Core Glossary
Core Glossary: 2 Chronicles — Portuguese Language Package
This glossary lists every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, spanning 2 Chronicles chapters 1–36. Terms already present in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked (baseline reuse) and their recorded Portuguese rendering is repeated exactly, per the hard rule that established renderings must never be altered. New terms proper to this curriculum are marked (new) and proposed for addition to translation_memory.json in the corresponding Phase 1 Step 8 update. Risk tiers follow the Critical/High/Medium/Low framework defined in doctrine_risk_registry.json.
| # | English Term | Hebrew (transliteration) | LXX Greek (transliteration) | Portuguese Rendering | Risk | Doctrine(s) | Key Chapters | Rejected Alternatives / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | house of the LORD / temple | בֵּית יְהוָה beit Adonai | οἶκος Κυρίου oikos Kyriou | casa do SENHOR / templo | High (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 1–9, 23–24, 29, 34–36 | Rejected: bare “templo” alone in all contexts (risks conflation with Kardecist “centro espírita,” Candomblé/Umbanda “terreiro”). Require covenantal specificity. |
| 2 | appeared (theophany) | וַיֵּרָא vayyera | ὤφθη ōphthē | apareceu | High (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 1, 3, 7 | Rejected: unqualified use without teaching note (risks conflation with Marian apparitions, ghost/spirit-manifestation testimony). |
| 3 | chosen (of a place/people) | בָּחַרְתִּי bacharti | ἐξελεξάμην exelexamēn | escolhi / escolhido | Medium (new; conceptually tied to baseline eleição) | Temple Worship; Faithful/Unfaithful Kings | 7 | Rejected: framing compatible with ritual self-consecration of sacred sites (Umbanda/Candomblé terreiro consecration). |
| 4 | house of sacrifice | בֵּית זֶבַח beit zevach | οἶκος θυσίας oikos thysias | casa de sacrifício | Medium (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 7 | Teach with forward reference to Christ’s fulfillment of the sacrificial system. |
| 5 | shut up the heavens (drought curse) | אֶעְצֹר הַשָּׁמַיִם e’tzor hashamayim | συσχῶ τὸν οὐρανόν | fechar os céus | High (new) | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | 6, 7 | Rejected: “lei de causa e efeito” (Kardecist karmic reading) — must be personal, purposive divine sanction. |
| 6 | locust / pestilence | אַרְבֶּה / דֶּבֶר arbeh / dever | ἀκρίς / θάνατος | gafanhotos / peste | Medium (new) | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | 6, 7 | Literal terms low-risk; theological frame (personal covenant sanction) must accompany. |
| 7 | my people called by my name | עַמִּי … נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עֲלֵיהֶם | ὁ λαός μου, ἐφʼ οὕς τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπικέκληται | meu povo, que é chamado pelo meu nome | Medium-High (ties to baseline chamado) | Conditional Blessing; Divine Calling (baseline) | 7 | Reuse chamado root exactly; distinguish corporate/national referent from Romans’ individual salvific calling. |
| 8 | humble themselves | וְיִכָּנְעוּ veyikkan’u | καὶ ἐντραπῇ | se humilharem / se humilhou | CRITICAL (new) | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | 7, 12, 32, 33 | Rejected: Kardecist “reforma íntima” (self-directed moral evolution across reincarnations). Must render identically across all four chapters. |
| 9 | pray | וְיִתְפַּלְּלוּ veyitpallelu | καὶ προσεύξωνται | orarem / orar | Medium (new; ties to baseline intercessão) | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance; Prayer and Intercession (baseline) | 6, 7, 20, 32 | Distinguish from mediumistic prayer/communication and saint/Marian intercessory petition. |
| 10 | seek my face / seek the LORD | וִיבַקְשׁוּ פָנַי / דָּרַשׁ baqash panim / darash | ζητήσωσι τὸ πρόσωπόν μου | buscarem a minha face / buscar o SENHOR | High (new) | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | 7, 14, 15, 30 | Rejected: “buscar orientação espiritual” via mediums, cartomantes, pais/mães de santo. Must specify God himself as sought, directly. |
| 11 | turn from wicked ways / repent | וְיָשֻׁבוּ מִדַּרְכֵיהֶם הָרָעִים shuv | ἀποστρέψωσιν ἀπὸ τῶν ὁδῶν αὐτῶν τῶν πονηρῶν | se converterem de seus maus caminhos | CRITICAL (new) | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | 7, 12, 15, 33 | Rejected: Kardecist “reforma íntima” as self-propelled moral evolution without decisive divine forgiveness. Structural spine-verb of the book; render with total consistency. |
| 12 | hear from heaven | וְאֶשְׁמַע מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם | εἰσακούσομαι ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ | ouvirei dos céus | Low-Medium (new) | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | 6, 7 | Avoid impersonal “answering the universe” register. |
| 13 | forgive sin | וְאֶסְלַח לְחַטָּאתָם salach | ἵλεως ἔσομαι ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτῶν | perdoarei o seu pecado | High (new; pecado = baseline reuse) | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | 6, 7 | Rejected: karmic debt gradually discharged across reincarnations (Kardecist). Forgiveness = decisive gracious divine act (cf. graça). |
| 14 | heal their land | וְאֶרְפָּא אֶת־אַרְצָם rapha | τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν ἰάσομαι | sararei a sua terra | High (new) | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | 7, 30 | Rejected: Kardecist/Umbanda “cura espiritual” via mediumistic passe/energy. Corporate, sovereign, covenantal restoration by God alone. |
| 15 | eyes open, ears attentive | עֵינַי פְּתֻחוֹת וְאָזְנַי קְשֻׁבּוֹת | οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου … τὰ ὦτά μου | os meus olhos abertos e os meus ouvidos atentos | Low-Medium (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 7 | Standard anthropomorphism; clarify God is spirit, not embodied. |
| 16 | chosen and consecrated (of a place) | בָּחַרְתִּי וְהִקְדַּשְׁתִּי bachar, qadash | ἐξελεξάμην καὶ ἡγίασα | escolhi e consagrei / santifiquei | High (baseline reuse of santo/santificação root) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 7, 29 | Distinguish from Catholic shrine-consecration for saint intercession and Umbanda/Candomblé terreiro consecration. |
| 17 | name theology (“for my name”) | לִהְיוֹת שְׁמִי שָׁם עַד עוֹלָם shem | τοῦ εἶναι τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐκεῖ | para que o meu nome esteja ali para sempre | Medium (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 2, 6, 7 | Teach toward fulfillment in Christ’s indwelling presence; avoid fixed-site domestication of God’s presence. |
| 18 | walk before me | תֵּלֵךְ לְפָנַי halakh lifnei | πορευθῇς ἐνώπιόν μου | andares diante de mim | Medium (new) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | 7 | Ongoing relational obedience, not one-time ritual act. |
