Core Glossary
Core Glossary: 1 Chronicles
English → Portuguese Language Package Extension | Destination: Portuguese
Curriculum: 1 Chronicles 1–29 Core passage: 1 Chronicles 17:1–15 Generated: Phase 1, Step 1
How to Use This Glossary
This glossary extends, and never contradicts, the baseline Romans translation_memory.json. Any term already fixed there (e.g., aliança, Davi, Israel, Pai, santo, ungir-family terms) is marked “Baseline — reused exactly” and must not be re-translated differently. New terms introduced by 1 Chronicles are marked “New — this curriculum” and are candidates for addition to translation memory at the version increment following Phase 1 sign-off. Risk tiers follow the baseline’s four-tier definitions (Critical/High/Medium/Low) exactly as defined in doctrine_risk_registry.json.
A. Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People (Chs. 1–9, 29)
| English Term | Hebrew (translit.) | Portuguese Rendering | Risk | Status | Key Translation Risk / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| generations / genealogy | תּוֹלְדוֹת (toledot) | genealogia / gerações | Medium | New — this curriculum | Theological claim of unbroken covenant continuity, not antiquarian record; pastoral risk of readers skimming as “boring lists.” |
| sons of | בְּנֵי (benei) | filhos de | Low | New — this curriculum | Standard genealogical construct; low ambiguity. |
| firstborn | בְּכוֹר (bekhor) | primogênito | High | New — this curriculum | Ch. 5’s transfer of birthright from Reuben to Joseph while kingship passes through Judah shows God’s sovereign choice overriding birth order; same doctrinal weight as baseline election. |
| birthright | בְּכֹרָה (bekhorah) | direito de primogenitura | High | New — this curriculum | Same doctrinal sensitivity as “firstborn,” above. |
| tribe | שֵׁבֶט / מַטֶּה (shevet / matteh) | tribo | Low | New — this curriculum | Standard, unambiguous. |
| inheritance | נַחֲלָה (nachalah) | herança | Medium | New — this curriculum | Land as covenant gift, not conquest earned by merit. |
| bless (Jabez) | בָּרַךְ (barakh) | abençoar | Medium | New — this curriculum | Avoid moralizing 4:10 into a self-help prosperity formula divorced from covenant context. |
| exile / captivity | גָּלָה / גּוֹלָה (galah / golah) | exílio / cativeiro | Medium | New — this curriculum | Hinge term: God’s covenant faithfulness persists through and beyond national judgment. |
| Levite | לֵוִי (Levi) | levita | Medium | New — this curriculum | Foundational for the Worship and Levitical Order doctrine (Section C). |
| priest | כֹּהֵן (kohen) | sacerdote | Medium | New — this curriculum | NEVER render as “padre,” which denotes a modern Roman Catholic parish priest and imports anachronistic categories. |
| cities of refuge | עָרֵי מִקְלָט (arei miklat) | cidades de refúgio | Low | New — this curriculum | Standard term. |
| singers | מְשֹׁרְרִים (meshorerim) | cantores | Low | New — this curriculum | Introduces the musical-Levitical office fully developed in chs. 15–16, 25. |
| mighty men of valor | גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל (gibborei chayil) | homens valentes / guerreiros valorosos | Low | New — this curriculum | Standard military-honorific formula. |
| gatekeepers | שׁוֹעֲרִים (sho’arim) | porteiros | Low | New — this curriculum | Office fully developed in ch. 26. |
| service / duty | עֲבֹדָה (‘avodah) | serviço / ministério | Medium | New — this curriculum | Cultic worship-service, not secular employment; avoid flattening to “trabalho.” |
| sojourners and strangers | גֵּרִים וְתוֹשָׁבִים (gerim ve-toshavim) | peregrinos e forasteiros | High | New — this curriculum | CRITICAL CULTURAL CAUTION: describes one brief earthly life before an eternal God. Must not be assimilated to the Kardecist doctrine of the soul’s passage through many successive reincarnated lives. |
B. The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed (Ch. 17 core passage; also Chs. 11, 22, 28, 29)
| English Term | Hebrew (translit.) | Portuguese Rendering | Risk | Status | Key Translation Risk / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| covenant | בְּרִית (berit) | aliança | High | Baseline — reused exactly | Relational covenant bond, not mere legal contract; per baseline covenant entry. |
| everlasting covenant | בְּרִית עוֹלָם (berit olam) | aliança eterna | High | New — extends baseline covenant | Ties the Davidic covenant back to the Abrahamic covenant (16:17), reinforcing unbroken covenant history. |
| house (temple / palace / dynasty) | בַּיִת (bayit) | casa | High | New — this curriculum | Central triple wordplay of ch. 17 (David’s house / God’s house / God’s house for David). Every occurrence’s specific sense must be recoverable from context or a translator note. |
| house [God’s house/kingdom applied to David’s dynasty] | בֵּיתִי / מַלְכוּתִי (beiti / malkhuti) | minha casa / meu reino | High | New — this curriculum | First-person possessives referring to GOD, not David — pronoun referent easily lost in translation (17:14). |
| prince | נָגִיד (nagid) | príncipe | Medium | New — this curriculum | Distinct from מֶלֶךְ/“rei” (king); denotes a divinely-designated ruler, not a modern hereditary title. |
| LORD of hosts | יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת (YHWH Tseva’ot) | SENHOR dos Exércitos | High | New — this curriculum | Must not be flattened to plain “Senhor,” which erases the emphasis on God’s sovereign military/cosmic authority. |
