Core Glossary
Core Glossary: 2 Samuel (Full Book) for Portuguese Translation Requirements
Curriculum: 2 Samuel
Core passage: 2 Samuel 7:1-17
Destination language: Portuguese
Baseline anchor: Romans Language Package. Any term marked “Reuse (baseline)” below MUST use the exact Portuguese rendering already recorded in the baseline translation_memory.json. Any term marked “New entry” does not exist in the baseline and must be added to the destination-language translation memory for this curriculum. Any term marked “Reuse with contextual flag” uses the baseline rendering but requires an additional teaching/translator note specific to its Old Testament usage in 2 Samuel, as detailed in 07_semantic_analysis.md.
Risk tiers follow the baseline’s four-tier system (Critical / High / Medium / Low), per doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions.
Section A — Terms Reused Exactly from the Baseline (Romans) Translation Memory
| # | English term | Hebrew / translit. | Portuguese rendering | Risk | Doctrine link (this curriculum) | Chapters | Status & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | covenant | בְּרִית / berith | aliança | High | Davidic Covenant | 3, 6, 7(implicit), 21, 23 | Reuse exactly. In 2 Samuel, applies both to human political covenants (ch. 3, human weight) and to God’s unconditional covenant with David (implicit ch.7, explicit ch.23) — distinguish by context, not by lexical variation. |
| A2 | sin | חָטָא / chata | pecado | Medium (elevated to High in ch.12 teaching context per doctrine centrality) | David’s Sin and Repentance | 11, 12 | Reuse exactly. David’s confession “Pequei contra o SENHOR” (12:13) must retain the personal object “against the LORD,” guarding against the baseline’s documented Kardecist “erro corrigível” misreading. |
| A3 | prophet | נָבִיא / navi | profeta | Low | Inspiration of Scripture (background) | 7, 12, 24 | Reuse exactly. Nathan’s office; same Brazilian “médium” collision risk documented in baseline applies. |
| A4 | righteousness | צְדָקָה / tsedaqah | justiça | Critical | (background contrast to Messianic Hope / Consequences of Sin) | 8, 22 | Reuse with contextual flag. OT sense here is royal/social justice-in-governance (ch.8) or covenant-loyalty-rewarded (ch.22), NOT the baseline’s forensic, faith-received soteriological righteousness. Must be taught as a related but distinct sense to avoid anachronism. |
| A5 | salvation | יְשׁוּעָה / yeshuah | salvação | Critical | Messianic Hope (background) | 22 | Reuse with contextual flag. OT sense is historical deliverance from enemies; a real but partial anticipation of the baseline’s full soteriological doctrine, not to be treated as identical nor as unrelated. |
| A6 | seed of David | זֶרַע / zera | descendência (de Davi) | Critical | Davidic Covenant / Messianic Hope | 7, 22 | Reuse exactly (baseline’s seed_of_david entry, “descendência de Davi”). 2 Samuel 7:12 is the OT root text this baseline entry depends on. Near referent Solomon; far referent Christ — both steps must be taught. |
| A7 | messiah / anointed | מָשִׁיחַ / mashiach | Messias (technical, capitalized) vs. ungido (common, lowercase) | Critical | Messianic Hope | 1, 2, 5, 19, 22, 23 | Reuse with contextual flag — SPLIT RENDERING REQUIRED. Baseline’s capitalized “Messias” must be reserved for the fulfilled NT figure; every 2 Samuel occurrence (Saul, David as reigning kings) must use lowercase “ungido” to avoid premature identification. Trajectory converges explicitly at 22:51/23:1. |
| A8 | holy spirit / spirit of the LORD | רוּחַ יְהוָה / ruach YHWH | Espírito do SENHOR (OT) vs. Espírito Santo (NT, baseline) | Critical | (background continuity for future curricula) | 23 | Reuse with contextual flag. Same divine Spirit under progressive revelation; do not flatten the OT phrase into the fully Trinitarian NT title without a canonical-trajectory note, and do not treat the OT phrase as impersonal (risk of syncretistic “espírito guia” misreading). |
| A9 | holy | קֹדֶשׁ / qodesh | santo / santidade | Medium | (background — reverence for God’s presence) | 6 | Reuse exactly. Uzzah narrative dramatizes the doctrine; useful teaching illustration. |
| A10 | father (of the covenant king) | אָב / av | pai (lowercase, contextual) | Critical | Davidic Covenant | 7 | Reuse with strong contextual flag. Must NOT be capitalized “Pai” in the baseline’s Trinitarian sense at this occurrence; refers to God’s covenantal adoption of the Davidic king, a distinct and lesser category requiring explicit typological framing toward the fuller doctrine. |
| A11 | son (of the covenant king) | בֵּן / ben | filho (lowercase, contextual) | Critical | Davidic Covenant / Messianic Hope | 7 | Reuse with strong contextual flag. Must NOT be conflated with baseline’s capitalized “Filho de Deus” (Christ’s unique eternal Sonship). Fulfillment-by-escalation (Heb 1:5), not identity. |
| A12 | apostle-analog: prince/leader (calling doctrine) | נָגִיד / nagid | príncipe / soberano designado | Medium (structurally parallel to baseline’s “called/chamado,” High) | Divine Calling (background) | 5, 7 | Reuse conceptual pattern, new lexical entry. Same sovereign-designation logic as baseline’s “chamado,” applied to David’s rise; do not render as “vocação” for the same reason the baseline rejects “vocação” for general calling. |
Section B — New Terms Introduced by 2 Samuel (No Baseline Equivalent)
| # | English term | Hebrew / translit. | Portuguese rendering | Risk | Doctrine link | Chapters | Risk notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | LORD (covenant name) | יְהוָה / YHWH | SENHOR (small capitals) | Critical | All doctrines (divine identity) | Nearly every chapter | New requirement absent from the Romans (Greek NT) baseline. Must be distinguished from “Senhor” (Adonai/title). Following Almeida convention. Failure to distinguish flattens a major feature of OT divine-name theology. |
| B2 | Lord/Master (title) | אֲדֹנָי / Adonai | Senhor (normal case) | High | (background) | 7 (v.18ff), elsewhere | Paired with B1; consistent case-distinction required throughout all OT curricula. |