| 19 | statutes and rules / law | חֻקַּי וּמִשְׁפָּטַי choq, mishpat | τὰ προστάγματά μου καὶ τὰ κρίματά μου | os meus estatutos e os meus juízos | High (baseline reuse of lei) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | 7, 17, 34 | Rejected: Kardecist “leis morais e naturais” governing reincarnational progress. |
| 20 | establish the throne / Davidic covenant | וַהֲקִימוֹתִי אֶת־כִּסֵּא … כַּאֲשֶׁר כָּרַתִּי לְדָוִיד | ἀναστήσω τὸν θρόνον … διεθέμην τῷ Δαυίδ | estabelecerei o teu trono … como prometi a Davi por aliança | High (baseline reuse: aliança, Davi; trajectory to Messias) | Davidic Covenant (baseline); Hope of Restoration | 7, 9, 13, 21 | Teach messianic trajectory to prevent purely political reading. |
| 21 | turn aside and forsake (apostasy) | תָּשׁוּבוּ וַעֲזַבְתֶּם shuv (negative), azab | ἀποστραφῆτε καὶ ἐγκαταλίπητε | vos desviardes e abandonardes | High (new) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; Exile as Covenant Consequence | 7, 12, 21, 36 | Deliberate negative echo of se converterem (term #11); preserve literary connection. |
| 22 | serve other gods and worship them | וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶם | λατρεύσητε θεοῖς ἑτέροις καὶ προσκυνήσητε | servirdes a outros deuses e vos prostrardes diante deles | CRITICAL (new) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; Exile as Covenant Consequence | 7, 13, 14, 23, 25, 28, 33 | Rejected: any accommodation of orixá veneration, spirit-guide devotion, or syncretism alongside exclusive worship of God. Full unsoftened force required. |
| 23 | pluck up / cast out of my sight | וּנְתַשְׁתִּים … וְאַשְׁלִיכֶנּוּ מִלְּפָנָי | ἐκτιλῶ … ἀπορρίψω ἀπὸ προσώπου μου | arrancar-vos-ei … lançarei de diante da minha face | High (new) | Exile as Covenant Consequence | 7, 36 | Personal, purposive rejection, not impersonal karmic recoil (ties to baseline providência). |
| 24 | proverb and byword | לְמָשָׁל וְלִשְׁנִינָה | εἰς παραβολὴν καὶ εἰς διήγημα | objeto de provérbio e de escárnio | Medium (new) | Exile as Covenant Consequence | 7 | Honor/shame dynamics; native-speaker review sufficient. |
| 25 | abandoned the LORD | עָזְבוּ אֶת־יְהוָה azab | κατέλιπον Κύριον | abandonaram o SENHOR | High (new) | Exile as Covenant Consequence | 7, 12, 21, 24, 28, 34, 36 | Render consistently across all occurrences for the Chronicler’s rhetorical pattern to remain visible. |
| 26 | God of their fathers / brought out of Egypt | אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם … הוֹצִיאָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | τὸν Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων … ἐξαγαγόντα ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου | o Deus de seus pais, que os tirou da terra do Egito | Medium (baseline reuse: Deus) | Hope of Restoration | 7 | Teach typologically alongside baseline salvação (Critical). |
| 27 | disaster / calamity | הָרָעָה הַזֹּאת ra’ah | πάντα τὰ κακὰ ταῦτα | esta desgraça / este mal | High (new) | Exile as Covenant Consequence | 7, 36 | Preserve Hebrew wordplay with “maus caminhos” (term #11) where possible. |
| 28 | high place (legitimate, pre-temple) | בָּמָה bamah | ὕψος/βωμός | lugar alto | Medium (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 1 | Flag transitional legitimate sense vs. later exclusively idolatrous sense (ch. 14+). |
| 29 | wisdom | חָכְמָה chokmah | σοφία | sabedoria | Low-Medium (new) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | 1, 9 | Distinguish from occult/esoteric “sabedoria” claims. |
| 30 | burnt offering / holocaust | עֹלָה olah | ὁλοκαύτωμα | oferta de holocausto | Medium (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 1, 29 | Note modern secular “Holocausto” (WWII) homonymy risk; use full phrase “oferta de holocausto,” never bare “holocausto.” |
| 31 | Holy of Holies | קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים | τὸ ἅγιον τῶν ἁγίων | o Lugar Santíssimo | High (baseline reuse of santo root) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 3 | Teach forward to the veil torn at Christ’s death; avoid graded-sacred-space parallel with terreiro inner sanctuaries. |
| 32 | cherubim | כְּרוּבִים keruvim | χερουβίμ | querubins | Low (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 3, 5 | Established Christian vocabulary. |
| 33 | veil | פָּרֹכֶת parochet | καταπέτασμα | véu | Medium (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 3 | Requires forward teaching note toward Christ’s atoning work. |
| 34 | bronze sea | יָם נְחֹשֶׁת yam nechoshet | θάλασσα χαλκῆ | mar de bronze | Medium (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 4 | Typological cleansing/purification teaching note. |
| 35 | ark of the covenant | אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית | ἡ κιβωτὸς τῆς διαθήκης | arca da aliança | Medium (baseline reuse: aliança) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 5 | Distinguish from folk-Catholic relic veneration. |
| 36 | cloud / glory | עָנָן / כָּבוֹד anan / kavod | νεφέλη / δόξα | nuvem / glória | High (baseline reuse of glória) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 5, 7 | Rejected: analogy to spirit manifestation/luminous apparition testimony (Kardecist/Umbanda). Unique self-authenticating divine presence. |
| 37 | fire from heaven | אֵשׁ esh | πῦρ | fogo | High (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 7 | Distinguish from Umbanda/Candomblé ritual fire offerings (“despacho”). |
| 38 | seer | חֹזֶה chozeh | ὁ ὁρῶν / προφήτης | vidente | CRITICAL (new) | Fulfillment of Prophecy (baseline); Inspiration of Scripture (baseline) | 9, 12, 16, 19, 29, 33, 35 | Rejected: unqualified use (near-universal Brazilian association with clairvoyant psychic/fortune-teller). Mandatory translator note every occurrence. |
| 39 | lying spirit | רוּחַ שֶׁקֶר ruach shaqer | πνεῦμα ψευδές | espírito de mentira / espírito mentiroso | CRITICAL (new) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | 18 | Teach strict divine-sovereignty framing; not a general validation of spirit communication. |
| 40 | fear of the LORD | יִרְאַת יְהוָה | φόβος Κυρίου | temor do SENHOR | High (new) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | 19 | Distinguish from superstitious dread of ancestral/spirit retribution requiring ritual appeasement. |
| 41 | Baal | בַּעַל Ba’al | Βάαλ | Baal (proper name retained) | CRITICAL (new) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah | 23 | Direct enactment of term #22’s exclusive-worship formula. |
| 42 | bloodguilt / innocent blood | דָּם נָקִי dam naqi | αἷμα ἀθῷον | sangue inocente | Medium-High (new) | Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah | 24 | Typological trajectory to Christ’s innocent blood; teach forward. |