| seed / offspring | זֶרַע (zera’) | descendência | High | Extends baseline seed_of_david | Reuses baseline’s exact “descendência de Davi” pattern; teach the double horizon — immediate fulfillment in Solomon, ultimate fulfillment in Christ. |
| kingdom | מַלְכוּת (malkhut) | reino | Medium | New — this curriculum | The literal historical Davidic/Solomonic kingdom; distinguish from the baseline’s doctrinal reino de Deus (Kingdom of God) phrase — related but not identical referent. |
| throne | כִּסֵּא (kisse’) | trono | Medium | New — this curriculum | Symbol of the messianic reign fulfilled in Christ (cf. Luke 1:32–33, quoting 17:12–14). |
| forever | עַד־עוֹלָם (‘ad olam) | para sempre | High | New — this curriculum | Root of the doctrine of Christ’s eternal messianic throne; never soften to a merely long or provisional duration. |
| father / son (covenantal) | אָב / בֵּן (av / ben) | Pai / filho | Critical | Baseline “Pai” reused; “filho” new | MANDATORY note distinguishing this covenantal father-son language (of Solomon/the Davidic line) from the baseline’s Filho de Deus, Christ’s unique eternal Sonship. Hebrews 1:5 typologically reapplies this verse to Christ, but 17:13’s immediate referent is Solomon. |
| steadfast love / covenant loyalty | חֶסֶד (chesed) | benignidade / fidelidade leal | High | New — this curriculum | Unmerited, covenant-anchored loyalty; do not flatten to generic “misericórdia” (loses covenant dimension) or “amor” (loses binding/relational dimension). Track with the same rigor as baseline grace. |
| anoint | מָשַׁח (mashach) | ungir | High | New — this curriculum (root of baseline messiah) | Consecration for office rooted in prior prophetic promise; historical root of the “Anointed One” title anchored in baseline messiah. |
| pattern / plan (temple) | תַּבְנִית (tavnit) | modelo / planta | High | New — this curriculum | Ch. 28: the temple design itself is bounded, once-given divine revelation “by the Spirit” — must be distinguished from any claim of ongoing or repeatable revelatory access (cf. Kardecist psicografia, per baseline inspiration_of_scripture). |
C. Worship and the Levitical Order (Chs. 6, 9, 13, 15–16, 23–27)
| English Term | Hebrew (translit.) | Portuguese Rendering | Risk | Status | Key Translation Risk / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| holy / consecrate (oneself) | קדשׁ, hitpael (hitqaddeshu) | santificar-se / consagrar-se | High | Baseline sanctification — reused framework | Ch. 15’s positive correction of ch. 13’s improper ark-handling; proper worship requires Spirit-appointed, ordered holiness. |
| holy | קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh) | santo | Medium | Baseline — reused exactly | Reinforces ch. 13’s negative case study: unauthorized handling of holy things invites judgment. |
| poles (for carrying the ark) | בַּדִּים (baddim) | varais | Low | New — this curriculum | Marks correct cultic procedure per the Law, contrasted with the cart of ch. 13. |
| ordinance / rule | מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) | ordenança / prescrição | Medium | New — this curriculum | Worship must conform to God’s prescribed order, not human preference or spontaneity. |
| thanksgiving | תּוֹדָה / הוֹדוּ (todah / hodu) | ação de graças | Low | Baseline — reused exactly | Standard rendering per baseline thanksgiving. |
| praise | הָלַל (halal) | louvar | Low | New — this curriculum | Standard term. |
| continually | תָּמִיד (tamid) | continuamente / perpetuamente | Low | New — this curriculum | Describes perpetual liturgical service before the ark. |
| divisions / courses (of service) | מַחְלְקוֹת (machlekot) | divisões / turmas de serviço | Medium | New — this curriculum | God’s worship administered through an ordered rotation of appointed personnel, not self-appointed or ad hoc ministry. |
| treasuries / treasurers | אֹצְרוֹת (‘otsarot) | tesouros / tesoureiros | Low | New — this curriculum | Standard organizational term. |
| medium / necromancer | אוֹב / בַּעֲלַת־אוֹב (‘ov / ba’alat-ov) | médium / necromante | Critical | New — this curriculum | HIGHEST-STAKES NEW TERM: 1 Chr. 10:13 presents consulting a medium as a covenant-treason capital offense. “Médium” is the ordinary, respected Kardecist term in Brazil; this passage must be taught with explicit, direct contrast to mainstream Brazilian Spiritist mediunidade practice. |
| inquire (of the LORD) | דָּרַשׁ (darash) | buscar / consultar (o SENHOR) | High | New — this curriculum | Direct positive contrast to consulting a medium (10:13–14); do not render generically as mere “ask.” |
| unfaithfulness / trespass | מַעַל (ma’al) | infidelidade / transgressão | High | New — this curriculum | Chronicles’ own theological verdict on Saul’s downfall; negative-example anchor for “God’s Faithfulness across Generations.” |
D. Preparation for the Temple (Chs. 18, 21, 22, 28–29)
| English Term | Hebrew (translit.) | Portuguese Rendering | Risk | Status | Key Translation Risk / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dedicate / consecrate (spoils) | הִקְדִּישׁ (hiqdish) | dedicar / consagrar | Medium | New — this curriculum | First concrete act of temple-preparation, ch. 18. |
| Satan / adversary | שָׂטָן (satan) | Satanás | Critical | New — this curriculum | 21:1: a personal spiritual adversary, not an impersonal “força negativa” or “energia” (a framing with resonance in Brazilian folk-spiritual/New Age discourse). Held alongside, not replacing, David’s own moral responsibility. |
| count / number (census) | סָפַר (saphar) | numerar / contar | Medium | New — this curriculum | Misplaced confidence in military numbers rather than the LORD; connects to baseline providence/grace-merit concerns. |
