Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Deuteronomy (Portuguese Language Package)
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Baseline Romans Translation Memory
These terms recur in Deuteronomy and MUST use the identical Portuguese rendering already fixed in translation_memory.json. No new decision is required; they are listed here for cross-reference completeness and full-book traceability.
| Term (gloss) | Portuguese (baseline) | Risk (baseline) | Deuteronomy Occurrences (chapters) |
|---|---|---|---|
| covenant | aliança | High | 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33 |
| law | lei | High | 1, 4, 5, 6, 17, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 |
| holy | santo | Medium | 7, 14, 23, 26, 28 |
| election (conceptual link to bachar) | eleição | High | 7 |
| Israel | Israel | Low | throughout |
| God | Deus | Critical | throughout |
| prophet | profeta | Low (elevated to Critical in ch. 13, 18, 34 context — see doctrine registry note below) | 13, 18, 34 |
| prophecy | profecia | Low | 18 (implicit) |
| righteousness | justiça | Critical | 6, 9, 24, 28, 33 |
| faith / believe | fé / crer | High | 1, 9 |
| sin | pecado | Medium | 9, 24 |
| Lord (Kyrios; distinct OT usage — see Section B) | Senhor | Critical | see Section B, YHWH entry |
| glory | glória | Medium | 5, 28 (theophany contexts) |
| providence (conceptual link) | providência | High | 2, 8 |
| adoption (conceptual background) | adoção | Medium | 14 (corporate sonship background) |
| intercession (contrastive reference) | intercessão | High | 18 (contrasted with necromancy) |
B. New Terms Introduced by Deuteronomy (Proposed Additions to Translation Memory)
| # | Term (gloss) | Hebrew | Transliteration | Portuguese Rendering | Risk | Doctrine Linkage | Key Chapters | Alternatives Rejected / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YHWH (the Tetragrammaton) | יְהוָה | YHWH | SENHOR (small caps/versalete) | Critical | Shema; Lordship continuity into NT Kyrios | throughout (~550x) | Rejected: rendering identically to “Senhor” (regular case) used for Adonai/Kyrios, which would erase the reader’s ability to distinguish the covenant Name from a generic title; rejected: transliterating “Iavé/Jeová,” inconsistent with the established Almeida/ARA/NVI Portuguese Bible convention. Bridges directly to baseline’s Critical “lord” entry — NT identification of Jesus as Kyrios draws on the LXX’s use of Kyrios to render this very Name. |
| 2 | one (Shema confession) | אֶחָד | echad | único / um só | Critical | The Shema and Exclusive Love for God | 6 (core passage), 4, 32 | Rejected: bare numeral “um” alone, which under-communicates the polemical, exclusivist force needed against Brazil’s plural religious landscape (Candomblé/Umbanda orixás, Kardecist spirit hierarchies). Must render Deut 6:4 consistently every occurrence across curriculum documents. |
| 3 | Hear (Shema, imperative) | שְׁמַע | shema | ouve | Critical | The Shema and Exclusive Love for God | 6, 5 (implicit), 9 | Note: Hebrew shama collapses “hear” and “obey”; add translator note that “ouvir” here entails responsive obedience, not passive reception. Proper name “o Shemá” may be introduced for the confession as a whole in teaching material. |
| 4 | love (covenant command) | אָהַב | ahav | amar | High | Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit | 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 30 | Rejected: rendering that reduces to emotional sentiment only; must retain covenant-loyalty/choice dimension alongside affection. |
| 5 | heart (as will/mind) | לֵבָב | levav | coração | Medium | Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit; Covenant Renewal | 6, 10, 30 | Note: broader than modern Portuguese “coração” (emotion-centered); teach as the whole rational-volitional center. |
| 6 | soul/self/being | נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | alma (com nota) | High | The Shema and Exclusive Love for God | 6, 10, 13 | Rejected: unqualified “alma” without explanatory note, given strong Kardecist doctrinal loading of “alma” as an immortal, reincarnating substance. Nephesh = whole living self, not a separable soul-substance. |
| 7 | might/strength | מְאֹד | me’od | força | Medium | The Shema and Exclusive Love for God | 6 | Low independent risk; paired with heart/soul in the totality formula. |
| 8 | commandment | מִצְוָה | mitzvah | mandamento | Medium | Covenant Renewal | 5, 6, 8, 11, 26, 27, 30 | Part of the fixed mitzvah/chuqqim/mishpatim triad; preserve triadic cadence consistently. |