| B3 | steadfast love | חֶסֶד / chesed | amor leal | Critical | God’s Steadfast Love despite Human Failure | 7, 9, 22 | THE central new term of this Language Package. Standardized as “amor leal,” rejecting “benignidade” (archaic) and “misericórdia” (conflates with rachamim/compassion) as primary renderings. Must appear identically at every occurrence. |
| B4 | house (dynasty/temple wordplay) | בַּיִת / bayit | casa | High | Davidic Covenant | 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11-13, 18-20 | Deliberate triple wordplay (literal house / royal household / Temple) must be preserved by consistent lexical choice, not resolved by translation variation. Translator notes recommended at first heavy occurrence (7:1-13). |
| B5 | kingdom (Davidic/Israelite, historical) | מַמְלָכָה / mamlakah | reino | High | Davidic Covenant / Messianic Hope | 7 | Must be distinguished from baseline’s “reino de Deus” (Medium, universal/spiritual reign) — this is the earthly historical vehicle anticipating that fuller reign. |
| B6 | throne | כִּסֵּא / kisse | trono | Critical | Davidic Covenant / Messianic Hope | 7, and by allusion elsewhere | Central image of the Messianic Hope doctrine; consistent rendering required across 2 Sam 7, Ps 89, and (in later curricula) Luke 1 / Acts 2. |
| B7 | forever / everlasting | עַד־עוֹלָם / ad-olam | para sempre / eterno | Critical | Davidic Covenant / Messianic Hope / Assurance | 7, 22, 23 | Must not be softened to a bounded era; must be distinguished from Kardecist cyclical/reincarnation-based notions of unending existence, per the pattern the baseline already establishes for resurrection and incarnation. |
| B8 | iniquity | עָוֹן / avon | iniquidade | High | Consequences of Sin within the Covenant Family | 7 | Distinct from baseline’s general “pecado”: specifically culpable guilt incurring consequence. Guard against Kardecist “erro corrigível ao longo de vidas” framing, per baseline’s established pattern for sin. |
| B9 | established / made sure / confirmed | כּוּן / נֶאְמָן (kun / ne’eman) | estabelecer / firme | High | Davidic Covenant / Assurance | 5, 7, 23 | Backbone verb of the covenant’s permanence claim; must be rendered consistently across every occurrence (5:12; 7:12,13,16; 23:5). Etymological link of ne’eman to “Amém” (already retained untranslated per baseline) is a valuable teaching bridge. |
| B10 | anointed (common/royal-office sense) | מְשִׁיחַ יְהוָה / meshiach YHWH | ungido (do SENHOR) | Critical | Messianic Hope | 1, 2, 5, 19, 22, 23 | See Section A7 — lowercase, distinct from capitalized “Messias.” |
| B11 | rod / discipline (fatherly) | שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים / shevet anashim | vara de homens | Medium | Consequences of Sin / Steadfast Love | 7 | Must preserve “fatherly discipline, not rejection” sense central to reconciling the two named doctrines. |
| B12 | word of the LORD | דְּבַר־יְהוָה / devar-YHWH | palavra do SENHOR | High | Inspiration of Scripture (background) | 7, 12, 24 | Direct collision risk with Kardecist psicografia claims of ongoing mediumistic revelation, per the pattern already established in the baseline’s Inspiration of Scripture doctrine. |
| B13 | vision | חָזוֹן / chazon | visão | Medium | Inspiration of Scripture (background) | 7 | Paired with B12 as a category of unique, closed prophetic revelation. |
| B14 | servant (royal-office title) | עֶבֶד / eved | servo | Medium | Davidic Covenant (background) | 7 | Honorific covenant-office title; must not be rendered “escravo” (chattel-slavery sense). Anticipates Servant-of-the-LORD Messianic trajectory relevant to future curricula. |
| B15 | shepherd (royal metaphor) | רָעָה / ra’ah | pastorear | Medium | Davidic Covenant (background) | 7 | Building block for future Shepherd-King/Messianic curricula (John 10). |
| B16 | prince/designated leader | נָגִיד / nagid | príncipe / soberano designado | Medium | Divine Calling (background) | 5, 7 | See A12. Distinguish from מֶלֶךְ/melekh (“rei”). |
| B17 | LORD of hosts | יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת / YHWH tseva’ot | SENHOR dos Exércitos | High | (background — divine sovereignty) | 7 | Must be rendered identically at every future occurrence across OT curricula. |
| B18 | seek the face of the LORD | בִּקֵּשׁ אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה | buscar a face do SENHOR | Medium | Consequences of Sin / Repentance (background) | 21 | Distinguish from mediumistic “buscar espíritos guias”; anchor to prayer/inquiry of the one true God. |
| B19 | curse | קְלָלָה / qelalah | maldição | Medium | Consequences of Sin | 16 | Pair conceptually with covenant-blessing background (Deut 27-28) for future teaching. |
| B20 | inheritance/portion | נַחֲלָה / nachalah | herança | Medium | (bridges to baseline’s Adoption doctrine) | 20 | Useful bridge term to Romans 8’s inheritance-rights theology. |
| B21 | avenger/redeemer of blood | גֹּאֵל הַדָּם / go’el ha-dam | vingador do sangue | Medium | Consequences of Sin (background) | 14 | Narrow legal sense here; broader “redeemer” root-family theology (Ruth, Job) relevant to future curricula — do not over-read in this specific context. |
| B22 | evil in the eyes of the LORD | רַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | mau aos olhos do SENHOR | High | David’s Sin and Repentance | 11 | Recurring OT evaluative formula (also in Kings/Chronicles); must retain full moral seriousness. |
| B23 | put away / removed (guilt) | הֶעֱבִיר (עבר) / he’evir | tirou / perdoou (o pecado) | High | David’s Sin and Repentance | 12 | Must be taught alongside continuing temporal consequence (12:14) so forgiveness is not confused with consequence-free restoration. |
| B24 | sword (consequence-oracle) | חֶרֶב / cherev | espada | Medium | Consequences of Sin within the Covenant Family | 12 (and fulfilled 13-20) | Controls the interpretation of chs. 13-20 as outworking of 12:10’s oracle. |
| B25 | disgraceful folly / outrage | נְבָלָה / nevalah | loucura hedionda / coisa vergonhosa | Medium-High | Consequences of Sin | 13 | Strong term for covenant-shattering sin; must not be softened. |