| plague | דֶּבֶר (dever) | peste | Low | New — this curriculum | Standard term. |
| threshing floor | גֹּרֶן (goren) | eira | Medium | New — this curriculum | Site of Ornan/Araunah, identified as the future temple site (confirmed 2 Chronicles 3:1) — direct narrative seed of this doctrine. |
| God relented / was entreated | עתר, niphal (va-ye’ater) | Deus atendeu à súplica / se compadeceu | Medium | New — this curriculum | Covenantal responsiveness to genuine repentance, not manipulation of God by ritual technique. |
| prepare | כון, hiphil (hekhin) | preparar | Medium | New — this curriculum | Ch. 22’s dominant verb; names the doctrine directly. |
| rest | מְנוּחָה (menuchah) | descanso | Medium | New — this curriculum | Solomon as “man of rest” contrasted with David as “man of war/blood” (22:8–9); related to, but distinct from, baseline peace. |
| for the name [of the LORD] | לְשֵׁם (le-shem) | para o nome do SENHOR | Medium | New — this curriculum | Do not read as a magical/talismanic use of the divine name; denotes the temple as the place of God’s dwelling presence. |
| be strong and courageous | חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ (chazaq ve’ematz) | sê forte e corajoso | Low | New — this curriculum | Established Portuguese Bible formula (cf. Joshua 1:6–9). |
| whole/undivided heart | לֵב שָׁלֵם (lev shalem) | coração íntegro / perfeito | Medium | New — this curriculum | Ch. 28:9, David’s charge to Solomon. |
| willing mind / soul | נֶפֶשׁ חֲפֵצָה (nefesh chafetsah) | ânimo voluntário / disposição sincera | Low-Medium | New — this curriculum | Paired with “whole heart,” 28:9. |
| freewill offering | נְדָבָה (nedavah) | oferta voluntária | Medium | New — this curriculum | Temple funded by grateful, uncoerced worship, not obligation or merit-transaction. |
E. God’s Faithfulness across Generations (Whole Book; esp. Chs. 6, 10, 16, 17, 29)
| English Term | Hebrew (translit.) | Portuguese Rendering | Risk | Status | Key Translation Risk / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| judges | שֹׁפְטִים (shofetim) | juízes | Low | New — this curriculum | Continuity of divine governance across changing leadership structures. |
| shepherd (verb) | רָעָה (ra’ah) | apascentar / pastorear | Low-Medium | New — this curriculum | Established Portuguese Bible usage (cf. Salmo 23); royal/leadership metaphor. |
| word of God | דְּבַר־אֱלֹהִים (devar-Elohim) | palavra de Deus | Medium | New — this curriculum | Distinguish from Kardecist psicografia’s claim of ongoing mediumistic revelation; this is a bounded, once-given prophetic word. |
| vision | חָזוֹן (chazon) | visão | Medium | New — this curriculum | A bounded, authoritative, once-given revelation to a named prophet, not an open or repeatable mediumistic channel. |
| blessed the LORD | בָּרַךְ (barakh) | bendisse ao SENHOR | Low | New — this curriculum | David’s closing act of worship, 29:10, 20. |
| full of days | שָׂבֵעַ יָמִים (save’a yamim) | cheio de dias | Low | New — this curriculum | Closing formula affirming a full, God-blessed single life-span; closes the book’s genealogical arc from Adam to Solomon’s succession. |
F. Terms Reused Verbatim from the Baseline Romans Translation Memory (No New Entry Required)
The following terms occur in 1 Chronicles and MUST use the exact baseline rendering already fixed in translation_memory.json. No independent 1 Chronicles-specific rendering may be introduced.
| English Term | Baseline Portuguese Rendering | Baseline Risk |
|---|---|---|
| covenant | aliança | High |
| David | Davi | Low |
| Israel | Israel | Low |
| God | Deus | Critical |
| Father | Pai | Critical |
| holy | santo | Medium |
| saints (if referenced typologically in later curriculum cross-reference) | santos | Critical |
| thanksgiving | ação de graças | Low |
| election (underlying concept of birthright reversal) | eleição | High |
| grace (underlying concept behind chesed’s unmerited quality, distinct term but shared doctrinal guard) | graça | High |
| seed of David | descendência de Davi | Medium |
| Messiah (root concept behind “ungir”/anointing terminology) | Messias | Critical |
Summary Risk Counts (This Curriculum’s New/Extended Terms)
| Risk Tier | Count of New/Extended Terms | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 4 (bayit→casa in 17:10 wordplay; av/ben father-son typology; medium/necromancer; Satan) | Human theologian |
| High | 11 | Human theologian |
| Medium | 24 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 20 | Automated review |
This glossary must be cross-loaded alongside the baseline translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json before any Phase 2 segment translation of 1 Chronicles begins. New entries above are proposed for formal addition to translation memory at the next version increment following Phase 1 sign-off (Step 2: doctrine risk registry extension).
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: Deus
Transliteration: Elohim / YHWH
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness across Generations
Original: אֱלֹהִים / יְהוָה
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly. Note for pastoral awareness specific to this book: Chronicles’ insistence that YHWH alone directs Israel’s history (genealogies, kingship, temple) stands against syncretistic blending with Afro-Brazilian orixás or a Kardecist impersonal governing law reading of providence (see census_count, god_relented below).