| 9 | statutes | חֻקִּים (sg. חֹק) | chuqqim / choq | estatutos | Medium | Covenant Renewal | 4, 5, 6, 26 | See triad note above. |
| 10 | rules/ordinances | מִשְׁפָּטִים (sg. מִשְׁפָּט) | mishpatim / mishpat | juízos / ordenanças | Medium | Covenant Renewal | 4, 5, 6, 26 | See triad note above. |
| 11 | fear (of the LORD) | יָרֵא / יִרְאָה | yare / yirah | temer / temor | High | The Shema and Exclusive Love for God | 6, 10, 13, 17, 31 | Rejected: rendering suggesting servile terror or transactional appeasement of a capricious spirit, a live folk-religious pattern in Brazil (placating orixás/spirits believed to cause misfortune). Must convey reverential covenant awe. |
| 12 | keep/observe/guard | שָׁמַר | shamar | guardar | Medium | Covenant Renewal | 6, 7, 8, 26, 28 | Ongoing custodial obedience, not one-time ritual act. |
| 13 | steadfast love / covenant loyalty | חֶסֶד | chesed | benignidade / misericórdia (nota: “amor leal de aliança”) | High | Grace-parallel; Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit | 7 | Rejected: rendering as mere “sorte” or transactional exchange; neither standard Almeida gloss (benignidade/misericórdia) alone fully conveys covenant loyalty — supplement with teaching note. |
| 14 | blessing | בְּרָכָה | berakah | bênção | Medium | Blessings and Curses of the Covenant | 11, 27, 28, 33 | Standard term; low independent ambiguity risk. |
| 15 | curse | קְלָלָה / אָלָה / אָרוּר | qelalah / alah / arur | maldição / maldito | High | Blessings and Curses of the Covenant | 11, 27, 28, 29 | Rejected: any framing suggesting a magical curse cast by a ritual specialist (praga, macumba, “trabalho”), a widespread Brazilian folk-religious fear; must be taught as God’s own judicial covenant sanction, not sorcery. |
| 16 | choose (election) | בָּחַר | bachar | escolher | High | The Shema and Exclusive Love for God (election background) | 7, 12, 17, 18 | Verbal root behind the baseline noun “eleição”; render consistently as God’s sovereign, unearned choice. |
| 17 | treasured possession (people) | עַם סְגֻלָּה | am segullah | povo de propriedade exclusiva / povo especialmente seu | High | Covenant Renewal | 7, 14, 26 | Corporate covenant identity, not individual merit; background for 1 Peter 2:9. |
| 18 | devoted to destruction / ban | חֵרֶם | cherem | anátema / destruição total (consagrada) | High | Warnings against Idolatry | 7, 13, 20 | Historically and pastorally sensitive; requires careful framing as unique redemptive-historical judgment, not a template for modern application. |
| 19 | idol / carved image | פֶּסֶל | pesel | ídolo / imagem de escultura | Critical | Warnings against Idolatry | 4, 5, 7, 27 | Rejected: any rendering permitting devotional imagery ambiguity; direct confrontation with Candomblé/Umbanda images of orixás and popular-Catholic image veneration (cf. baseline “saints” note). |
| 20 | form/likeness | תְּמוּנָה | temunah | forma / semelhança | High | Warnings against Idolatry | 4 | ”You saw no form” — grounds aniconic worship. |
| 21 | jealous (of God) | קַנָּא | qanna | zeloso / ciumento (com nota) | High | The Shema and Exclusive Love for God | 4, 32 | Must not sound petty/human or imply competition among a pantheon of rival deities. |
| 22 | rock (divine title) | צוּר | tsur | Rocha | High | The Shema and Exclusive Love for God | 32 | Poetic monotheistic polemic contrasting YHWH with the impotence of rival “rocks”/gods. |
| 23 | remember | זָכַר | zakhar | lembrar-se / recordar | High | Remembering God’s Redemption | 8, 15, 16, 24, 26 | Corporate historical memory of God’s redemptive acts — distinguish sharply from Kardecist personal past-life recall (“memória de vidas passadas”). |
| 24 | forget | שָׁכַח | shakach | esquecer | Medium | Remembering God’s Redemption | 6, 8 | Spiritual amnesia induced by prosperity; paired warning with “remember.” |
| 25 | word (of God) | דָּבָר / דְּבָרִים | davar / devarim | palavra(s) | Medium/High (context-dependent; Critical at 30:14 per Romans 10 link) | Remembering God’s Redemption; Inspiration | 6, 8, 30 | ”Every word from the mouth of the LORD” (8:3, quoted Matt 4:4); “the word is very near you” (30:14, quoted Rom 10:6-8) requires cross-document consistency. |
| 26 | not because of your righteousness | לֹא בְצִדְקָתְךָ | lo b’tzidqatkha | não por causa da tua justiça | Critical | Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit | 9 | Reuses baseline “justiça,” negated; direct OT parallel to Romans’ anti-merit argument; must not be softened. |