| B26 | everlasting covenant (named explicitly) | בְּרִית עוֹלָם / berith olam | aliança eterna | Critical | Davidic Covenant | 23 | The book’s own explicit naming of the covenant only implicit in ch. 7; must be taught together with 7:1-17 in every lesson. |
| B27 | incited/moved (sovereignty and testing) | וַיָּסֶת (סות) / vayaset | incitou | High | (background — providence continuity) | 24 | Text-critical tension with 1 Chron 21:1 (“Satan”); teach compatibilist divine sovereignty directly, relevant to baseline’s providence doctrine risk. |
| B28 | altar / burnt offering / peace offerings | מִזְבֵּחַ / עֹלָה / זְבָחִים שְׁלָמִים | altar / holocausto / ofertas pacíficas | Medium-High | (background — atonement trajectory) | 24 | Foundational sacrificial vocabulary for future Leviticus/Hebrews curricula; follow established Almeida convention. |
| B29 | plague/pestilence | דֶּבֶר / dever | peste / praga | Medium | Consequences of Sin | 24 | Covenant-curse category (Deut 28:21). |
| B30 | mishpat u-tsedaqah (paired royal-justice formula) | מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה | justiça e equidade / juízo e justiça | High | (background contrast with soteriological righteousness) | 8 | See A4; must be distinguished from Romans’ forensic righteousness doctrine to avoid anachronistic reading. |
| B31 | ahavah (human covenant-friendship love) | אַהֲבָה / ahavah | amor | Low-Medium | (background, contrast term for chesed) | 1 | Keep lexically distinct from “amor leal” (chesed), which is reserved for covenantal/divine steadfast love. |
| B32 | established/anointed verb form | מָשַׁח / mashach | ungir | Medium | Messianic Hope (background) | 2, 5 | Verb form of B10; keep derivationally connected in translation. |
| B33 | ark of the covenant of the LORD | אֲרוֹן בְּרִית יְהוָה | arca da aliança do SENHOR | High | Davidic Covenant (background) | 6 | Combines A1 + B1; must render both established elements consistently together. |
| B34 | stronghold/fortress (as divine metaphor) | מְצוּדָה / metsudah | fortaleza | Low-Medium | (background — divine protection imagery) | 5, 22 | Reused as a divine epithet in ch. 22; note the shift from literal citadel to metaphor. |
Section C — Doctrine-to-Term Cross Reference
| Named curriculum doctrine | Primary terms (glossary #) | Primary passages |
|---|---|---|
| The Davidic Covenant and the Promise of an Eternal Throne | B4 (casa), B5 (reino), B6 (trono), B7 (para sempre), B9 (estabelecer), A6 (descendência), B26 (aliança eterna), A1 (aliança) | 2 Sam 7:1-17; 23:1-7; 22:51 |
| David’s Sin and Repentance | A2 (pecado), B22 (mau aos olhos do SENHOR), B23 (tirou/perdoou), B8 (iniquidade, background) | 2 Sam 11-12 |
| Consequences of Sin within the Covenant Family | B8 (iniquidade), B11 (vara de homens), B24 (espada), B25 (loucura hedionda), B19 (maldição), B29 (peste) | 2 Sam 7:14; 12:10-14; 13; 16; 21; 24 |
| God’s Steadfast Love despite Human Failure | B3 (amor leal), A9 (santo, background), B11 (vara de homens) | 2 Sam 7:15; 9:1-13 |
| The Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line | A6 (descendência), A7/B10 (Messias/ungido), B6 (trono), B7 (para sempre), A5 (salvação, background) | 2 Sam 7:12-16; 22:51; 23:1-5 |
Section D — Risk Tier Summary (this curriculum’s new/flagged terms)
| Risk | Count (Sections A+B) | Representative terms |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 10 | SENHOR/YHWH (B1), amor leal (B3), trono (B6), para sempre (B7), berith olam (B26), pai/filho contextual (A10/A11), Messias/ungido split (A7), descendência (A6), salvação (A5, contextual), Espírito do SENHOR (A8, contextual) |
| High | 13 | aliança (A1), justiça (A4, contextual), casa (B4), mamlakah/reino (B5), iniquidade (B8), estabelecer/firme (B9), palavra do SENHOR (B12), SENHOR dos Exércitos (B17), mau aos olhos do SENHOR (B22), tirou/perdoou (B23), incitou (B27), mishpat u-tsedaqah (B30), arca da aliança do SENHOR (B33) |
| Medium | 15 | santo (A9), nagid/príncipe (A12/B16), servo (B14), pastorear (B15), visão (B13), buscar a face do SENHOR (B18), maldição (B19), herança (B20), vingador do sangue (B21), espada (B24), loucura hedionda (B25), peste (B29), amor (B31), ungir (B32), fortaleza (B34) |
| Low | 2 | profeta (A3), rei (melekh, not separately tabled but confirmed Low per baseline pattern) |
This glossary extends, and does not contradict, the baseline Romans Language Package. All Section A terms carry forward the baseline’s exact Portuguese renderings; all Section B terms are new entries required specifically for the 2 Samuel curriculum and must be added to the destination-language translation memory before Phase 2 segment translation begins.
See analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md for full verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter justification of every entry above.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: justiça
Transliteration: dikaiosynē (NT) / tsedaqah (OT, general baseline sense)
Doctrine: Salvation (forensic, NT sense)
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado por esforço moral próprio
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY for the forensic, faith-received soteriological sense. See the separate new entry ‘righteousness_ot’ for the distinct royal/social-governance sense this same Portuguese word must also carry in 2 Samuel 8:15 and 22:21,25 — the two senses share a Portuguese word but must never share doctrinal content in teaching.
Salvation
Approved rendering: salvação
Transliteration: sōtēria (NT) / yeshuah (OT, general baseline sense)
Doctrine: Salvation (soteriological, NT sense)
Rejected alternatives: evolução espiritual através de reencarnações sucessivas
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY for the full reconciliation-with-God sense. See the separate new entry ‘salvation_ot’ for 2 Samuel 22’s this-worldly deliverance-from-enemies sense — a real but partial anticipation of this doctrine, not to be taught as identical nor as unrelated.