Father
Approved rendering: Pai
Transliteration: av
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: אָב
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly for the divine referent. In 17:13 God’s covenantal fatherhood toward Solomon uses this exact word; see the new ‘covenantal_father_son’ entry below for the mandatory distinguishing note this specific verse requires.
Saints
Approved rendering: santos
Transliteration: qedoshim / chasidim
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Rejected alternatives: santos venerados e invocados como intercessores
Original: קְדֹשִׁים / חֲסִידִים
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly. Not a term 1 Chronicles itself uses as a corporate designation, but the identical Critical-tier popular-Catholic-piety collision documented in the baseline applies whenever this book’s genealogical/worship material is taught alongside NT ‘santos’ passages (e.g., Romans 1:7).
Messiah
Approved rendering: Messias
Transliteration: Mashiach (root: mashach)
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: um espírito superior ou mais evoluído (leitura espírita de Jesus como ‘o mais evoluído dos espíritos’)
Original: מָשִׁיחַ (conceptual root: מָשַׁח)
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly. 1 Chronicles supplies the historical root-events (David’s and Solomon’s anointing, 11:3 and 29:22) behind this later title; see the new ‘anoint’ entry below.
Covenantal Father Son
Approved rendering: Pai / filho
Transliteration: av / ben
Doctrine: Covenantal Sonship: Solomon and Its Christological Typology
Rejected alternatives: Filho de Deus (capitalizado, sentido ontológico e eterno reservado a Cristo), filiação no sentido genérico aplicado a todo crente
Original: אָב / בֵּן
Category: Christology
New — this curriculum. 17:13: ‘I will be his father, and he shall be my son.’ Render ‘Pai’ (baseline reused) / lower-case ‘filho’ (new). MANDATORY translator note distinguishing this covenantal, adoptive, historically-located sonship (immediate referent: Solomon) from the baseline’s Critical-risk ‘Filho de Deus’ (Christ’s unique, eternal, ontological Sonship). Hebrews 1:5 typologically reapplies this verse to Christ, but 17:13’s own referent is Solomon; collapsing the two senses either denies Christ’s uniqueness or denies this verse’s own historical meaning.
House
Approved rendering: casa
Transliteration: bayit
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: dinastia (perderia o trocadilho hebraico), linhagem (perderia o trocadilho), templo isoladamente (perderia o sentido triplo)
Original: בַּיִת
Category: Covenant
New — this curriculum. CRITICAL: central triple wordplay of ch. 17 — David’s cedar palace (bayit, v.1) vs. God’s desired temple (bayit, v.4-5) vs. the dynastic house God will build for David (bayit, v.10, 12). ‘Casa’ preserves the same triple range as an asset, but every occurrence’s specific sense must be recoverable from context or a mandatory translator note, or the doctrine collapses into a mere building narrative. Ranked risk #1 in the linguistic gap analysis.
Forever
Approved rendering: para sempre
Transliteration: ‘ad olam
Doctrine: The Eternal Davidic Throne
Rejected alternatives: por muito tempo, por uma longa era (leitura provisória e não literalmente eterna)
Original: עַד־עוֹלָם
Category: Christology
New — this curriculum. 17:12, 14 (also 22:10, 28:5, 7). CRITICAL: this phrase is the textual seed of the doctrine of Christ’s eternal messianic throne, directly quoted in Luke 1:32-33. Must never be softened to a merely long or provisional royal duration — a Critical-tier failure parallel to the baseline’s treatment of ‘resurrection’ and ‘lord.‘
Medium Necromancer
Approved rendering: médium / necromante
Transliteration: ‘ov / ba’alat-ov
Doctrine: Prohibition of Consulting Mediums
Rejected alternatives: prática cultural neutra ou meramente antiga, mediunidade legítima
Original: אוֹב / בַּעֲלַת־אוֹב
Category: Sin
New — this curriculum. HIGHEST-STAKES TERM IN THIS BOOK. 10:13: Saul’s consultation of a medium is covenant treason severe enough to cost him the kingdom. ‘Médium’ is the ordinary, respected term for mainstream Brazilian Kardecist practice. This passage must be taught with an explicit, theologian-reviewed note stating direct, unsoftened contrast to that mainstream practice, never as an obscure ANE cultic footnote.
Satan
Approved rendering: Satanás
Transliteration: satan
Doctrine: The Personal Spiritual Adversary (Satan)
Rejected alternatives: força negativa, energia negativa, espírito obsessor (moldura cármica/reencarnacionista kardecista), entidade afro-brasileira (ex.: exu) usada como glosa
Original: שָׂטָן
Category: Sin
New — this curriculum. 21:1: a personal spiritual adversary who incites David to take the census, while David remains fully responsible (21:8). Must not be softened into an impersonal ‘força negativa’ or ‘energia,’ framings current in Brazilian folk-spiritual and New Age discourse, and must not be glossed via unrelated Afro-Brazilian spiritual categories.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: evangelho
Transliteration: euangelion (Gk., NT bridge term; not a term of 1 Chronicles itself)
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: mensagem de evolução moral (Kardecist ethical-progress framing)
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly. Not a term used within 1 Chronicles’ own text, but the Davidic covenant material (esp. ch. 17) is the OT seedbed the NT gospel later announces as fulfilled; retained here for cross-reference consistency when this curriculum is taught alongside NT material.