| 43 | heart was lifted up (pride) | גָּבַהּ לִבּוֹ gavah lev | ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ | o seu coração se ensoberbeceu | High (new) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | 26, 32 | Recurring Chronicler diagnostic term; render consistently. |
| 44 | incense | קְטֹרֶת qetoret | θυμίαμα | incenso | Medium (new) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 26 | Priestly-role-boundary issue; brief note distinguishing from Afro-Brazilian/Kardecist ritual incense use. |
| 45 | child sacrifice to Molech | הֶעֱבִיר בָּאֵשׁ / לְמֹלֶךְ | διήγαγεν διὰ πυρός | sacrifício de filhos a Moloque / os fez passar pelo fogo | CRITICAL (new) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings; Exile as Covenant Consequence | 28 | Sober, non-sensationalized, unambiguously condemnatory framing required. |
| 46 | compassion / mercy | רַחֲמִים rachamim | οἰκτιρμός | compaixão / misericórdia | Medium-High (new; adjacent to but distinct from baseline graça) | Hope of Restoration | 28 | Introduce as distinct glossary entry, not collapsed into graça. |
| 47 | cleanse / purify (ritual & moral) | טָהֵר / טָמֵא taher / tamei | καθαρίζω / ἀκάθαρτος | purificar / puro e impuro | High (new) | Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah | 29 | Rejected: generic ritual removal of “negative energy” (Umbanda “banho de descarrego,” “defumação”). |
| 48 | sin offering | חַטָּאת chatat | περὶ ἁμαρτίας | oferta pelo pecado | Medium-High (baseline reuse of pecado root) | Temple Worship and God’s Presence | 29 | Forward-typological teaching toward Christ as final sin offering. |
| 49 | did what was right/evil in the LORD’s eyes (regnal formula) | עָשָׂה הַיָּשָׁר / הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | ἐποίησεν τὸ εὐθὲς / τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου | fez o que era reto/mau aos olhos do SENHOR | Medium (new) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | throughout (1–36) | Structural refrain; consistent rendering required across all 36 chapters. |
| 50 | Passover | פֶּסַח Pesach | πάσχα | Páscoa | CRITICAL (new) | Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah | 30, 35 | Homonymy with Christian Easter/Resurrection feast in Portuguese; mandatory contextual marker every occurrence. |
| 51 | prepare the heart to seek God | הֵכִין לֵבָב לִדְרוֹשׁ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים | ἡτοίμασαν τὴν καρδίαν | prepararam o coração para buscar a Deus | Medium (new) | Conditional Blessing and National Repentance | 30 | Reinforces terms #10/#22 (seeking) vocabulary family. |
| 52 | tithe | מַעֲשֵׂר ma’aser | δεκάτη | dízimo | High (new) | Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah | 31 | Rejected: prosperity-gospel “seed-for-return” framing prevalent in Brazilian neo-Pentecostalism. OT covenant-worship context only. |
| 53 | trust / rely on | בָּטַח batach | πείθω / ἐλπίζω | confiar | High (new; adjacent to baseline fé) | Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | 32 | Distinguish from self-reliant military-alliance confidence and generic “positive thinking.” |
| 54 | mediums and spiritists / necromancers | אוֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִי ov v’yidde’oni | ἐγγαστρίμυθος καὶ γνώστης | os que consultavam os espíritos dos mortos (médiuns e adivinhadores) | CRITICAL (new) — mandatory footnote every occurrence | Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah (repentance contrast); Faithful and Unfaithful Kings | 33 | Direct terminological/functional collision with mainstream Brazilian Kardecist mediumship and Afro-Brazilian spirit-incorporation practice. Avoid narrow modern loanword “espírita” alone; require theologian-reviewed note. |
| 55 | sorcery / divination / omens | כֶּשֶׁף / קֶסֶם / נַחַשׁ | φαρμακεία / μαντεία / οἰωνισμός | feitiçaria / adivinhação / presságios | CRITICAL (new) | Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah | 33 | Same collision family as term #54; sober, pastorally sensitive treatment required. |
| 56 | Book of the Law | סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה sefer haTorah | βιβλίον τοῦ νόμου | Livro da Lei | Medium-High (baseline reuse of lei) | Inspiration of Scripture (baseline) | 34 | Reinforce contrast with ongoing Kardecist mediumistic “revelation” (psicografia), per baseline note. |
| 57 | prophetess | נְבִיאָה nevi’ah | προφῆτις | profetisa | Medium (baseline reuse of profeta, feminized) | Inspiration of Scripture (baseline) | 34 | Same collision note as profeta (baseline): distinguish from female clairvoyant/medium. |
| 58 | lament | קִינָה qinah | θρῆνος | lamentação / lamento | Low-Medium (new) | — | 35 | Standard funerary-poetic vocabulary. |
| 59 | exile / captivity | גָּלָה / גָּלוּת / שְׁבִי galah / galut / shevi | αἰχμαλωσία / ἀποικία | exílio / cativeiro | CRITICAL (new) | The Exile as Covenant Consequence | 36 (and anticipated in 7:20) | Rejected: Kardecist “lei de causa e efeito” cyclical/karmic reading. Specific, historical, non-final covenant judgment. |
| 60 | sabbath rest of the land | שַׁבָּת shabbat | σάββατα | descanso sabático da terra | Medium-High (new) | Fulfillment of Prophecy (baseline) | 36 | Ties covenant-curse fulfillment to Jeremiah’s seventy-years prophecy. |
| 61 | decree (of Cyrus) | דָּבָר / פְּקוּדָּה | πρόσταγμα | decreto / édito | Medium (new) | Hope of Restoration | 36 | Standard administrative-proclamation vocabulary. |
| 62 | spirit stirred (of Cyrus) | רוּחַ ruach | πνεῦμα | o SENHOR moveu o espírito de Ciro | High (new; disambiguated from baseline Espírito Santo) | Hope of Restoration; Providence (baseline) | 36 | Rejected: reading as a “spirit guide” acting upon/through Cyrus (Kardecist/Umbanda framework). God’s providential influence on a human king’s will, not the indwelling Holy Spirit and not an external discarnate guide. |
Baseline Terms Reused Without Modification in This Curriculum
The following baseline translation_memory.json entries recur throughout 2 Chronicles and MUST be rendered exactly as recorded in the Romans Language Package, with no deviation: Deus (Deus), Senhor (Senhor — note: 2 Chronicles’ divine name YHWH/Adonai is rendered SENHOR, small-caps convention per Almeida tradition, consistent with baseline usage), Davi (Davi), Israel (Israel), aliança (covenant), lei (law), pecado (sin), glória (glory), santo/santos/santificação (holy/saints/sanctification), profeta (prophet), chamado (called/calling), eleição (election), providência (providence), intercessão (intercession), graça (grace), fé (faith), salvação (salvation), reino de Deus (kingdom of God — contextually distinguished from the political reino of Israel/Judah), gentios (gentiles), Messias (Messiah — trajectory term for Davidic Covenant fulfillment), Espírito Santo (Holy Spirit — carefully disambiguated from other OT uses of ruach).