| 27 | circumcise the heart | מוּל אֶת־הַלֵּבָב | mul et-ha-levav | circuncidar o coração | High | Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit; Covenant Renewal | 10, 30 | Ch. 10: human duty (imperative); ch. 30: divine gracious act (future promise) — preserve this shift; anticipates New Covenant regeneration. |
| 28 | sojourner/foreigner | גֵּר | ger | estrangeiro / peregrino | Medium | Remembering God’s Redemption (social ethics) | 10, 24 | Love for the sojourner grounded in Israel’s own redemption memory. |
| 29 | the place the LORD will choose | הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהוָה | ha-maqom asher-yivchar YHWH | o lugar que o SENHOR escolher | Medium | Warnings against Idolatry (centralized worship) | 12, 14, 16, 26 | Divine, not human, determination of legitimate worship location/form. |
| 30 | prophet like me (the Coming Prophet) | נָבִיא כָּמֹנִי | navi kamoni | profeta como eu | Critical | The Coming Prophet like Moses | 18, 34 | Direct Messianic prophecy fulfilled in Christ (Acts 3:22, 7:37); pair with 34:10’s unresolved “no prophet since” for full doctrinal arc. |
| 31 | diviner | קֹסֵם קְסָמִים | qosem qesamim | adivinho | High | Warnings against Idolatry | 18 | Item 1 of the forbidden occult-practice catalog. |
| 32 | soothsayer | מְעוֹנֵן | me’onen | agoureiro / prognosticador | Medium | Warnings against Idolatry | 18 | Item 2 of the catalog. |
| 33 | omen-reader | מְנַחֵשׁ | menachesh | praticante de presságios | Medium | Warnings against Idolatry | 18 | Item 3 of the catalog. |
| 34 | sorcerer | מְכַשֵּׁף | mekhashef | feiticeiro | High | Warnings against Idolatry | 18 | Item 4; requires pastoral sensitivity given historical prejudice against Afro-Brazilian religious practitioners — teach doctrinal content without inciting bigotry against persons. |
| 35 | charmer/spell-caster | חֹבֵר חָבֶר | chover chaver | encantador | Medium | Warnings against Idolatry | 18 | Item 5 of the catalog. |
| 36 | one who consults a medium | שֹׁאֵל אוֹב | sho’el ov | quem consulta um médium (espírito) | Critical | Warnings against Idolatry | 18 | Direct collision with Kardecist mediunidade and Candomblé/Umbanda mediumship, mainstream Brazilian practices. NEVER render as “espírita” (a modern religious self-designation). |
| 37 | spiritist / one with a familiar spirit | יִדְּעֹנִי | yidde’oni | invocador de espírito familiar | Critical | Warnings against Idolatry | 18 | Same caution as #36; avoid naming a modern religious community. |
| 38 | one who inquires of the dead | דֹּרֵשׁ אֶל־הַמֵּתִים | doresh el-ha-metim | quem consulta os mortos | Critical | Warnings against Idolatry | 18 | Forbids necromancy; contrast with the Spirit’s/Christ’s sanctioned intercession (baseline “intercession”). |
| 39 | atone / make atonement | כִּפֶּר | kipper | expiar / fazer expiação | High | Remembering God’s Redemption (sacrificial background) | 21 | First formal atonement term in the book; background for Christ’s atoning work. |
| 40 | hanged on a tree (curse) | תָּלוּי עַל־עֵץ | taluy al-etz | pendurado no madeiro (maldito) | High | The Coming Prophet like Moses (Christological background) | 21 | Quoted in Galatians 3:13 of Christ; require cross-document consistency with any Galatians-curriculum rendering in this pipeline. |
| 41 | tithe | מַעֲשֵׂר | ma’aser | dízimo | High | Remembering God’s Redemption (grateful provision) | 14, 26 | Must not be taught through a prosperity-gospel “seed-giving for return” lens, a live risk given Brazilian Pentecostal “teologia da prosperidade.” |
| 42 | Passover | פֶּסַח | pesach | Páscoa (com nota) | High | Remembering God’s Redemption | 16 | Clarify distinction from the modern secular/commercial Easter holiday before drawing Christ-as-Passover-lamb typology. |
| 43 | a wandering Aramean was my father | אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד אָבִי | Arami oved avi | um arameu errante foi meu pai | High | Remembering God’s Redemption | 26 | Personal, first-person liturgical confession of corporate redemption history. |
| 44 | mutual covenant declaration formula | הֶאֱמַרְתָּ / הֶאֱמִירְךָ | he’emarta / he’emirkha | declarar solenemente (fórmula recíproca) | High | Covenant Renewal | 26 | Reciprocal ratification: Israel affirms YHWH; YHWH affirms Israel as treasured people. |
| 45 | blessed…cursed (full sanction structure) | בָּרוּךְ…וְאָרוּר | barukh…ve’arur | bendito…e maldito | Critical | Blessings and Curses of the Covenant | 28 | Doctrinal centerpiece chapter; teach as covenant-national sanctions, not a universal individual prosperity/suffering formula. |