Covenant
Approved rendering: aliança
Transliteration: berit
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: contrato legal, mérito espiritual acumulado ao longo de vidas sucessivas
Original: בְּרִית
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly. Governs 11:3 (David’s covenant with Israel’s elders) and 16:17 (the patriarchal ‘aliança eterna’ recalled); underlies all of ch. 17 even though berit itself is not the operative noun in 17:1-15 (bayit/chesed carry the covenant idea there).
Sanctification
Approved rendering: santificação
Transliteration: hagiasmos (NT bridge term); Hebrew equivalent qadash
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Rejected alternatives: purificação cármica ao longo de reencarnações (leitura espírita)
Original: קדשׁ (התפעל, hitqaddeshu)
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly, extended in this book to the specific reflexive form hitqaddeshu (‘consecrate themselves,’ 15:12, 14) — see the new ‘consecrate_selves’ entry below.
Election
Approved rendering: eleição
Transliteration: eklogē (NT bridge term); underlying Hebrew concept bekhorah reversal
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado ao longo de reencarnações
Original: בְּכוֹרָה (context of divine choice overriding birth order)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly. Applied in this book to the underlying doctrine behind 5:1-2’s transfer of Reuben’s birthright to Joseph’s sons while the royal line runs through Judah — God’s sovereign choice, not birth order or accumulated merit.
Grace
Approved rendering: graça
Transliteration: charis (NT bridge term); underlying Hebrew concept naveh (David taken from the pasture)
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: mérito espiritual acumulado ao longo de vidas sucessivas
Original: חֶסֶד (unmerited dimension) / נָוֶה (David taken from the pasture)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly. Applied in this book to David’s humble origin narrative (17:7, ‘taken from the sheepfold’), which magnifies grace over merit in his elevation, and to the unmerited dimension of chesed (see ‘steadfast_love’ below).
Everlasting Covenant
Approved rendering: aliança eterna
Transliteration: berit olam
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness across Generations
Rejected alternatives: promessa temporária ou condicional
Original: בְּרִית עוֹלָם
Category: Covenant
New — this curriculum. Extends the baseline ‘covenant’ entry. 16:17 recalls the patriarchal covenant immediately before the Davidic covenant is reaffirmed in ch. 17, presenting one unbroken covenant history.
Gods House And Kingdom
Approved rendering: minha casa / meu reino
Transliteration: beiti u-malkhuti
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: sua casa / seu reino (referente errado — David, não Deus)
Original: בֵּיתִי וּבְמַלְכוּתִי
Category: Covenant
New — this curriculum. 17:14: ‘and I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever.’ First-person possessives refer to GOD, not David — the Davidic throne is administered on God’s behalf, not as an independent human dynasty. Easy to mistranslate if the pronoun referent is not carefully tracked.
Lord Of Hosts
Approved rendering: SENHOR dos Exércitos
Transliteration: YHWH Tseva’ot
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: Senhor (forma simples, apagaria a ênfase deliberada)
Original: יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת
Category: God
New — this curriculum. 17:7. Must not be flattened to plain ‘Senhor,’ which would erase the deliberate emphasis on God’s sovereign military and cosmic authority standing behind the covenant oracle. Matches established Almeida-tradition rendering.
Steadfast Love
Approved rendering: benignidade / fidelidade leal
Transliteration: chesed
Doctrine: Covenant Loyalty (Chesed) as the Ground of the Promise
Rejected alternatives: misericórdia (sozinha, perde a dimensão de aliança), amor (sozinho, perde o sentido vinculante e relacional), favor acumulado por bom comportamento ao longo de vidas sucessivas (leitura espírita)
Original: חֶסֶד
Category: Covenant
New — this curriculum. 17:13 (also 16:17, 34, 41). No single Portuguese word carries chesed’s fusion of unmerited initiative, binding covenant obligation, and enduring loyalty. Track with the same rigor as the baseline’s ‘grace’ entry: chesed is unmerited, covenant-anchored loyalty toward Solomon’s line, explicitly contrasted with its removal from Saul (17:13).
Anoint
Approved rendering: ungir
Transliteration: mashach
Doctrine: Messianic Anointing
Original: מָשַׁח
Category: Christology
New — this curriculum (root of baseline ‘Messias’). 11:3 (David, ‘according to the word of the LORD by Samuel’); 29:22 (Solomon, ‘a second time’). Grounds David’s and Solomon’s kingship in prior prophetic promise, not popular acclaim alone. Historical root of the baseline’s Critical-risk ‘Messias’ title; must be taught as its direct root, not detached generic ANE court ritual.
Temple Pattern
Approved rendering: modelo / planta
Transliteration: tavnit
Doctrine: Divine Revelation of the Temple Pattern
Rejected alternatives: revelação contínua e repetível (paralelo à psicografia kardecista)
Original: תַּבְנִית
Category: Revelation
New — this curriculum. 28:11-19: the temple design given to David ‘in writing from the hand of the LORD… by the Spirit.’ A bounded, once-given revelation to a named historical figure, not human architectural innovation. Must be distinguished from Kardecist psicografia’s claim of ongoing, repeatable mediumistic transcription, per the baseline’s ‘inspiration_of_scripture’ doctrine concern.
Seed Offspring
Approved rendering: descendência
Transliteration: zera’
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: descendência apenas no sentido biológico ou dinástico-político (perderia o duplo horizonte)
Original: זֶרַע
Category: Covenant
New — this curriculum. 17:11: refers immediately to Solomon while functioning as the OT root of the NT ‘seed of David’ typology fulfilled in Christ (Galatians 3:16). Render ‘descendência,’ matching the baseline pattern exactly; teach the double horizon — immediate fulfillment in Solomon, ultimate fulfillment in Christ.