Risk Summary
| Risk Tier | Count (new + baseline-reuse terms in this glossary) |
|---|---|
| Critical | 10 |
| High | 18 |
| Medium | 26 |
| Low | 8 |
Terms requiring mandatory human theologian review (Critical/High): #1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20 (Davidic trajectory), 21, 22, 23, 25, 31, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 62.
Distinctively Brazilian risks with no direct Romans-baseline precedent: #38 (vidente/seer-clairvoyant collision), #50 (Páscoa/Passover-Easter homonymy), #52 (dízimo/prosperity-gospel framing), #54–55 (mediums/spiritists/sorcery — the single most direct textual collision with mainstream Brazilian religious practice in this Language Package), #62 (espírito/spirit-guide disambiguation).
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: Deus
Transliteration: theos / Elohim / YHWH
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Inherited from Romans package. Standard and unambiguous throughout 2 Chronicles as Israel’s covenant God. 2 Chronicles-specific caution: Candomblé/Umbanda orixás are sometimes syncretized with Catholic saints, which can blur exclusive monotheism if the book’s repeated ‘other gods’ condemnation formula (see serve_other_gods) is not taught with full force.
Lord
Approved rendering: Senhor
Transliteration: kyrios
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Inherited from Romans package. Reserved for the NT confession of Christ’s exclusive lordship. Do NOT use for the OT covenant name YHWH in 2 Chronicles; see the new entry ‘yhwh_senhor’ (SENHOR, small capitals) for that distinct, book-specific usage.
Yhwh Senhor
Approved rendering: SENHOR
Transliteration: YHWH / Adonai (Kyrios in LXX)
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Jeová (associated with Jehovah’s Witnesses translations), Iavé (non-standard transliteration outside the Almeida tradition)
New entry extending, not contradicting, baseline ‘lord.’ 2 Chronicles’ pervasive use of the covenant name YHWH is rendered SENHOR (small capitals) per the Almeida tradition (ARA/NVI), typographically distinguished from generic ‘senhor’ and from baseline ‘Senhor’ (Kyrios/Jesus). Must be sharply distinguished from ‘Baal’ (‘lord/master’ as a Canaanite divine title), which the book’s own narrative (ch. 23) repudiates as illegitimate lordship.
Salvation
Approved rendering: salvação
Transliteration: yasha (sōtēria / sōzō)
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: evolução espiritual através de reencarnações sucessivas
Inherited from Romans package. Exemplified in the historical deliverance from Sennacherib (32:22), which must be taught as a type of the ultimate salvation in Christ, not reduced to a merely political/military rescue.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Messias
Transliteration: Mashiach (Christos, trajectory)
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: um espírito superior ou mais evoluído (leitura espírita de Jesus)
Inherited from Romans package. Not a lexical occurrence in 2 Chronicles itself but the necessary trajectory-term for the Davidic covenant passages (1:8-9; 6:16-17; 7:17-18; 13:5; 21:7); must not be taught as merely ancient dynastic politics.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Espírito Santo
Transliteration: ruach haQodesh (pneuma hagion)
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: espíritos guias ou mentores espirituais (espiritismo), orixás e guias (Candomblé/Umbanda)
Inherited from Romans package. In this curriculum must be carefully disambiguated from the book’s other, non-Trinitarian uses of ‘ruach’ — see new entries ‘lying_spirit’ and ‘spirit_stirred_cyrus,’ neither of which is the Holy Spirit.
Humble Themselves
Approved rendering: se humilharem / se humilhou
Transliteration: veyikkan’u (kai entrapē)
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Rejected alternatives: reforma íntima espírita (autoaperfeiçoamento moral gradual do espírito ao longo de reencarnações)
New term; the doctrinal anchor-verb of the curriculum. Render identically at 7:14, 12:6, 32:26, and 33:12,19,23. Must exclude ritual humility detached from genuine turning and, more distinctively, the Kardecist ‘reforma íntima’ framework.
Turn From Wicked Ways
Approved rendering: se converterem de seus maus caminhos
Transliteration: shuv (apostrepsōsin apo tōn hodōn autōn tōn ponērōn)
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Rejected alternatives: reforma íntima espírita (evolução moral autopropulsionada sem perdão divino decisivo nesta vida)
New term; the structural spine-verb of the entire book (7:14; 12:6; 15; 30; negatively echoed at 7:19-20, 12, 21, 36). Absolute glossary lock — render with total consistency; the sharpest doctrinal collision in the curriculum.
Serve Other Gods
Approved rendering: servirdes a outros deuses e vos prostrardes diante deles
Transliteration: va’avadtem elohim acherim vehishtachavitem lahem
Doctrine: Idolatry and Syncretism
Rejected alternatives: qualquer acomodação de veneração de orixás, guias espirituais, ou sincretismo ao lado da adoração exclusiva a Deus
New term; the fixed Deuteronomic covenant-breaking formula. Recurs at 13, 14, 23, 25, 28, 33. Must be rendered with full, unsoftened exclusivity given Candomblé/Umbanda orixá-Catholic-saint syncretism and Kardecist veneration of ‘espíritos superiores.‘
Seer
Approved rendering: vidente
Transliteration: chozeh (ho horōn / prophētēs)
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture and the Prophetic Office
Rejected alternatives: vidente sem nota explicativa (associação quase universal no Brasil com psíquico, clarividente ou cartomante)
New term. Occurs 9,12,16,19,29,33,35. Every occurrence requires an explicit translator’s note distinguishing the biblical office-holder from a psychic/medium, a practice this same book condemns in ch. 33.