| 46 | hidden things / revealed things | הַנִּסְתָּרֹת / הַנִּגְלֹת | ha-nistarot / ha-niglot | as coisas encobertas / as reveladas | Medium | Inspiration of Scripture (epistemic boundary) | 29 | Corrective against claims of access to hidden spiritual knowledge via mediumship or divination. |
| 47 | life and death, blessing and curse (the choice) | חַיִּים וָמָוֶת, הַבְּרָכָה וְהַקְּלָלָה | chayyim vamavet, ha-berakah veha-qelalah | vida e morte, a bênção e a maldição | Critical | Choosing Life over Death | 30 | Death here is a genuine, final covenant sanction within this life, not a transition within an ongoing cycle of reincarnation; must not soften “choose life” into a metaphor for gradual spiritual evolution. |
| 48 | the word is very near you | כִּי־קָרוֹב אֵלֶיךָ הַדָּבָר מְאֹד | ki-qarov elekha ha-davar me’od | a palavra está perto de ti | Critical | Choosing Life over Death; bridges to Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit | 30 | Quoted in Romans 10:6-8; hold identical to this curriculum’s Romans-adjacent rendering if available in the pipeline. |
| 49 | vengeance (belongs to God) | נָקָם | naqam | a mim pertence a vingança | High | Warnings against Idolatry (divine justice) | 32 | Quoted in Romans 12:19; consistency with Romans-curriculum rendering advised. |
| 50 | no prophet since arose like Moses | וְלֹא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה | v’lo-qam navi od b’yisrael k’Moshe | e não se levantou mais profeta em Israel como Moisés | Critical | The Coming Prophet like Moses | 34 | Must preserve open, forward-looking force (fulfilled in Christ per Acts 3:22, Hebrews 3) rather than reading as a flat closed statement. |
C. Cross-Reference Notes for Phase 2 Consistency
The following renderings must be held verbatim identical across every document in this curriculum, on the same principle the baseline applies to Romans 1:16-17, 8:28, and 10:9:
- Deuteronomy 6:4 — “Ouve, Israel: o SENHOR, nosso Deus, é o único SENHOR.”
- Deuteronomy 6:5 — “Amarás o SENHOR, teu Deus, de todo o teu coração, de toda a tua alma e de toda a tua força.”
- Deuteronomy 18:15 — “profeta como eu, do meio de ti, dentre teus irmãos” (the Coming Prophet formula).
- Deuteronomy 30:14 — “a palavra está perto de ti” (cross-referenced with Romans 10:6-8 if that curriculum is present in the pipeline).
- Deuteronomy 28:1-2 / 28:15 opening formulas (“bendito serás…” / “maldito serás…”) — held identical at every recurrence within ch. 28’s structure.
D. Escalation Routing Summary (for doctrine_risk_registry.json-style routing in Phase 2)
| Risk Tier | Count (new terms, Section B) | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 11 | Human theologian (mandatory, every occurrence) |
| High | 21 | Human theologian |
| Medium | 18 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 0 (all Low-risk items folded into chapter narrative notes in 07) | Automated review |
This glossary is designed to be merged into an updated translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json for Deuteronomy prior to Phase 2 segment translation, per the enforcement procedure documented in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: Deus
Transliteration: Elohim
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: אֱלֹהִים
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Hebrew equivalent Elohim. Pastoral awareness: Candomblé/Umbanda orixás are sometimes syncretized with Catholic figures; Deuteronomy’s uncompromising monotheism (esp. 6:4) must be taught as directly excluding any such blending.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: justiça
Transliteration: tzedaqah
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado por esforço moral próprio ao longo de vidas sucessivas
Original: צְדָקָה
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. In Deuteronomy 6:25, obedience is called tzedaqah — must be taught in careful harmony with 9:4-6’s explicit denial that Israel’s righteousness earns the land; obedience is covenant-faithful response within a relationship already established by grace/redemption, never merit that creates the relationship.
Lord
Approved rendering: Senhor
Transliteration: Adonai / Kyrios (NT bridge)
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Rejected alternatives: Senhor apenas em sentido devocional, sem reivindicação de senhorio total
Inherited from Romans package. Used for the generic title Adonai/Kyrios in regular case, kept typographically distinct from the covenant Name YHWH, which is rendered SENHOR in small caps (see yhwh entry). Do not conflate the two typographic forms.