Firstborn
Approved rendering: primogênito
Transliteration: bekhor
Doctrine: Divine Election over Natural Birthright
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado por ordem de nascimento
Original: בְּכוֹר
Category: Genealogy
New — this curriculum. 5:1-2: Reuben’s birthright forfeited and transferred to Joseph’s sons, while the royal/messianic line runs through Judah. Same doctrinal weight as the baseline ‘eleição’ entry: God’s sovereign choice, not birth order or accumulated merit, determines covenant destiny.
Birthright
Approved rendering: direito de primogenitura
Transliteration: bekhorah
Doctrine: Divine Election over Natural Birthright
Original: בְּכֹרָה
Category: Genealogy
New — this curriculum. 5:1-2. Same doctrinal sensitivity as ‘firstborn’: illustrates sovereign election overriding natural birth order, not a merit-earned or forfeitable-by-effort-alone status.
Sojourners And Strangers
Approved rendering: peregrinos e forasteiros
Transliteration: gerim ve-toshavim
Doctrine: Human Transience before the Eternal God
Rejected alternatives: peregrinação de uma alma através de sucessivas vidas terrenas (leitura reencarnacionista)
Original: גֵּרִים וְתוֹשָׁבִים
Category: Anthropology
New — this curriculum. 29:15: ‘we are strangers before you and sojourners… our days on earth are like a shadow.’ Must NOT be assimilated to the Kardecist doctrine of the soul’s passage through a long sequence of successive earthly lives. Describes one life’s brevity before an eternal God, not a spirit’s journey across many.
Consecrate Selves
Approved rendering: santificar-se / consagrar-se
Transliteration: qadash, hitpael (hitqaddeshu)
Doctrine: Holiness in the Handling of Sacred Things
Rejected alternatives: purificação cármica gradual ao longo de reencarnações (leitura espírita)
New — this curriculum. 15:12, 14. Positive counterpart to ch. 13’s improper ark-handling: proper worship requires Spirit-appointed, ordered holiness, not spontaneous popular enthusiasm or gradual self-purification across lifetimes. Uses the baseline ‘santificação’ framework.
Inquire
Approved rendering: buscar / consultar (o SENHOR)
Transliteration: darash
Doctrine: Prohibition of Consulting Mediums
Rejected alternatives: perguntar (genérico demais; perde a força antitética)
Original: דָּרַשׁ
Category: Faith
New — this curriculum. 10:14. Direct positive contrast to consulting a medium (10:13); Saul died precisely because he did NOT darash the LORD but instead consulted a medium.
Unfaithfulness
Approved rendering: infidelidade / transgressão
Transliteration: ma’al
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness across Generations
Rejected alternatives: simples erro a ser corrigido (perde o peso pactual do termo)
Original: מַעַל
Category: Sin
New — this curriculum. 10:13. Chronicles’ own theological verdict on Saul’s death, explaining the kingdom’s transfer to David as divine judgment for covenant infidelity, not political chance. Pair with a modifier (‘infidelidade para com o SENHOR’) to avoid the everyday marital connotation of ‘infidelidade’ alone.
Medium Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: santo
Transliteration: qadosh
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Rejected alternatives: puro em sentido ritual
Original: קָדוֹשׁ
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly. In ch. 13 (Uzza) functions as a negative case study: careless handling of what is santo invites judgment, resolved by the correct Levitical order of ch. 15.
Seed Of David
Approved rendering: descendência de Davi
Transliteration: zera’ Dawid
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: זֶרַע דָּוִיד (contextual; זֶרַע used generically in 17:11)
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly for the specific messianic-line phrase. See the new ‘seed_offspring’ entry below for the general term zera’ as it occurs generically in 17:11.
Prince
Approved rendering: príncipe
Transliteration: nagid
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: rei (conflaria nagid com melekh)
Original: נָגִיד
Category: Covenant
New — this curriculum. 17:7: David made nagid, not yet fully ‘melekh’ in the narrative sense stressed here; distinct from a modern hereditary ‘prince’ title. Stresses David’s rule originates in God’s appointment, not self-assertion or popular acclaim.
Kingdom
Approved rendering: reino
Transliteration: malkhut
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: Reino de Deus (capitalizado, doutrina plena do Novo Testamento)
Original: מַלְכוּת
Category: Kingdom
New — this curriculum. 17:11: Solomon’s literal, historical kingdom over Israel. Do not capitalize or imply identity with the baseline’s doctrinal ‘reino de Deus’ phrase; the historical Davidic/Solomonic kingdom is related but not identical in referent.
Throne
Approved rendering: trono
Transliteration: kisse’
Doctrine: The Eternal Davidic Throne
Original: כִּסֵּא
Category: Christology
New — this curriculum. 17:12, 14: the throne established ‘forever.’ Symbol of royal authority and, ultimately, of the messianic reign fulfilled in Christ (cf. Luke 1:32-33, quoting this very promise).
Genealogy
Approved rendering: genealogia / gerações
Transliteration: toledot
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
Rejected alternatives: genealogia individual de uma alma reencarnante (leitura espírita)
Original: תּוֹלְדוֹת
Category: Genealogy
New — this curriculum. Chs. 1-9, 29. A theological claim that God has preserved a specific, identifiable covenant people through every generation, exile, and near-extinction — not dry antiquarian record and not an individual soul’s reincarnational chain.
Inheritance
Approved rendering: herança
Transliteration: nachalah
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
Rejected alternatives: conquista territorial por mérito próprio
Original: נַחֲלָה
Category: Genealogy
New — this curriculum. The tribal land-allotments recorded across chs. 2-8 are gifts of covenant grace, not conquests earned by merit.