Seed Of David
Approved rendering: descendência de Davi
Transliteration: sperma Dauid (NT) / zera (OT)
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant / Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line
Original: זֶרַע
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package; rendering copied exactly. RISK ELEVATED from the baseline’s Medium tier (Romans 1:3 usage) to Critical for this curriculum, because 2 Samuel 7:12 is the Old Testament root text the baseline entry depends on. Near referent Solomon; far referent the Messiah, confirmed by Luke 1:32-33, Acts 2:30, Hebrews 1:5 — both steps of this typological relationship must be taught explicitly at every occurrence (7:12; 22:51).
Messiah
Approved rendering: Messias
Transliteration: Christos / Mashiach
Doctrine: Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line
Rejected alternatives: um espírito superior ou mais evoluído (leitura espírita de Jesus como ‘o mais evoluído dos espíritos’)
Inherited from Romans package; capitalized ‘Messias’ reserved EXCLUSIVELY for the fulfilled New Testament figure. NEVER apply this capitalized rendering to Saul, David, or any reigning 2 Samuel king — see the new entry ‘anointed_royal_office’ for the required lowercase ‘ungido’ rendering of those occurrences (1:14,16; 2:4; 5:3; 19:21; 22:51; 23:1). The trajectory from ‘ungido’ to ‘Messias’ converges explicitly only at 22:51/23:1 and must be taught as an argument, not assumed lexically.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Espírito Santo
Transliteration: pneuma hagion
Doctrine: Inspiration of Prophetic Revelation / Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: espíritos guias ou mentores espirituais (espiritismo), orixás e guias (Candomblé/Umbanda)
Inherited from Romans package; reserved for the fully Trinitarian New Testament title. See the new entry ‘spirit_of_the_lord’ for 2 Samuel 23:2’s ‘Espírito do SENHOR’ — the same divine Spirit under progressive revelation, but must not be flattened into this NT title without a canonical-trajectory note, nor treated as impersonal.
Father
Approved rendering: Pai
Transliteration: patēr
Doctrine: Trinitarian Fatherhood (NT sense)
Inherited from Romans package; capitalized ‘Pai’ reserved for God the Father in the fully revealed Trinitarian sense (Romans 8, ‘Abba, Pai’). See the new entry ‘father_covenant_king’ for the required LOWERCASE ‘pai’ rendering of 2 Samuel 7:14’s distinct royal-covenantal adoption sense — never capitalize ‘pai’ in that context.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: Filho de Deus
Transliteration: huios theou
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ (NT sense)
Rejected alternatives: filho de Deus no sentido genérico aplicado a todo crente
Inherited from Romans package; reserved for Christ’s unique, eternal, co-equal divine Sonship. See the new entry ‘son_covenant_king’ for the required LOWERCASE ‘filho’ rendering of 2 Samuel 7:14’s Davidic royal son (near referent Solomon, disciplinable and capable of iniquity — proof this is not the sinless eternal Son). Teach as fulfillment-by-escalation (Hebrews 1:5), never as identity.
God
Approved rendering: Deus
Transliteration: theos / Elohim / YHWH
Doctrine: The Divine Name and Covenant Identity
Inherited from Romans package. See the new entries ‘lord_yhwh’ and ‘lord_adonai’ for the Old Testament-specific SENHOR/Senhor case distinction this curriculum introduces, which the Greek-NT-only baseline did not require.
Lord
Approved rendering: Senhor
Transliteration: kyrios
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ (NT sense) / The Divine Name
Rejected alternatives: Senhor apenas em sentido devocional, sem reivindicação de senhorio total
Inherited from Romans package for the NT title sense (κύριος, uniform in Greek). In this OT curriculum, ‘Senhor’ (normal case) must be reserved specifically for Adonai/generic title usage — see the new entry ‘lord_adonai’ — and sharply distinguished in typography from ‘SENHOR’ (small capitals, the covenant name YHWH) — see the new entry ‘lord_yhwh.‘
Resurrection
Approved rendering: ressurreição
Transliteration: anastasis
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ (background/forward-reference)
Rejected alternatives: reencarnação
Inherited from Romans package; NEVER reencarnação. Relevant to this curriculum as a guardrail term: 2 Samuel 7:12’s ‘hekim’ (raise up a dynastic successor, root קום) and 12:14ff must never be rendered or taught in a way that borrows resurrection or reincarnation vocabulary — see the new entry ‘established_confirmed’ for the correct dynastic-succession rendering (‘levantar’).
Incarnation
Approved rendering: encarnação
Transliteration: ho logos sarx egeneto
Doctrine: Incarnation (background/forward-reference)
Rejected alternatives: encarnação como uma entre muitas vidas sucessivas de um espírito (sentido espírita)
Inherited from Romans package. Relevant guardrail for 2 Samuel 7:12’s ‘mime’eikha’ (from your own body/loins) — must convey ordinary biological fatherhood, not a reincarnated or spiritually-transmigrated identity, guarding against any Kardecist reading that conflates dynastic succession with a spirit returning in a new body.
Jesus
Approved rendering: Jesus
Transliteration: Iēsous / Yeshua
Doctrine: Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line (fulfillment reference)
Inherited from Romans package. Used in teaching materials when tracing the New Testament fulfillment of 2 Samuel 7:12-16 (Luke 1:32-33; Acts 2:30; Hebrews 1:5).
Lord Yhwh
Approved rendering: SENHOR
Transliteration: YHWH
Doctrine: The Divine Name and Covenant Identity
Rejected alternatives: Javé/Jeová (transliterated forms, inconsistent with Portuguese Bible tradition), Senhor (normal case, would collapse the required typographic distinction)
Original: יְהוָה
Category: Divine Names
New entry, not present in the Greek-NT-only baseline (Romans uses κύριος uniformly). Render as small-capitals ‘SENHOR’ per the Almeida tradition, distinct from ‘Senhor’ (normal case, Adonai). Occurs in nearly every chapter of 2 Samuel. Collapsing this distinction flattens covenant self-revelation and risks presenting God as a generic ‘senhor’ comparable to spirit-guide or orixá figures invoked in Candomblé/Umbanda.