Yhwh
Approved rendering: SENHOR
Transliteration: YHWH
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Rejected alternatives: Senhor em caixa regular (usado para Adonai/Kyrios, apagaria a distinção do Nome), Iavé / Jeová (inconsistente com a convenção estabelecida Almeida/ARA/NVI)
Original: יְהוָה
Category: God
The Tetragrammaton, used ~550 times in Deuteronomy, almost always paired with ‘your/our God.’ Render in small capitals/versalete, per Almeida/ARA/NVI convention, to typographically distinguish the covenant Name from the ordinary title ‘Senhor.’ Bridges directly to the baseline’s Critical ‘lord’ entry: the NT’s identification of Jesus as Kyrios draws on the Septuagint’s use of Kyrios to render this Name.
Echad
Approved rendering: único / um só
Transliteration: echad
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Rejected alternatives: um (numeral isolado, sob-comunica a força polêmica exclusivista)
Original: אֶחָד
Category: Monotheism
Deuteronomy 6:4. Must convey exclusive uniqueness (‘the LORD ALONE is God’), not merely numerical singularity, against Brazil’s plural religious landscape (Candomblé/Umbanda orixá pantheon; Kardecist spirit hierarchy). Hold Deuteronomy 6:4 verbatim identical across every curriculum document: ‘Ouve, Israel: o SENHOR, nosso Deus, é o único SENHOR.‘
Shema Imperative
Approved rendering: Ouve (com nota: “o Shemá”)
Transliteration: shema
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: שְׁמַע
Category: Monotheism
The opening imperative of Deuteronomy 6:4, naming Israel’s foundational confession. Introduce ‘o Shemá’ as a proper theological name in teaching apparatus only, never substituted into the running biblical text itself.
Pesel
Approved rendering: ídolo / imagem de escultura
Transliteration: pesel
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Rejected alternatives: qualquer leitura que permita ambiguidade sobre imagens devocionais
Original: פֶּסֶל
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
A carved/manufactured image made for worship. Direct confrontation with Candomblé/Umbanda images of orixás and with the risk of image-veneration drift in popular Catholic piety (cf. baseline ‘saints’ Critical note); must be distinguished from decorative or commemorative art.
Lo Betzidqatkha
Approved rendering: não por causa da tua justiça
Transliteration: lo b’tzidqatkha
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Rejected alternatives: leitura suavizada como observação de humildade passageira
Original: לֹא בְצִדְקָתְךָ
Category: Salvation
Deuteronomy 9:4-6, the Old Testament’s clearest anti-merit statement — a direct parallel to Romans’ grace-not-works argument. Must not be softened; render with maximal directness.
Navi Kamoni
Approved rendering: profeta como eu
Transliteration: navi kamoni
Doctrine: The Coming Prophet like Moses
Rejected alternatives: um espírito superior ou mais evoluído entre muitos mestres em sucessão contínua (leitura espírita)
Original: נָבִיא כָּמֹנִי
Category: The Coming Prophet like Moses
Deuteronomy 18:15-18, foundational Messianic prophecy quoted in Acts 3:22 and 7:37 of Jesus. Fixed formula: ‘profeta como eu, do meio de ti, dentre teus irmãos’ — hold verbatim identical across all curriculum documents.
Shoel Ov
Approved rendering: quem consulta um médium (espírito)
Transliteration: sho’el ov
Doctrine: Warnings against Occult Practices
Rejected alternatives: espírita (autodesignação de uma comunidade religiosa contemporânea nomeada)
Original: שֹׁאֵל אוֹב
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
Direct collision with Kardecist mediunidade and Candomblé/Umbanda mediumship — mainstream, organized Brazilian traditions. NEVER render with the modern religious self-designation ‘espírita.‘
Yiddeoni
Approved rendering: invocador de espírito familiar
Transliteration: yidde’oni
Doctrine: Warnings against Occult Practices
Rejected alternatives: espírita
Original: יִדְּעֹנִי
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
Closely paired with shoel_ov; same caution applies — avoid naming a modern religious community while preserving full forbidden-practice force.
Doresh El Hametim
Approved rendering: quem consulta os mortos
Transliteration: doresh el-ha-metim
Doctrine: Warnings against Occult Practices
Original: דֹּרֵשׁ אֶל־הַמֵּתִים
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
Forbids necromancy; confronts both Kardecist communication with ‘espíritos desencarnados’ and Afro-Brazilian ancestor/spirit consultation. Contrast with the Spirit’s/Christ’s sanctioned intercession (baseline ‘intercessão’).
Berakah Curse Pair
Approved rendering: bendito…e maldito
Transliteration: barukh…ve’arur
Doctrine: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Rejected alternatives: fórmula universal de prosperidade/sofrimento individual aplicável a todo crente hoje
Full covenant sanction structure of Deuteronomy 28 (blessings vv.1-14, curses vv.15-68). Must be taught as covenant sanctions within historical, national Israel, not a universal individual prosperity/suffering formula. Hold opening formulas verbatim identical at every recurrence.