Lying Spirit
Approved rendering: espírito de mentira / espírito mentiroso
Transliteration: ruach shaqer (pneuma pseudes)
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Rejected alternatives: validação geral da comunicação espiritual (leitura kardecista/umbandista de incorporação)
New term (2 Chronicles 18). Teach with strict divine-sovereignty framing — God permits and bounds even a deceiving spirit; not a general theology validating spirit communication.
Baal
Approved rendering: Baal
Transliteration: Ba’al
Doctrine: Idolatry and Syncretism
New term; proper name retained. Destruction of Baal’s temple (23:17) is a direct enactment of the exclusive-worship formula. Note the lexical echo with ‘senhor/lord’-family titles for translator awareness only; never resolve by paraphrasing Baal as a common noun.
Child Sacrifice Molech
Approved rendering: sacrifício de filhos a Moloque / os fez passar pelo fogo
Transliteration: he’evir ba’esh / le-Molekh
Doctrine: Idolatry and Syncretism
New term (28:3, Ahaz). Requires sober, non-sensationalized, unambiguously condemnatory treatment.
Passover
Approved rendering: Páscoa
Transliteration: Pesach (pascha)
Doctrine: Passover and Covenant Renewal Feasts
Rejected alternatives: uso sem marcador contextual explícito (risco de homonímia silenciosa com a Páscoa cristã/Ressurreição)
New term (ch. 30, 35). ‘Páscoa’ in Portuguese denotes both the OT feast and the Christian Easter/Resurrection celebration; every occurrence requires an explicit contextual marker.
Mediums And Spiritists
Approved rendering: os que consultavam os espíritos dos mortos (médiuns e adivinhadores)
Transliteration: ov v’yidde’oni (engastrimythos kai gnōstēs)
Doctrine: Mediums, Necromancy, and Divination
Rejected alternatives: espírita (empréstimo moderno isolado, associado estreitamente a um movimento religioso brasileiro nomeado e contemporâneo)
New term; the single most direct textual collision in this Language Package (33:6). Mandatory theologian-reviewed footnote every occurrence; must be paired with Manasseh’s genuine repentance (33:12-13) so the passage offers hope, not condemnation alone.
Sorcery Divination
Approved rendering: feitiçaria / adivinhação / presságios
Transliteration: kesheph / qesem / nachash (pharmakeia / manteia / oiōnismos)
Doctrine: Mediums, Necromancy, and Divination
New term; same collision family as mediums_and_spiritists. Requires sober, non-sensationalized, pastorally sensitive treatment.
Exile Captivity
Approved rendering: exílio / cativeiro
Transliteration: galah / galut / shevi (aichmalōsia / apoikia)
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Rejected alternatives: lei de causa e efeito espírita (leitura cármica cíclica)
New term (ch. 36; anticipated at 7:20). Must be taught as a specific, historical, non-final covenant judgment, never an illustration of impersonal cyclical causation.
High Risk Terms
Covenant
Approved rendering: aliança
Transliteration: berit (diathēkē)
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: contrato legal
Inherited from Romans package. Reused extensively: the Davidic throne-promise (7:18), the ark (ch. 5), and covenant renewal ceremonies (15, 23, 29, 34). Convey a relational covenant bond, not a mere legal contract.
Law
Approved rendering: lei
Transliteration: Torah (nomos)
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Inherited from Romans package. Reused for the Mosaic Law throughout (statutes and rules, 7:17-18; the rediscovered Book of the Law, ch. 34). Must not be rendered with a term suggesting an impersonal cosmic moral order, and must be distinguished from Kardecist ‘leis morais e naturais’ governing reincarnational progress.
Glory
Approved rendering: glória
Transliteration: kavod (doxa)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Inherited from Romans package (baseline Medium); risk tier elevated to High for this curriculum because of the visible glory-cloud theophany filling the temple (ch. 5, 7). Must be taught as unique, self-authenticating divine presence, not analogous to reported spirit manifestations or ‘energy’ phenomena in Kardecist/Umbanda testimony.
Holy
Approved rendering: santo
Transliteration: qadosh (hagios)
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: puro em sentido apenas ritual
Inherited from Romans package. Applied in 2 Chronicles to persons, priests, and the temple itself (Holy of Holies, chosen_and_consecrated). Avoid terms carrying only ritual-purity connotations without moral content.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: santificação
Transliteration: qiddush (hagiasmos)
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: purificação cármica ao longo de reencarnações
Inherited from Romans package. Applied to the consecration of priests, Levites, and the temple (ch. 29). Distinguish from Umbanda ritual purification (‘banho de descarrego,’ ‘defumação’) aimed at removing impersonal negative energy.
Called
Approved rendering: chamado
Transliteration: niqra (epikeklētai)
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: vocação (sentido restrito ao chamado ao sacerdócio ou à vida religiosa consagrada)
Inherited from Romans package. Applied in 7:14 to Israel’s corporate designation as God’s people; see new entry ‘people_called_by_name’ for the full corporate-vs-individual disambiguation required in this curriculum.
Election
Approved rendering: eleição
Transliteration: bachar (exelexato)
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado ao longo de reencarnações
Inherited from Romans package. Applied in this book both to the Davidic dynasty and, distinctively, to the temple site itself; see new entry ‘chosen_place’ for the place-specific application.
Providence
Approved rendering: providência
Transliteration: pronoia (theological gloss)
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: lei de causa e efeito espírita (regência cármica das reencarnações)
Inherited from Romans package. Dramatized at national scale throughout 2 Chronicles (drought/curse, deliverance from Sennacherib, Cyrus’s stirred disposition) more extensively than anywhere else in this curriculum pipeline; see ‘shut_up_heavens,’ ‘pluck_up_cast_out,’ and ‘spirit_stirred_cyrus’.
Intercession
Approved rendering: intercessão
Transliteration: tefillah (proseuchē)
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Rejected alternatives: comunicação com espíritos de mortos por meio de médiuns, intercessão exclusiva dos santos e de Maria
Inherited from Romans package. Most fully exemplified in Solomon’s dedication prayer (ch. 6) and Hezekiah’s prayers (ch. 30, 32). Distinguish from Catholic saint/Marian intercession and from mainstream Brazilian mediumistic communication with the dead.