Spirit Of The Lord
Approved rendering: Espírito do SENHOR
Transliteration: ruach YHWH
Doctrine: Inspiration of Prophetic Revelation
Rejected alternatives: espíritos guias ou mentores espirituais (espiritismo), orixás e guias (Candomblé/Umbanda), Espírito Santo (without a canonical-trajectory note)
Original: רוּחַ יְהוָה
Category: Divine Names
New entry. David’s last-words claim to Spirit-inspired speech (23:2). Same divine Spirit under progressive revelation as the baseline’s ‘Espírito Santo,’ not a different spirit — must not be flattened into that fully Trinitarian NT title without a note, and must not be treated as impersonal.
Anointed Royal Office
Approved rendering: ungido
Transliteration: mashiach / meshiach YHWH
Doctrine: Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line
Rejected alternatives: Messias (capitalized — reserved exclusively for the fulfilled NT figure)
Original: מְשִׁיחַ יְהוָה
Category: Christology
New entry. Lowercase, functional royal-office title applied to Saul (1:14,16) and David (2:4; 5:3; 19:21; 22:51; 23:1) as reigning/anointed kings. Using capitalized ‘Messias’ here would prematurely and wrongly identify a reigning OT king with the fulfilled NT title. Trajectory converges explicitly only at 22:51/23:1.
Father Covenant King
Approved rendering: pai
Transliteration: av
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant / Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line
Rejected alternatives: Pai (capitalized — reserved exclusively for the Trinitarian Father, per baseline entry ‘father’)
Original: אָב
Category: Christology
New entry. 2 Samuel 7:14: God’s covenantal, adoptive fatherhood of the reigning Davidic king (near referent Solomon), an ANE royal-adoption category. NEVER capitalize. Requires an explicit teacher/translator note distinguishing this royal-covenantal fatherhood from both the baseline’s Adoption doctrine (believers generally) and the unique eternal Father-Son relation the NT identifies with Christ.
Son Covenant King
Approved rendering: filho
Transliteration: ben
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant / Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line
Rejected alternatives: Filho (capitalized — reserved exclusively for ‘Filho de Deus,’ per baseline entry ‘son_of_god’)
Original: בֵּן
Category: Christology
New entry. 2 Samuel 7:14: the Davidic king as God’s adopted, disciplinable royal son (near referent Solomon), explicitly capable of committing iniquity — proof this is not the sinless eternal Son. Hebrews 1:5 applies this verse typologically to Christ. NEVER capitalize. Teach as fulfillment-by-escalation, never identity.
Everlasting Covenant
Approved rendering: aliança eterna
Transliteration: berith olam
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and the Promise of an Eternal Throne
Rejected alternatives: existência cíclica autoperpetuada ao longo de reencarnações (leitura espírita de ‘eterno’)
Original: בְּרִית עוֹלָם
Category: Covenant
New entry. 2 Samuel 23:5 — the direct textual naming (‘berith’) of the covenant only implicit in 2 Samuel 7:1-17. Must be taught together with 7:1-17 in every lesson on the Davidic Covenant.
Throne
Approved rendering: trono
Transliteration: kisse
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and the Promise of an Eternal Throne / Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line
Original: כִּסֵּא
Category: Covenant
New entry. No lexical ambiguity in Portuguese, but doctrinal stakes are the highest in this Language Package’s Old Testament vocabulary: consistent rendering required across 2 Samuel 7:13,16; 22:51 (by allusion); 23:1-5, and future curricula’s Psalm 89, Luke 1, Acts 2. Never imply the promise failed or was merely political given the Babylonian exile’s apparent dynastic interruption.
Forever Everlasting
Approved rendering: para sempre
Transliteration: ad-olam
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and the Promise of an Eternal Throne / Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line
Rejected alternatives: por muito tempo / por muitas gerações (bounded duration), eterno (used as a free stylistic variant rather than reserved for the compound ‘aliança eterna’)
Original: עַד־עוֹלָם
Category: Covenant
New entry. Standardize on ‘para sempre’ as the primary adverbial rendering (7:13,16); reserve ‘eterno’ for the compound ‘aliança eterna’ (23:5) where a nominal-adjective construction is required. Structural parallel to the baseline’s forbidden reencarnação/ressurreição distinction: must never be softened to a bounded era nor read through a Kardecist cyclical, self-perpetuating-existence lens.
Salvation Ot
Approved rendering: salvação
Transliteration: yeshuah / yesha
Doctrine: Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line (background)
Rejected alternatives: evolução espiritual através de reencarnações sucessivas
Original: יְשׁוּעָה / יֶשַׁע
Category: Salvation
New entry, sharing its Portuguese rendering with the inherited baseline ‘salvation’ entry. 2 Samuel 22:2-3’s this-worldly deliverance-from-enemies sense is a real but partial anticipation of the fuller NT doctrine — teach the legitimate progression without treating the two as identical or as unrelated.
Righteousness Ot
Approved rendering: justiça
Transliteration: tsedaqah
Doctrine: Royal Justice and Righteousness
Original: צְדָקָה
Category: Salvation
New entry, sharing its Portuguese rendering with the inherited baseline ‘righteousness’ entry. 2 Samuel 8:15 (royal/social justice-in-governance) and 22:21,25 (covenant-loyalty rewarded) must be explicitly distinguished from Romans’ forensic, faith-received soteriological righteousness — highest anachronism risk in this Language Package because no typographic marker distinguishes the two senses; only a teaching note can.
Steadfast Love
Approved rendering: amor leal
Transliteration: chesed
Doctrine: God’s Steadfast Love despite Human Failure
Rejected alternatives: benignidade (archaic, weak relational force in contemporary Portuguese), misericórdia (properly renders the distinct term rachamim/compassion; would blur chesed’s specifically covenantal loyalty sense into generic pity), sorte / bênção genérica / carma positivo acumulado
Original: חֶסֶד
Category: Covenant Loyalty
New entry; THE single most doctrine-critical new term in this Language Package. No baseline equivalent exists. Must be rendered identically at every occurrence (7:15; 9:1,3,7; 15:21 human echo; 22:51) so learners can track the doctrine across the book. The Saul/David contrast at 7:15 (kingship permanently revoked vs. discipline-without-abandonment) is the doctrine’s hinge; any lexical variation breaks its terminological backbone.