Chayyim Vamavet
Approved rendering: vida e morte, a bênção e a maldição
Transliteration: chayyim vamavet, ha-berakah veha-qelalah
Doctrine: Choosing Life over Death
Rejected alternatives: a morte como uma etapa transitória num ciclo contínuo de reencarnações
Original: חַיִּים וָמָוֶת, הַבְּרָכָה וְהַקְּלָלָה
Category: Choosing Life over Death
Deuteronomy 30:15-20, the doctrinal climax. Denotes covenant flourishing versus covenant judgment/national ruin within this life — not a transition point within an ongoing reincarnation cycle. Must never soften into a metaphor for gradual spiritual evolution.
Ki Qarov
Approved rendering: a palavra está perto de ti
Transliteration: ki-qarov elekha ha-davar me’od
Doctrine: Choosing Life over Death
Original: כִּי־קָרוֹב אֵלֶיךָ הַדָּבָר מְאֹד
Category: Choosing Life over Death
Deuteronomy 30:11-14, quoted by Paul in Romans 10:6-8. MUST be held verbatim consistent with this curriculum pipeline’s Romans-adjacent rendering of Romans 10:6-8, per the baseline’s cross-document consistency principle.
No Prophet Since
Approved rendering: e não se levantou mais profeta em Israel como Moisés
Transliteration: v’lo-qam navi od b’yisrael k’Moshe
Doctrine: The Coming Prophet like Moses
Rejected alternatives: leitura fechada, sem expectativa futura
Original: וְלֹא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה
Category: The Coming Prophet like Moses
Deuteronomy 34:10, the book’s closing statement. Must preserve the open, forward-looking force the New Testament identifies as fulfilled in Christ (Acts 3:22; Hebrews 3:1-6), not a flat closed statement.
High Risk Terms
Covenant
Approved rendering: aliança
Transliteration: berit
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Rejected alternatives: contrato legal (loses relational/covenantal weight)
Original: בְּרִית
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (baseline term ‘covenant’, rendered ‘aliança’). Deuteronomy structures itself as a covenant-renewal document (chs. 5, 26, 27, 29, 31); the Hebrew equivalent is berit, distinct from the baseline’s Greek diathēkē but doctrinally continuous. Must retain relational-covenant force, never legal-contract register.
Law
Approved rendering: lei
Transliteration: torah
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: תּוֹרָה
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Hebrew equivalent is torah (Mosaic Law/instruction). When near providence/justice language, distinguish clearly from the Kardecist ‘lei de causa e efeito.’ In Deuteronomy, appears both alone and as part of the fixed mitzvah/chuqqim/mishpatim triad (see Section B); do not collapse the triad into this single word.
Election
Approved rendering: eleição
Transliteration: bechirah
Doctrine: Divine Election of Israel
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado ao longo de reencarnações
Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy 7:6-8 provides the Old Testament’s clearest exposition: Israel chosen because of God’s love and oath, ‘not because you were more in number.’ Cross-references the verbal root bachar (see Section B).
Faith
Approved rendering: fé / crer
Transliteration: he’emin (root aman)
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Rejected alternatives: convicção espírita, confiança no próprio progresso moral
Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy 1:32, ‘yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God,’ uses the same root that produces Genesis 15:6’s ‘Abraham believed,’ foundational to Romans 4.
Providence
Approved rendering: providência
Transliteration: —
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Rejected alternatives: lei de causa e efeito espírita (regência cármica das reencarnações)
Original: (conceptual; cf. Deuteronomy 2:5,9,19)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Extends even to God’s allotment of territory to non-covenant nations (Deuteronomy 2:5,9,19), an early implicit witness to providência beyond Israel alone.
Intercession
Approved rendering: intercessão
Transliteration: —
Doctrine: Warnings against Occult Practices
Rejected alternatives: comunicação com espíritos de mortos por meio de médiuns, intercessão exclusiva dos santos e de Maria
Inherited from Romans package. Used here as the sanctioned contrastive term against the Deuteronomy 18:9-14 occult-practice catalog — the only legitimate form of spiritual mediation, unlike consulting mediums or the dead.
Shama Hear Obey
Approved rendering: ouvir (com o sentido de obedecer)
Transliteration: shama
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Rejected alternatives: ouvir passivamente (perde a fusão hebraica entre ouvir e obedecer)
Original: שָׁמַע
Category: Faith and Obedience
Hebrew shama collapses ‘hear’ and ‘obey’ into one act. Portuguese ‘ouvir’ alone risks sounding passive; pair with a teaching note clarifying that biblical ‘hearing’ here means responsive obedience.
Ahav
Approved rendering: amar
Transliteration: ahav
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Rejected alternatives: gostar (sentimento apenas, sem lealdade de aliança)
Original: אָהַב
Category: Faith and Obedience
Covenantal, chosen love/loyalty, not merely emotion. Root of the ‘Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit’ doctrine; must not be flattened into either sentimental feeling or merit-earning duty.