Grace
Approved rendering: graça
Transliteration: chen / chesed (charis / eleos)
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: mérito espiritual acumulado ao longo de vidas sucessivas
Inherited from Romans package. The basis of the forgiveness promised in 7:14; must be distinguished from Kardecism’s doctrine of merit accumulated through moral effort across successive reincarnations.
Faith
Approved rendering: fé
Transliteration: batach (pistis, conceptual bridge)
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: convicção espírita, confiança genérica no próprio progresso moral
Inherited from Romans package. Personal trust in God; see new entry ‘trust_rely_on’ for this book’s distinct but related vocabulary (batach), used distinctively of Hezekiah.
House Of The Lord
Approved rendering: casa do SENHOR / templo
Transliteration: beit Adonai (oikos Kyriou)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: templo (uso isolado e não qualificado, arriscando conflação com ‘centro espírita’ kardecista ou ‘terreiro’ de Candomblé/Umbanda)
New term. Retain covenantal specificity (‘a casa do SENHOR’) rather than bare ‘templo’ alone; teach as the unique dwelling of the one true, personal, triune God.
Theophany Appeared
Approved rendering: apareceu
Transliteration: vayyera (ōphthē)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: aparição (forma nominal, associada a aparições marianas e testemunhos de manifestação de espíritos)
New term. God’s real personal self-disclosure to Solomon (7:12); use the verb form and pair with a translator’s note distinguishing this from Marian apparitions or ghost/spirit-manifestation testimony.
Shut Up Heavens
Approved rendering: fechar os céus
Transliteration: e’tzor hashamayim (syschō ton ouranon)
Doctrine: Divine Providence and Sovereignty over Nations
Rejected alternatives: lei de causa e efeito espírita (regência cármica impessoal)
New term. Drought as a personally-administered covenant curse (7:13; cf. Deut 28:23-24); must not be read as an impersonal cosmic ledger.
People Called By Name
Approved rendering: meu povo, que é chamado pelo meu nome
Transliteration: ami asher-niqra shemi aleihem
Doctrine: Corporate National Identity as God’s People
New term reusing the ‘chamado’ root exactly. Keep the corporate, national referent (Israel/Judah) distinct from Romans’ individual salvific ‘chamado,’ while permitting legitimate pastoral application to the church today.
Seek My Face
Approved rendering: buscarem a minha face / buscar o SENHOR
Transliteration: baqash panim / darash (zētēsōsi to prosōpon mou)
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Rejected alternatives: buscar orientação espiritual através de médiuns, cartomantes ou pais/mães de santo
New term. Must specify God himself as sought directly, never guidance mediated through spirits, ancestors, or guides. ‘Darash’ is the same verb later used negatively of consulting mediums (ch. 33) — the object of seeking determines legitimacy.
Forgive Sin
Approved rendering: perdoarei o seu pecado
Transliteration: ve’esslach lechatta’tam (kai hileōs esomai tais hamartiais autōn)
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Rejected alternatives: dívida cármica quitada gradualmente pelo próprio espírito ao longo de reencarnações
New term (‘pecado’ itself is baseline reuse). The compound act of forgiveness must be taught as a decisive divine act of grace received within history, not a debt gradually discharged.
Heal Their Land
Approved rendering: sararei a sua terra
Transliteration: ve’erpa et-artzam (kai tēn gēn autōn iasomai)
Doctrine: Hope of Restoration
Rejected alternatives: cura espiritual mediúnica (‘passe’ kardecista, cura ritual de Umbanda/Candomblé)
New term. God’s sovereign, corporate covenantal restoration of the nation, not a technique or energy transferable by a human intermediary. Reused at 30:20.
Chosen And Consecrated
Approved rendering: escolhi e consagrei / santifiquei
Transliteration: bacharti vehiqdashti (exelexamēn kai hēgiasa)
Doctrine: Consecration and Holiness of Sacred Space
Rejected alternatives: consagração de santuário para peregrinação de intercessão a santos (prática católica popular), consagração de terreiro como portal de incorporação espiritual
New term reusing the baseline ‘santo’/‘santificação’ root. Reused of priestly ordination in ch. 29. The unique consecration of a single place by the one true God for his own exclusive presence.
Statutes And Rules
Approved rendering: os meus estatutos e os meus juízos
Transliteration: chuqqai umishpatai (ta prostagmata mou kai ta krimata mou)
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Rejected alternatives: leis morais e naturais espíritas que regem o progresso reencarnacional do espírito
New term reusing baseline ‘lei.’ Must be distinguished from an impersonal cosmic moral order and specifically from Kardecist ‘leis morais e naturais.‘
Establish Throne Davidic Covenant
Approved rendering: estabelecerei o teu trono real … como prometi a Davi por aliança
Transliteration: vahaqimoti et-kisse malkhutekha; ka’asher karati ledavid
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and Messianic Trajectory
New term reusing baseline ‘aliança’ and ‘Davi’ exactly. Must be taught toward Christ as the eternal Davidic king, preventing a purely political reading.
Turn Aside And Forsake
Approved rendering: vos desviardes e abandonardes
Transliteration: tashuvu atem va’azavtem (apostraphēte hymeis kai egkatalipēte)
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
New term; the deliberate negative echo of ‘se converterem’ (7:14). Recurs at 12, 21, 36. Losing this literary connection in Portuguese obscures the passage’s rhetorical structure.
Pluck Up Cast Out
Approved rendering: arrancar-vos-ei … lançarei de diante da minha face
Transliteration: unetashtim…ve’ashlikhennu millefanai
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
New term. A deliberate, purposive, relational rejection by a personal God, not an impersonal karmic recoil; directly anticipates 2 Chronicles 36.
Abandoned The Lord
Approved rendering: abandonaram o SENHOR
Transliteration: azvu et-Adonai (katelipon Kyrion)
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
New term. The Chronicler’s own diagnostic verdict on national catastrophe (7:22; echoed 12; 21; 24; 28; 34; 36:15-16). Render consistently across all occurrences.
Disaster Calamity
Approved rendering: esta desgraça / este mal
Transliteration: hara’ah hazot
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
New term. Wordplay with the root rendered ‘wicked’ in ‘maus caminhos’ (7:14); preserve the connection where possible.