High Risk Terms
Covenant
Approved rendering: aliança
Transliteration: diathēkē (NT) / berith (OT)
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant / Covenant (general)
Rejected alternatives: contrato legal, pacto meramente político sem caráter sagrado
Original: בְּרִית
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Samuel, applies both to human political covenants (ch. 3, David and Abner — a real but lesser-weight sense) and to God’s unconditional covenant with David (implicit in ch. 7, explicit at 23:5, ‘berith olam’). Distinguish by context, not by lexical variation. The word does not literally occur in 7:1-17 itself; teach 23:5 alongside 7:1-17 in every lesson on the Davidic Covenant.
Calling
Approved rendering: chamado
Transliteration: klēsis
Doctrine: Kingship and Divine Designation
Rejected alternatives: vocação (narrow sense of a call to priesthood or religious life)
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER render David’s nagid-designation (5:2; 7:8) as ‘vocação,’ which narrows in Luso-Brazilian culture to a call to priesthood or consecrated religious life.
Providence
Approved rendering: providência
Transliteration: pronoia
Doctrine: Providence and Divine Sovereignty
Rejected alternatives: lei de causa e efeito espírita (regência cármica das reencarnações)
Inherited from Romans package. See the new entry ‘providence_counsel’ for 2 Samuel 17:14’s specific ‘the LORD had ordained’ language and 24:1’s ‘incited’ language (see ‘incited_sovereignty’), both of which carry the same baseline-documented Kardecist collision risk.
Lord Adonai
Approved rendering: Senhor
Transliteration: Adonai
Doctrine: The Divine Name and Covenant Identity
Original: אֲדֹנָי
Category: Divine Names
New entry. Normal-case ‘Senhor,’ paired with ‘SENHOR’ (YHWH) at 7:18ff (‘Senhor DEUS’/‘SENHOR Deus’). Consistency across this and future Old Testament curricula is required or the case-distinction collapses.
Lord Of Hosts
Approved rendering: SENHOR dos Exércitos
Transliteration: YHWH tseva’ot
Doctrine: The Divine Name and Covenant Identity
Rejected alternatives: Senhor Todo-Poderoso (alternate Portuguese Bible tradition rendering, rejected for cross-reference consistency)
Original: יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת
Category: Divine Names
New entry. Occurs at 7:8. Must be rendered identically at every occurrence across Samuel-Kings-Chronicles-Prophets curricula; underscores the disproportion between David’s humble origin and God’s cosmic sovereignty.
House Dynasty
Approved rendering: casa
Transliteration: bayit
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and the Promise of an Eternal Throne
Rejected alternatives: palácio (would resolve, and thereby destroy, the deliberate wordplay), dinastia (same), templo (same)
Original: בַּיִת
Category: Covenant
New entry. Deliberate triple wordplay across 2 Samuel 7 (literal palace / royal household-dynasty / Temple ‘house for my name’). Render ‘casa’ consistently at every sense (chs. 1,3,5,6,7,11-13,18-20); a mandatory translator’s note is recommended at 7:1-13 to make the wordplay explicit rather than resolving it lexically.
Kingdom Historical
Approved rendering: reino
Transliteration: mamlakah
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and the Promise of an Eternal Throne
Original: מַמְלָכָה
Category: Covenant
New entry. The earthly, historical Davidic/Israelite kingdom (7:12). Must be distinguished from the baseline’s ‘reino de Deus’ (Medium, universal/spiritual reign) — this is the historical vehicle anticipating that fuller reign, not yet identical to it. Do not force a different Portuguese word to mark the distinction; use explicit typological-continuity teaching notes instead.
Established Confirmed
Approved rendering: estabelecer / firme
Transliteration: kun / ne’eman
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and the Promise of an Eternal Throne
Original: כּוּן / נֶאְמָן
Category: Covenant
New entry. Backbone verb-root of the covenant’s permanence claim (5:12; 7:12-13,16; 23:5). Render consistently. Ne’eman shares its root with ‘Amém’ (already retained untranslated per baseline) — a valuable teaching bridge: God’s promise is as reliable as the word ‘Amém’ itself affirms. Also governs the correct dynastic-succession rendering of hekim (‘levantar’) distinct from ‘ressurreição.‘
Iniquity
Approved rendering: iniquidade
Transliteration: avon
Doctrine: Consequences of Sin within the Covenant Family
Rejected alternatives: erro a ser corrigido em vidas futuras (leitura espírita)
Original: עָוֹן
Category: Sin
New entry. Distinct from ‘pecado’ (general sin): specifically culpable guilt incurring consequence (7:14). The discipline in view is immediate, this-life, fatherly discipline, not a corrective process spread across reincarnations. Register is somewhat archaic in ordinary Portuguese; pair first occurrence with a plain-language gloss (‘culpa que exige consequência’).
Evil In Eyes Of Lord
Approved rendering: mau aos olhos do SENHOR
Transliteration: ra be’einei YHWH
Doctrine: David’s Sin and Repentance
Rejected alternatives: não foi bem visto (weak, colloquial softening), foi errado (drops the divine-name anchor)
Original: רַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה
Category: Sin
New entry. Standard OT covenant-evaluation formula (11:27), the narrator’s own verdict on David’s adultery and murder. Recurs throughout Kings/Chronicles; must be rendered consistently and with full moral seriousness.
Put Away Guilt
Approved rendering: tirou / perdoou
Transliteration: he’evir
Doctrine: David’s Sin and Repentance
Original: הֶעֱבִיר
Category: Sin
New entry. 12:13b: immediate, gracious removal of guilt in response to genuine confession. Must be taught alongside 12:14’s continuing temporal consequence in the SAME teaching unit — never present forgiveness as consequence-free restoration.
Disgraceful Folly
Approved rendering: loucura hedionda
Transliteration: nevalah
Doctrine: Consequences of Sin within the Covenant Family
Rejected alternatives: insensatez (too mild), erro (drastically understates covenant-violation gravity)
Original: נְבָלָה
Category: Sin
New entry. Tamar’s protest naming Amnon’s coming assault (13:12), ‘such a thing is not done in Israel.’ Names covenant-shattering sin, not mere social embarrassment; must not be softened.