Nephesh
Approved rendering: alma (com nota explicativa)
Transliteration: nephesh
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Rejected alternatives: alma sem nota (permite leitura espírita de substância imortal reencarnante)
Original: נֶפֶשׁ
Category: Faith and Obedience
Denotes the whole living being/self, not a separable immortal soul. Mandatory explanatory note wherever it appears in doctrinally load-bearing text (esp. 6:5), given Brazilian Kardecist doctrine of ‘alma’ as an immortal, reincarnating substance.
Yare Fear
Approved rendering: temer / temor
Transliteration: yare
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Rejected alternatives: terror servil ou apaziguamento transacional de um espírito temperamental
Original: יָרֵא
Category: Faith and Obedience
Reverential, covenantal awe producing obedience — not servile terror or transactional appeasement, a live Brazilian folk-religious pattern (placating orixás/spirits believed to cause misfortune).
Chesed
Approved rendering: benignidade / misericórdia (com nota sobre “amor leal de aliança”)
Transliteration: chesed
Doctrine: Divine Election of Israel
Rejected alternatives: troca transacional ou reciprocidade cármica
Original: חֶסֶד
Category: Covenant
God ‘keeps covenant and chesed’ (7:9,12) — covenant loyalty freely maintained. Neither standard Almeida gloss alone fully captures the nuance; supplement with the teaching note.
Qelalah Arur
Approved rendering: maldição / maldito
Transliteration: qelalah / alah / arur
Doctrine: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Rejected alternatives: maldição mágica lançada por um especialista ritual (praga, macumba, “trabalho”)
Original: קְלָלָה / אָלָה / אָרוּר
Category: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
God’s judicial covenant sanction for disobedience — must be clearly distinguished from the folk-religious notion of a magical curse cast by a ritual specialist, a widespread Brazilian popular-religion fear.
Bachar
Approved rendering: escolher
Transliteration: bachar
Doctrine: Divine Election of Israel
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado ao longo de reencarnações
Original: בָּחַר
Category: Election
Sovereign, personal selection; verbal root behind the baseline noun ‘eleição.’ Israel’s election grounded in love and oath, ‘not because you were more in number’ (7:7).
Am Segullah
Approved rendering: povo de propriedade exclusiva / povo especialmente seu
Transliteration: am segullah
Doctrine: Divine Election of Israel
Rejected alternatives: povo escolhido (colapsaria com bachar/eleição, perdendo a nuance de posse)
Original: עַם סְגֻלָּה
Category: Election
Corporate covenant identity as God’s treasured possession, not individual merit-based status; background for 1 Peter 2:9.
Cherem
Approved rendering: anátema / destruição total (consagrada ao juízo de Deus)
Transliteration: cherem
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: חֵרֶם
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
Something irrevocably devoted to destruction, applied to the Canaanite nations for entrenched idolatry. Requires careful framing as a unique, unrepeatable redemptive-historical judgment, never a template for modern application.
Temunah
Approved rendering: forma / semelhança
Transliteration: temunah
Doctrine: Warnings against Idolatry
Original: תְּמוּנָה
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
‘You saw no form’ (4:12,15) grounds Israel’s aniconic worship. Portuguese ‘forma’/‘semelhança’ could seem to permit devotional images if not taught carefully alongside the pesel entry.
Qanna
Approved rendering: zeloso / ciumento (com nota teológica)
Transliteration: qanna
Doctrine: Divine Jealousy and Zeal for Exclusive Loyalty
Rejected alternatives: ciúme humano mesquinho, uma divindade competindo por status entre um panteão de espíritos
Original: קַנָּא
Category: God
God’s exclusive covenant zeal, intolerant of rivals — must not sound like petty human jealousy or one deity competing for status among a pantheon of rival spirits/orixás.
Tsur
Approved rendering: Rocha
Transliteration: tsur
Doctrine: Divine Jealousy and Zeal for Exclusive Loyalty
Original: צוּר
Category: God
Poetic divine title (Deuteronomy 32), deliberately contrasted with the impotent ‘rock’ of rival gods (32:31). Capitalize as a divine title, distinct from ordinary ‘rocha’ (geological).
Zakhar
Approved rendering: lembrar-se / recordar
Transliteration: zakhar
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Rejected alternatives: lembrança de vidas passadas (leitura espírita de memórias privadas de reencarnações anteriores)
Original: זָכַר
Category: Remembering God’s Redemption
Active, covenant-shaping recollection of God’s past redemptive acts in shared history — sharply distinct from Kardecist personal past-life recall.
