putra
Doctrine: Leadership
Original: שְׁנֵי בְנֵי הַיִּצְהָר
Category: Leadership
NEW. Zechariah 4:14 (‘two sons of oil’), understood as Joshua and Zerubbabel. Mandatory note: two Spirit-empowered human leaders, distinct from मसीह — this plural, non-unique ‘anointed’ use is acceptable precisely because it does NOT claim Messiah-identity.
Four Chariots
Approved rendering: चार रथ
Transliteration: cāra ratha
Doctrine: Sovereignty
Original: אַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמָיִם
Category: Sovereignty
NEW. Zechariah 6:1-8. Four chariots representing God’s sovereign patrol over the four directions of the earth.
Woman Wickedness
Approved rendering: दुष्टता नामक स्त्री
Transliteration: duṣṭatā nāmaka strī
Doctrine: Sin
Original: הָרִשְׁעָה
Category: Sin
NEW. Zechariah 5:5-11. Personified Wickedness forcibly removed to a distant place — symbolic purging of corporate iniquity.
Oracle Burden
Approved rendering: भारी वचन
Transliteration: bhārī vacana
Doctrine: Prophetic Genre
Original: מַשָּׂא
Category: Prophetic Genre
NEW. Hebrew מַשָּׂא, the technical genre-marker opening the book’s two major oracular sections (9:1; 12:1).
Shepherdless Flock
Approved rendering: चरवाहे के बिना भेड़ें
Transliteration: carawāhe ke binā bheṛeṇ
Doctrine: Shepherd Motif
Original: כַּצֹּאן… אֵין רֹעֶה
Category: Shepherd Motif
NEW. Zechariah 10:2. Introduces the shepherd motif dominating chapters 10-13.
Flock Doomed To Slaughter
Approved rendering: घात की भेड़ें
Transliteration: ghāta kī bheṛeṇ
Doctrine: Shepherd Motif
Original: צֹאן הַהֲרֵגָה
Category: Shepherd Motif
NEW. Zechariah 11:4,7. Dramatized indictment of the nation’s leadership.
Two Staffs Favor Union
Approved rendering: मनभावनी (नोअम) और मिलाप (हॉब्लीम)
Transliteration: manabhāvanī (No’am) aura milāpa (Chovelim)
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: נֹעַם / חֹבְלִים
Category: Covenant
NEW. Zechariah 11:7,14. Two symbolic shepherd’s staffs, broken to signify withdrawal of divine favor and breach of covenantal unity. Gloss transliterated Hebrew names alongside Hindi meaning-equivalents, per prophetic sign-act naming conventions.
Refined As Silver
Approved rendering: चांदी की नाईं तपाया, सोने की नाईं परखा गया
Transliteration: cāṅdī kī nāīṇ tapāyā, sone kī nāīṇ parakhā gayā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: וּצְרַפְתִּים כִּצְרֹף אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Zechariah 13:9. Metallurgical refining/testing of the surviving remnant. Distinguish God’s own purifying discipline from karmic burning-off of demerit across lifetimes, given resonance with Hindu/Buddhist purification-through-suffering frameworks.
Cup Of Staggering
Approved rendering: लड़खड़ाने का कटोरा
Transliteration: laṛkhaṛāne kā kaṭorā
Doctrine: Judgment
Original: כּוֹס הַתַּרְעֵלָה
Category: Judgment
NEW. Zechariah 12:2. Judgment-cup motif causing disorientation among nations attacking Jerusalem; consistent with baseline परमेश्वर का क्रोध family.
Apple Of His Eye
Approved rendering: आंख की पुतली
Transliteration: āṅkha kī putalī
Doctrine: God’s Zeal for Zion
Original: אִישׁוֹן עֵין
Category: Zeal for Zion
NEW. Zechariah 2:8. Existing natural Hindi idiom carrying the same ‘most precious/protected thing’ sense; safe equivalent tying to the Zeal for Zion doctrine.
Low Risk Terms
Joshua High Priest
Approved rendering: यहोशू
Transliteration: Yahośū
Doctrine: Restoration
Original: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Category: Restoration
NEW. Proper name (Zechariah 3, 6). The etymological identity with यीशु (Yeshua/Jesus) is a valuable teaching point, never a lexical device — do not conflate the two names in running text.
Zerubbabel
Approved rendering: जरुब्बाबेल
Transliteration: Jarubbābela
Doctrine: Restoration
Original: זְרֻבָּבֶל
Category: Restoration
NEW. Proper name (Zechariah 4, 6); Davidic-line governor charged with completing the temple’s reconstruction, addressed by the ‘not by might’ oracle.