Bless
Approved rendering: abençoar / bendizer
Transliteration: barakh
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
Rejected alternatives: fórmula de prosperidade e autoajuda desvinculada do contexto pactual
Original: בָּרַךְ
Category: Faith
New — this curriculum. Used of God blessing people (Jabez’s prayer, 4:10 — render ‘abençoar’) and of people blessing God (David’s doxology, 29:10, 20 — render ‘bendizer’/‘louvar’). Ensure 4:10 is not moralized into a self-help ‘name it and claim it’ formula divorced from covenant-continuity context.
Exile
Approved rendering: exílio / cativeiro
Transliteration: galah / golah
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness across Generations
Original: גָּלָה / גּוֹלָה
Category: Genealogy
New — this curriculum. 5:6, 5:26, 9:1. Hinge term: ch. 9 explicitly resumes the genealogies ‘after the exile,’ anchoring the doctrine that God’s covenant faithfulness survives even national judgment and displacement.
Levite
Approved rendering: levita
Transliteration: Levi
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: לֵוִי
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. Foundational for the Worship and Levitical Order doctrine, fully developed organizationally in chs. 23-27 (introduced ch. 6).
Priest
Approved rendering: sacerdote
Transliteration: kohen
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Rejected alternatives: padre (denota especificamente um padre paroquial católico romano moderno, categoria anacrônica)
Original: כֹּהֵן
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. NEVER render as ‘padre.’ Chs. 6, 9, 15-16, 23-27. The office is covenantal, not a Roman Catholic parish-clergy category, a Kardecist médium role, or a Candomblé/Umbanda initiatory role.
Service
Approved rendering: serviço / ministério
Transliteration: ‘avodah
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Rejected alternatives: trabalho (secular, perderia a dimensão de adoração)
Original: עֲבֹדָה
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. 9:13, 19, 28ff. Cultic labor/worship-service rendered by Levites, not mere institutional employment.
Ordinance
Approved rendering: ordenança / prescrição
Transliteration: mishpat
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: מִשְׁפָּט
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. 15:13: ‘we did not seek him according to the rule.’ Prefer ‘prescrição’/‘ordem prescrita’ in liturgical contexts; worship must conform to God’s prescribed order, not human preference.
Divisions
Approved rendering: divisões
Transliteration: machlekot
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Rejected alternatives: turmas de serviço (registro informal demais como termo primário; aceitável apenas como glosa complementar)
Original: מַחְלְקוֹת
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. 23:6; chs. 24-27. God’s worship administered through an ordered rotation of appointed personnel, not ad hoc or self-appointed ministry.
Dedicate Consecrate
Approved rendering: dedicar / consagrar
Transliteration: hiqdish
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: הִקְדִּישׁ
Category: Temple
New — this curriculum. 18:11. First concrete act of temple-preparation in the book.
Threshing Floor
Approved rendering: eira
Transliteration: goren
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: גֹּרֶן
Category: Temple
New — this curriculum. 21:15ff. Site of Ornan the Jebusite, purchased by David; identified as the future temple site (confirmed 2 Chronicles 3:1) — the direct narrative seed of this doctrine.
Census Count
Approved rendering: numerar / contar
Transliteration: saphar
Doctrine: Providence over National Security and Numbers
Original: סָפַר
Category: Providence
New — this curriculum. 21:1-6. Misplaced confidence in military numbers rather than the LORD; connects to, but is distinct from, the baseline’s providence/grace-merit concerns, applied here to national security rather than salvation.
God Relented
Approved rendering: Deus atendeu à súplica / Deus se compadeceu
Transliteration: ‘atar, niphal (va-ye’ater)
Doctrine: Providence over National Security and Numbers
Rejected alternatives: Deus manipulado ou aplacado por técnica ritual
Original: עתר (נפעל, va-ye’ater)
Category: Providence
New — this curriculum. 21:26-27. Covenantal responsiveness to genuine repentance and sacrifice, consistent with (not contrary to) divine sovereignty.
Prepare
Approved rendering: preparar
Transliteration: kun, hiphil (hekhin)
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: כון (הפעיל, hekhin)
Category: Temple
New — this curriculum. Ch. 22’s dominant verb; names the ‘Preparation for the Temple’ doctrine directly, recurring through chs. 22 and 28-29.
Rest
Approved rendering: descanso
Transliteration: menuchah
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Rejected alternatives: paz com Deus (conflaria com a doutrina soteriológica da baseline)
Original: מְנוּחָה
Category: Temple
New — this curriculum. 22:9: Solomon called ‘a man of rest,’ contrasted with David as ‘a man of war/blood’ (22:8). Related to, but distinct from, the baseline’s ‘peace’ doctrine (there, peace with God through justification; here, historical peace enabling temple construction).
For The Name
Approved rendering: para o nome do SENHOR
Transliteration: le-shem
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Rejected alternatives: uso mágico ou talismânico do nome divino
Original: לְשֵׁם
Category: Temple
New — this curriculum. 22:7, 10, 19. Denotes the temple as the place where God causes his name/presence to dwell (cf. Deuteronomy 12:11); do not let this drift into a magical reading.
Whole Heart
Approved rendering: coração íntegro
Transliteration: lev shalem
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: לֵב שָׁלֵם
Category: Faith
New — this curriculum. 28:9. David’s charge to Solomon.