Incited Sovereignty
Approved rendering: incitou
Transliteration: vayaset
Doctrine: Providence and Divine Sovereignty
Original: וַיָּסֶת
Category: Sin
New entry. 24:1, in text-critical tension with 1 Chronicles 21:1 (‘Satan incited David’). Must be taught directly as compatibilist divine sovereignty operating through human and adversarial agency, never silently harmonized, guarding against both folk fatalism and the Kardecist ‘lei de causa e efeito.‘
Ark Of Covenant
Approved rendering: arca da aliança do SENHOR
Transliteration: aron berith YHWH
Doctrine: Holiness and the Presence of God
Rejected alternatives: arca (bare form — risks homonym confusion with ‘arca de Noé’)
Original: אֲרוֹן בְּרִית יְהוָה
Category: Sanctification
New entry. Combines the baseline’s ‘aliança’ with the new ‘SENHOR’ divine-name convention. Always render the full phrase in first occurrences and teaching-note headings, not the bare ‘arca,’ to avoid Noah’s-ark homonym confusion for lower-literacy audiences.
Altar And Offerings
Approved rendering: altar / holocausto / ofertas pacíficas
Transliteration: mizbe’ach / olah / zevachim shelamim
Doctrine: Sacrificial Atonement and Worship
Original: מִזְבֵּחַ / עֹלָה / זְבָחִים שְׁלָמִים
Category: Sanctification
New entry. David’s purchased altar and sacrifices (24:18-25) halt the plague and identify the future Temple site, fulfilling the ‘house for my name’ promise of 7:13. Follow established Almeida-tradition convention for consistency with future Leviticus/Hebrews curricula; must not read as generic ritual disconnected from covenant restoration.
Word Of The Lord
Approved rendering: palavra do SENHOR
Transliteration: devar-YHWH
Doctrine: Inspiration of Prophetic Revelation
Rejected alternatives: psicografia (mediumistic transcription)
Original: דְּבַר־יְהוָה
Category: Prophecy
New entry. 7:4-5 marks the decisive shift from Nathan’s own well-intentioned but premature opinion (7:3) to authoritative divine revelation. Direct collision risk with Kardecist psicografia claims of ongoing mediumistic ‘words’ from discarnate spirits — must be taught as a unique, closed, authoritative revelatory event.
Royal Justice Formula
Approved rendering: justiça e equidade
Transliteration: mishpat u-tsedaqah
Doctrine: Royal Justice and Righteousness
Rejected alternatives: juízo e justiça (acceptable secondary rendering)
Original: מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה
Category: Salvation
New entry. 8:15’s paired formula for ideal royal governance. Must be distinguished from Romans’ forensic righteousness doctrine to avoid anachronistic reading in either direction.
Providence Counsel
Approved rendering: conselho
Transliteration: etsah
Doctrine: Providence and Divine Sovereignty
Original: עֵצָה
Category: Providence
New entry. 17:14, ‘the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel.’ Direct parallel to the baseline’s Providence doctrine and its flagged Kardecist ‘lei de causa e efeito’ risk.
Medium Risk Terms
Sin
Approved rendering: pecado
Transliteration: hamartia (NT) / chata (OT)
Doctrine: David’s Sin and Repentance
Rejected alternatives: erro a ser corrigido em vidas futuras (leitura espírita), cometi um erro / falhei (generic admission, no personal object)
Original: חָטָא
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Doctrinally elevated review routing for 2 Samuel 12:13: David’s confession must be rendered ‘Pequei contra o SENHOR,’ retaining the personal object ‘contra o SENHOR,’ not a generic admission of error — this blocks the baseline-documented Kardecist reframing of moral failure as a correctable ‘erro’ resolved across future reincarnations.
Holy
Approved rendering: santo
Transliteration: hagios (NT) / qodesh (OT)
Doctrine: Holiness and the Presence of God
Rejected alternatives: puro em sentido ritual apenas
Original: קֹדֶשׁ
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. The Uzzah narrative (2 Samuel 6:6-7) dramatizes this doctrine narratively — a needed corrective where the sacred/profane boundary is often blurred by syncretistic practice in Brazilian folk religiosity.
Called
Approved rendering: chamado
Transliteration: klētos
Doctrine: Kingship and Divine Designation
Rejected alternatives: convocado (bureaucratic register)
Inherited from Romans package. Structurally parallel to David’s rise as nagid (see new entry ‘prince_designated_leader’): sovereign summons, not self-appointment.
Adoption
Approved rendering: adoção
Transliteration: huiothesia
Doctrine: Inheritance and Covenant Belonging
Inherited from Romans package. Bridge term for 2 Samuel 20:1’s inheritance/belonging language (see new entry ‘inheritance_portion’) and for teaching 7:14’s royal sonship in relation to, but distinct from, believers’ NT adoption.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: reino de Deus
Transliteration: basileia tou theou
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission (background contrast)
Inherited from Romans package. Must be kept lexically and doctrinally distinct from the new entry ‘kingdom_historical’ (‘reino,’ the earthly, historical Davidic/Israelite kingdom) — the latter is the historical vehicle anticipating this fuller, universal, spiritual reign, not identical to it.
Anoint Verb
Approved rendering: ungir
Transliteration: mashach
Doctrine: Messianic Hope Rooted in David’s Line (background)
Original: מָשַׁח
Category: Christology
New entry. Verb form underlying ‘ungido.’ Occurs at 2:4 and 5:3. Render consistently so the derivational link to the noun is visible in Portuguese as it is in Hebrew.
Prince Designated Leader
Approved rendering: príncipe
Transliteration: nagid
Doctrine: Kingship and Divine Designation
Rejected alternatives: vocação (narrow Luso-Brazilian sense of a call to priesthood or religious life)
Original: נָגִיד
Category: Kingship
New entry. First occurrence 5:2, reused 7:8. Emphasizes divine designation prior to/alongside the reigning title (melekh); structurally parallel to the baseline’s ‘chamado’ doctrine — sovereign summons, not self-promotion or merit accumulated across lifetimes.
Shepherd Royal Metaphor
Approved rendering: pastorear
Transliteration: ra’ah
Doctrine: Kingship and Divine Designation
Original: רָעָה
Category: Kingship
New entry. 7:7-8. Dominant royal metaphor for just governance; must not be reduced to a merely agricultural sense. Building block for future Shepherd-King/Messianic curricula (Ezekiel 34, John 10).