Holy Of Holies
Approved rendering: o Lugar Santíssimo
Transliteration: Kodesh HaKodashim (to hagion tōn hagiōn)
Doctrine: Consecration and Holiness of Sacred Space
New term reusing the baseline ‘santo’ root. Teach alongside the veil torn at Christ’s death; avoid a graded-sacred-space parallel with Candomblé terreiro inner sanctuaries.
Cloud Glory
Approved rendering: nuvem / glória
Transliteration: anan / kavod (nephelē / doxa)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: manifestação espiritual luminosa ou fenômeno de ‘energia’ (testemunhos kardecistas/umbandistas)
New term (glória itself baseline reuse). The visible, self-authenticating manifestation of God’s presence filling the temple (ch. 5, 7).
Fire From Heaven
Approved rendering: fogo
Transliteration: esh (pyr)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: fogo ritual de despacho (oferendas de Umbanda/Candomblé)
New term. A unique divine self-authenticating sign consuming the sacrifice (7:1), paralleling Elijah at Carmel and Pentecost.
Fear Of The Lord
Approved rendering: temor do SENHOR
Transliteration: yirat Adonai (phobos Kyriou)
Doctrine: Fear of the LORD and Righteous Governance
Rejected alternatives: temor supersticioso de retaliação ancestral ou espiritual exigindo apaziguamento ritual
New term (19:5-9). Reverent, relational awe before a personal, holy covenant God, motivating righteous judicial conduct.
Heart Lifted Up
Approved rendering: o seu coração se ensoberbeceu
Transliteration: gavah lev (hypsōthē hē kardia autou)
Doctrine: Pride and Humility as Covenant Diagnostics
Rejected alternatives: defeito de caráter a ser superado por autoaperfeiçoamento (leitura compatível com ‘reforma íntima’ espírita)
New term. Recurring Chronicler diagnostic term (ch. 26, 32); render consistently as the root sin underlying much of the book’s cycle of unfaithfulness.
Cleanse Purify
Approved rendering: purificar / puro e impuro
Transliteration: taher / tamei (katharizō / akathartos)
Doctrine: Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah
Rejected alternatives: remoção ritual genérica de energia negativa (‘banho de descarrego’, ‘defumação’ de Umbanda)
New term (ch. 29). Teach as restoring right worship according to God’s own revealed instructions, not a generic energy-cleansing technique.
Tithe
Approved rendering: dízimo
Transliteration: ma’aser (dekatē)
Doctrine: Tithe and Provision for Worship
Rejected alternatives: dízimo como ‘semente’ que garante devolução financeira proporcional (teologia da prosperidade neopentecostal brasileira)
New term (ch. 31). Must be taught in its Mosaic covenant-worship context, not used to validate contemporary prosperity-gospel giving formulas.
Trust Rely On
Approved rendering: confiar
Transliteration: batach (peithō / elpizō)
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Rejected alternatives: autoconfiança genérica ou ‘pensamento positivo’, confiança em alianças militares humanas
New term, adjacent to but distinct from baseline ‘fé.’ Used distinctively of Hezekiah (ch. 32); reliance specifically on God’s power to deliver.
Book Of The Law
Approved rendering: Livro da Lei
Transliteration: sefer haTorah (biblion tou nomou)
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture and the Prophetic Office
Rejected alternatives: revelação mediúnica contínua (psicografia kardecista) como fonte equivalente de autoridade
New term reusing baseline ‘lei’ (ch. 34). Must be taught as decisively distinct from ongoing Kardecist mediumistic ‘revelation.‘
Spirit Stirred Cyrus
Approved rendering: o SENHOR moveu o espírito de Ciro
Transliteration: ruach (pneuma)
Doctrine: Hope of Restoration
Rejected alternatives: espírito guia agindo sobre ou através de uma pessoa (moldura kardecista/umbandista de incorporação)
New term (36:22). God’s sovereign providential influence over a human king’s own will and disposition — a distinct category from the indwelling Espírito Santo and emphatically not a ‘spirit guide’ acting through a person.
Medium Risk Terms
Sin
Approved rendering: pecado
Transliteration: chet / chatat (hamartia)
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: erro a ser corrigido em vidas futuras (leitura espírita)
Inherited from Romans package. Distinguish from ritual impurity or a correctable karmic ‘erro’ worked off across future incarnations.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: reino de Deus
Transliteration: malkhut Adonai (basileia Kyriou)
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Inherited from Romans package. Keep the political ‘reino de Israel/Judá’ distinct in register from the theological ‘reino de Deus,’ even though the Chronicler frames the political kingdom as ultimately belonging to God (cf. 13:8).
Chosen Place
Approved rendering: escolhi / escolhido
Transliteration: bachar (exelexamēn)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: um lugar que se torna sagrado por consagração ritual humana (moldura de consagração de terreiro em Umbanda/Candomblé)
New term. God’s sovereign, purposeful selection of the temple site (7:12), conceptually tied to baseline ‘eleição’ but applied to a place rather than a person.
House Of Sacrifice
Approved rendering: casa de sacrifício
Transliteration: beit zevach (oikos thysias)
Doctrine: Sacrificial System and Atonement Typology
New term. Teach with forward reference to Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice; avoid conflation with Afro-Brazilian ritual ‘oferendas.‘
Locust Pestilence
Approved rendering: gafanhotos / peste
Transliteration: arbeh / dever (akris / thanatos)
Doctrine: Divine Providence and Sovereignty over Nations
New term. Literal terms carry low ambiguity; the personal-covenant-sanction framework must be taught explicitly alongside them.
Pray
Approved rendering: orarem / orar
Transliteration: veyitpallelu (kai proseuxōntai)
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Rejected alternatives: oração mediúnica ou dirigida a espíritos/santos como intermediários
New term. Covenant prayer directed to the one true God as the appropriate response to national crisis.
Hear From Heaven
Approved rendering: ouvirei dos céus
Transliteration: ve’eshma min-hashamayim (kai eisakousomai ek tou ouranou)
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Rejected alternatives: responder do universo (registro impessoal de linguagem devocional de tipo Nova Era)
New term. God’s personal, responsive attentiveness — the reciprocal half of the covenant conditional structure of 7:14.
Eyes Open Ears Attentive
Approved rendering: os meus olhos abertos e os meus ouvidos atentos
Transliteration: einai petuchot ve’oznai qeshuvot
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
New term. Standard biblical anthropomorphism; clarify God is spirit, not literally embodied, to avoid confusion with anthropomorphic orixá imagery.
Name Theology
Approved rendering: para que o meu nome esteja ali para sempre
Transliteration: lihyot-shemi sham ad-olam
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
New term. First occurrence 2:4. Teach toward fulfillment in Christ’s own indwelling presence; avoid domesticating God’s presence into any one fixed site today.