Willing Mind
Approved rendering: ânimo voluntário
Transliteration: nefesh chafetsah
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: נֶפֶשׁ חֲפֵצָה
Category: Faith
New — this curriculum. 28:9, paired with ‘whole heart.‘
Freewill Offering
Approved rendering: oferta voluntária
Transliteration: nedavah
Doctrine: Freewill Worship and Giving
Rejected alternatives: oferta obrigatória, transação de mérito espiritual
Original: נְדָבָה
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. 29:5-9, 14, 17. Temple preparation funded by grateful, uncoerced worship, not obligation or merit-transaction; guard against a prosperity-gospel-style reading.
Shepherd
Approved rendering: apascentar / pastorear
Transliteration: ra’ah
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: רָעָה
Category: Kingdom
New — this curriculum. 17:6, background to David’s own shepherd-to-king narrative in 17:7. Matches established Portuguese Bible usage (cf. Salmo 23).
Word Of God
Approved rendering: palavra de Deus
Transliteration: devar-Elohim
Doctrine: Prophetic Word and Revelation
Rejected alternatives: psicografia (transcrição mediúnica de mensagens espirituais)
Original: דְּבַר־אֱלֹהִים
Category: Revelation
New — this curriculum. 17:3. Authoritative divine revelation given to Nathan, distinguished from Nathan’s own earlier (mistaken) counsel (17:2). Must be taught as a unique, once-for-all prophetic word to a named prophet, not an open channel any medium may access.
Vision
Approved rendering: visão
Transliteration: chazon
Doctrine: Prophetic Word and Revelation
Rejected alternatives: visão mediúnica repetível
Original: חָזוֹן
Category: Revelation
New — this curriculum. 17:15. Certifies Nathan’s oracle came through a bounded, authoritative, once-given prophetic vision, not his own opinion (contrast v. 2) and not an ongoing open channel any seer might access.
One Heart United
Approved rendering: coração unido
Transliteration: lev echad
Doctrine: Unity of God’s People in Establishing the King
Original: לֵב אֶחָד
Category: Kingdom
New — this curriculum. 12:38. Israel’s unanimous, Spirit-enabled resolve to make David king; narrower application of the baseline’s High-risk ‘Unity of Jews and Gentiles’ doctrine, applied intratribally rather than to Jew/Gentile relations.
Low Risk Terms
David
Approved rendering: Davi
Transliteration: Dawid
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: דָּוִיד
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; baseline proper name reused exactly. Central human figure of the core passage and of the book’s second half (chs. 11-29).
Israel
Approved rendering: Israel
Transliteration: Yisra’el
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
Original: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; baseline proper name reused exactly. Names the covenant people whose continuity across generations is the organizing concern of chs. 1-9 and the whole book.
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: ação de graças
Transliteration: todah / hodu
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: תּוֹדָה / הוֹדוּ
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package; baseline rendering reused exactly. Recurs through David’s psalm of thanksgiving (16:4, 8, 34).
Sons Of
Approved rendering: filhos de
Transliteration: benei
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
New — this curriculum. Standard construct form introducing genealogical entries throughout chs. 1-9; low ambiguity.
Tribe
Approved rendering: tribo
Transliteration: shevet / matteh
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
Original: שֵׁבֶט / מַטֶּה
Category: Genealogy
New — this curriculum. Standard, unambiguous term throughout the genealogies.
Cities Of Refuge
Approved rendering: cidades de refúgio
Transliteration: arei miklat
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: עָרֵי מִקְלָט
Category: Genealogy
New — this curriculum. 6:57, 67. Standard term.
Singers
Approved rendering: cantores
Transliteration: meshorerim
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: מְשֹׁרְרִים
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. 6:31-32; fully developed ch. 25. Introduces the musical-Levitical office.
Mighty Men
Approved rendering: homens valentes
Transliteration: gibborei chayil
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל
Category: Kingdom
New — this curriculum. Chs. 7-8, 11-12. Standard military-honorific formula.
Gatekeepers
Approved rendering: porteiros
Transliteration: sho’arim
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: שׁוֹעֲרִים
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. Ch. 9; fully developed ch. 26.
Poles
Approved rendering: varais
Transliteration: baddim
Doctrine: Holiness in the Handling of Sacred Things
Original: בַּדִּים
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. 15:15. Marks correct cultic procedure per the Law, contrasted with the cart of ch. 13.
Praise
Approved rendering: louvar
Transliteration: halal
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: הָלַל
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. 16:4, 25, 36.
Continually
Approved rendering: continuamente / perpetuamente
Transliteration: tamid
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: תָּמִיד
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. 16:6, 11, 37. Describes perpetual liturgical service before the ark.
Treasuries
Approved rendering: tesouros / tesoureiros
Transliteration: ‘otsarot
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: אֹצְרוֹת
Category: Worship
New — this curriculum. 26:20ff. Standard organizational term.
Be Strong And Courageous
Approved rendering: sê forte e corajoso
Transliteration: chazaq ve’ematz
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ
Category: Faith
New — this curriculum. 22:13. Well-established Portuguese Bible formula (cf. Joshua 1:6-9).
Judges
Approved rendering: juízes
Transliteration: shofetim
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness across Generations
Original: שֹׁפְטִים
Category: God
New — this curriculum. 17:6. Establishes continuity of divine governance across Israel’s changing leadership structures.
Full Of Days
Approved rendering: cheio de dias
Transliteration: save’a yamim
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness across Generations
Original: שָׂבֵעַ יָמִים
Category: Providence
New — this curriculum. 29:28. Closing formula affirming a full, God-blessed single life-span; closes the book’s genealogical arc from Adam to Solomon’s succession.