Servant Royal Title
Approved rendering: servo
Transliteration: eved
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and the Promise of an Eternal Throne (background)
Rejected alternatives: escravo (demeaning chattel-slavery sense in Portuguese)
Original: עֶבֶד
Category: Kingship
New entry. ‘My servant David’ (7:5,8) is a covenant-office title of honor, not a demeaning designation. Anticipates the Servant-of-the-LORD messianic trajectory relevant to future curricula.
Sword Consequence
Approved rendering: espada
Transliteration: cherev
Doctrine: Consequences of Sin within the Covenant Family
Original: חֶרֶב
Category: Sin
New entry. 12:10’s consequence-oracle (‘the sword shall never depart from your house’), fulfilled across chs. 13, 18, 20 (Amnon, Absalom, Adonijah). Controls the interpretation of chs. 13-20 as this-life covenant discipline.
Curse
Approved rendering: maldição
Transliteration: qelalah
Doctrine: Consequences of Sin within the Covenant Family
Original: קְלָלָה
Category: Sin
New entry. Shimei’s curse (16:5-8), part of the Deuteronomic covenant-curse framework (Deut 27-28). David’s restraint (16:11-12) models humble acceptance of consequence without despair.
Plague
Approved rendering: peste
Transliteration: dever
Doctrine: Consequences of Sin within the Covenant Family
Original: דֶּבֶר
Category: Sin
New entry. Covenant-curse category (Deut 28:21); the consequence for the census sin (ch. 24), resolved by sacrifice at Araunah’s threshing floor.
Bloodguilt
Approved rendering: sangue inocente
Transliteration: dam naqi
Doctrine: Bloodguilt and Justice
Original: דָּם נָקִי
Category: Sin
New entry. 4:11-12; real, this-life, covenant-community moral category requiring judicial reckoning even generations later (ch. 21’s Gibeonite famine), not a debt worked off across multiple lifetimes.
Stronghold Fortress
Approved rendering: fortaleza
Transliteration: metsudah
Doctrine: Holiness and the Presence of God (background) / God’s Steadfast Love
Original: מְצוּדָה
Category: Sanctification
New entry. David’s literal citadel of Zion (5:7,9); reused metaphorically of God himself in ch. 22. Note the shift from literal to divine-protection metaphor between occurrences.
Vision
Approved rendering: visão
Transliteration: chazon
Doctrine: Inspiration of Prophetic Revelation
Original: חָזוֹן
Category: Prophecy
New entry. 7:17, confirming vv.5-16 as authoritative revelation, not private counsel. Teach together with ‘palavra do SENHOR’ as reinforcing categories of unique, closed prophetic revelation.
Seek The Face Of The Lord
Approved rendering: buscar a face do SENHOR
Transliteration: biqqesh et-penei YHWH
Doctrine: Repentance and Seeking God’s Favor
Rejected alternatives: buscar espíritos guias (mediumistic inquiry practice)
Original: בִּקֵּשׁ אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה
Category: Prophecy
New entry. 21:1; David’s national repentance-and-inquiry model. Must anchor explicitly to prayer/inquiry addressed to the one true covenant God.
Oath Formula
Approved rendering: tão certo como vive o SENHOR
Transliteration: chai-YHWH
Doctrine: God’s Steadfast Love despite Human Failure (background)
Original: חַי־יְהוָה
Category: Prophecy
New entry. 15:21, Ittai’s loyalty oath. Standard OT oath formula; render consistently across future OT curricula.
Human Covenant Love
Approved rendering: amor
Transliteration: ahavah
Doctrine: God’s Steadfast Love despite Human Failure (contrast term)
Original: אַהֲבָה
Category: Covenant Loyalty
New entry. Jonathan-David covenant-friendship love (1:26). Keep strictly fenced from ‘amor leal’ (chesed) — never let unmodified ‘amor’ substitute for the divine/covenantal doctrine term.
Rod Of Discipline
Approved rendering: vara de homens
Transliteration: shevet anashim
Doctrine: Consequences of Sin within the Covenant Family / God’s Steadfast Love despite Human Failure
Original: שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים
Category: Covenant Loyalty
New entry. 7:14’s ordinary-human-means discipline clause. Must always be taught together with 7:15’s steadfast-love clause in the same unit; never present 7:14 in isolation, or ‘fatherly discipline, not rejection’ collapses into arbitrary punishment.
Inheritance Portion
Approved rendering: herança
Transliteration: nachalah
Doctrine: Inheritance and Covenant Belonging
Original: נַחֲלָה
Category: Providence
New entry. Sheba’s rejection of covenant belonging (20:1), ‘we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.’ Useful bridge term to the baseline’s Adoption doctrine (Romans 8, full inheritance rights).
Avenger Of Blood
Approved rendering: vingador do sangue
Transliteration: go’el ha-dam
Doctrine: Bloodguilt and Justice
Original: גֹּאֵל הַדָּם
Category: Providence
New entry. 14:11, narrow legal-vengeance sense. Note the word family’s broader kinsman-redeemer theology (Ruth, Job 19:25) relevant to future curricula, without over-reading it into this specific narrow usage.
Low Risk Terms
Prophet
Approved rendering: profeta
Transliteration: prophētēs (NT) / navi (OT)
Doctrine: Inspiration of Prophetic Revelation
Rejected alternatives: médium (channeler of spirit messages)
Original: נָבִיא
Category: Prophecy
Inherited from Romans package. Nathan’s office (7:2, 12, 24); the same Brazilian caution against ‘médium’ documented in the baseline applies equally to Old Testament prophets.
David
Approved rendering: Davi
Transliteration: Dawid
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant (background)
Inherited from Romans package. Standard proper name, used as the central figure throughout this curriculum.
Israel
Approved rendering: Israel
Transliteration: Yisra’el
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles (background)
Inherited from Romans package. Standard proper name.
King
Approved rendering: rei
Transliteration: melekh
Doctrine: Kingship and Divine Designation
Original: מֶלֶךְ
Category: Kingship
New entry. Standard term, no significant ambiguity; distinguished from ‘nagid’ (designated leader-elect, see ‘prince_designated_leader’).
Judges Office
Approved rendering: juízes
Transliteration: shophtim
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and the Promise of an Eternal Throne (background)
Original: שֹׁפְטִים
Category: Kingship
New entry. 7:6-7; standard term directly referencing the book of Juízes. Establishes the historical-covenantal timeline the Davidic covenant supersedes.
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