Walk Before Me
Approved rendering: andares diante de mim
Transliteration: telekh lefanai (poreuthēs enōpion mou)
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
New term. Idiom for a life of ongoing, visible covenant obedience modeled on David; risk is primarily catechetical.
Proverb And Byword
Approved rendering: objeto de provérbio e de escárnio
Transliteration: lemashal velishninah
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
New term. Public shame idiom; honor/shame dynamics, low doctrinal collision risk.
God Of Their Fathers
Approved rendering: o Deus de seus pais, que os tirou da terra do Egito
Transliteration: Elohei avoteihem asher hotzi’am me’eretz mitzrayim
Doctrine: Hope of Restoration
New term reusing baseline ‘Deus.’ Teach typologically alongside baseline ‘salvação’ so learners see the Exodus as the OT pattern of salvation fulfilled in Christ.
High Place Legitimate
Approved rendering: lugar alto
Transliteration: bamah
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
New term. Legitimate pre-temple worship site in ch. 1; becomes exclusively idolatrous vocabulary from ch. 14 onward — flag this inversion for readers.
Burnt Offering
Approved rendering: oferta de holocausto
Transliteration: olah (holokautōma)
Doctrine: Sacrificial System and Atonement Typology
Rejected alternatives: Holocausto (substantivo isolado — homonímia com o genocídio da Segunda Guerra Mundial)
New term. Always use the full phrase ‘oferta de holocausto’; never the bare noun alone.
Veil
Approved rendering: véu
Transliteration: parochet (katapetasma)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
New term. Requires a forward teaching note toward the veil torn at Christ’s death (Hebrews).
Bronze Sea
Approved rendering: mar de bronze
Transliteration: yam nechoshet (thalassa chalkē)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
New term. Typologically anticipates purification/baptism themes fulfilled in Christ; mainly catechetical.
Ark Of The Covenant
Approved rendering: arca da aliança
Transliteration: aron habrit (hē kibōtos tēs diathēkēs)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
New term reusing baseline ‘aliança.’ Should not be confused with folk-Catholic relic veneration practices.
Bloodguilt Innocent Blood
Approved rendering: sangue inocente
Transliteration: dam naqi (haima athōon)
Doctrine: Innocent Blood and Righteous Suffering Typology
New term (24:20-22, Zechariah’s murder). Teach with its typological trajectory toward Christ’s own innocent blood and words from the cross.
Incense
Approved rendering: incenso
Transliteration: qetoret (thymiama)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
New term. Primarily a priestly-role-boundary issue (Uzziah, ch. 26); brief note distinguishing the concern (usurping a God-ordained office) from incense as a substance also used in Afro-Brazilian/Kardecist ritual.
Compassion Mercy
Approved rendering: compaixão / misericórdia
Transliteration: rachamim (oiktirmos)
Doctrine: Hope of Restoration
Rejected alternatives: colapso no termo já estabelecido ‘graça’, perdendo a nuance específica de rachamim
New term (28:15, Oded’s intervention). Keep as its own glossary entry; do not substitute baseline ‘graça.‘
Sin Offering
Approved rendering: oferta pelo pecado
Transliteration: chatat (peri hamartias)
Doctrine: Sacrificial System and Atonement Typology
New term (ch. 29) ties to baseline ‘pecado’ root. Important groundwork for NT atonement theology; flag for forward-typological teaching.
Regnal Formula
Approved rendering: fez o que era reto/mau aos olhos do SENHOR
Transliteration: asah hayashar / hara be’einei Adonai
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
New term. The Chronicler’s recurring evaluative refrain applied to every king (1-36); consistency of rendering across all 36 chapters is a structural requirement.
Prepare Heart Seek God
Approved rendering: prepararam o coração para buscar a Deus
Transliteration: hakhin lev lidrosh et-ha’Elohim
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
New term (30:19). Reinforces the seek-God vocabulary family established at 7:14 and ch. 14/15.
Prophetess
Approved rendering: profetisa
Transliteration: nevi’ah (prophētis)
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture and the Prophetic Office
Rejected alternatives: médium ou clarividente do sexo feminino
New term reusing baseline ‘profeta,’ feminized (Huldah, 34:22). Same collision note as ‘profeta’ applies.
Sabbath Rest Of Land
Approved rendering: descanso sabático da terra
Transliteration: shabbat (sabbata)
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
New term (36:21). Ties covenant-curse fulfillment to Jeremiah’s seventy-years prophecy.
Decree Of Cyrus
Approved rendering: decreto / édito
Transliteration: davar / pequdah (prostagma)
Doctrine: Hope of Restoration
New term (36:22-23). Standard administrative-proclamation vocabulary; the direct positive fulfillment of the forgiveness-and-healing promise of 7:14.
Low Risk Terms
David
Approved rendering: Davi
Transliteration: Dawid
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Standard proper name; paradigm of covenant faithfulness against which every subsequent king in 2 Chronicles is measured.
Israel
Approved rendering: Israel
Transliteration: Yisra’el
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Inherited from Romans package. Standard proper name; in 2 Chronicles denotes the covenant people, specifically Judah/the reunified kingdom under the Davidic line.
Prophet
Approved rendering: profeta
Transliteration: navi (prophētēs)
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: médium (channeler de mensagens espirituais)
Inherited from Romans package. Appears throughout 2 Chronicles (Nathan, Ahijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Huldah). See the higher-risk related new term ‘seer’ (vidente) for the sharper Brazilian collision.
Gentiles
Approved rendering: gentios
Transliteration: nokhri (allotrios)
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: pagãos (pejorativo)
Inherited from Romans package. Applied to the ‘foreigner’ who comes to pray toward the temple (6:32-33), giving OT roots to the NT Unity of Jews and Gentiles doctrine.
Wisdom
Approved rendering: sabedoria
Transliteration: chokmah (sophia)
Doctrine: Wisdom and Righteous Rule
Rejected alternatives: sabedoria esotérica (tradições ocultistas/espíritas)
New term. Practical governing skill granted by God to Solomon (ch. 1, 9); minor care to distinguish from esoteric/occult wisdom claims.
Cherubim
Approved rendering: querubins
Transliteration: keruvim (cheroubim)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
New term. Established Christian vocabulary with low ambiguity risk.
Lament
Approved rendering: lamentação / lamento
Transliteration: qinah (thrēnos)
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
New term (35:25, Josiah’s death). Standard funerary-poetic vocabulary; minimal doctrinal risk.
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