Davar Word
Approved rendering: palavra(s)
Transliteration: davar / devarim
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of God’s Word
Original: דָּבָר / דְּבָרִים
Category: Inspiration of Scripture
God’s spoken word/address, not abstract code. 8:3 (‘every word from the mouth of the LORD,’ quoted Matthew 4:4) and 30:14 (‘the word is very near you,’ quoted Romans 10:6-8) elevate to Critical and require cross-document consistency.
Circumcise Heart
Approved rendering: circuncidar o coração
Transliteration: mul et-ha-levav
Doctrine: Circumcision of the Heart
Rejected alternatives: purificação gradual do coração/alma ao longo de vidas sucessivas (leitura espírita)
Original: מוּל אֶת־הַלֵּבָב
Category: Sanctification
Chapter 10: human obligation (imperative). Chapter 30: God’s own future gracious act (promise). Preserve this shift; anticipates New Covenant regeneration (Jeremiah 31, Ezekiel 36).
Qosem Qesamim
Approved rendering: adivinho
Transliteration: qosem qesamim
Doctrine: Warnings against Occult Practices
Original: קֹסֵם קְסָמִים
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
First item in the Deuteronomy 18:10-11 catalog of forbidden occult practices; render descriptively, not as an accusation against a named modern group.
Mekhashef
Approved rendering: feiticeiro
Transliteration: mekhashef
Doctrine: Warnings against Occult Practices
Original: מְכַשֵּׁף
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
Fourth item in the catalog. Culturally sensitive given historical and ongoing accusations of ‘feitiçaria’ against Afro-Brazilian religious practitioners; teach doctrinal content without inciting prejudice against persons.
Kipper
Approved rendering: expiar / fazer expiação
Transliteration: kipper
Doctrine: Atonement for Bloodguilt
Rejected alternatives: expiação autogerada por esforço próprio ao longo de vidas futuras (leitura espírita)
Original: כִּפֶּר
Category: Atonement
First formal atonement term in Deuteronomy (21:8); establishes bloodguilt requires a divinely-provided covering, background for the sacrificial system fulfilled in Christ.
Taluy Al Etz
Approved rendering: pendurado no madeiro (maldito)
Transliteration: taluy al-etz…qilelat elohim
Doctrine: The Curse of Hanging on a Tree (Christological Background)
Original: תָּלוּי עַל־עֵץ…קִלְלַת אֱלֹהִים
Category: Christology
Deuteronomy 21:22-23, quoted by Paul in Galatians 3:13 applied to Christ’s crucifixion. Must be rendered consistently with any Galatians-curriculum rendering elsewhere in this pipeline; preserve substitutionary logic.
Maaser
Approved rendering: dízimo
Transliteration: ma’aser
Doctrine: Tithing and Provision for the Vulnerable
Rejected alternatives: semeadura para colheita (leitura da teologia da prosperidade)
Original: מַעֲשֵׂר
Category: Worship Practice
The tenth portion set apart for God, provisioning Levites and the vulnerable (14:28-29). Must be taught as grateful worship, not a transactional prosperity investment, given fast-growing Brazilian prosperity-Pentecostal teaching.
Pesach
Approved rendering: Páscoa (com nota distinguindo a Páscoa hebraica da tradição secular brasileira)
Transliteration: pesach
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Rejected alternatives: Pessach (transliteração fora da tradição bíblica portuguesa predominante)
Original: פֶּסַח
Category: Remembering God’s Redemption
Feast commemorating the exodus deliverance. Portuguese ‘Páscoa’ also denotes the modern secular/commercial Easter holiday; disambiguate before drawing Christ-as-Passover-lamb typology.
Arami Oved Avi
Approved rendering: um arameu errante foi meu pai
Transliteration: Arami oved avi
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד אָבִי
Category: Remembering God’s Redemption
Opening line of the firstfruits historical confession (26:5-9), recited personally by every worshiper — the paradigm confession for Remembering God’s Redemption.
Heemarta
Approved rendering: declarar solenemente (fórmula recíproca de aliança)
Transliteration: he’emarta / he’emirkha
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Rejected alternatives: um pacto unilateral (perde a estrutura reciproca)
Original: הֶאֱמַרְתָּ / הֶאֱמִירְךָ
Category: Covenant Renewal
Rare reciprocal causative verb: Israel affirms YHWH as God; YHWH affirms Israel as treasured people (26:17-18). A covenant renewal ceremony of mutual, formal commitment.
Naqam
Approved rendering: a mim pertence a vingança
Transliteration: naqam
Doctrine: Vengeance Belongs to God
Rejected alternatives: vingança espiritual buscada por meio de um praticante ritual pago (“trabalho”)
Original: נָקָם
Category: Divine Justice
Deuteronomy 32:35, quoted directly in Romans 12:19. Rightful judicial retribution reserved to God alone; consistency with any Romans-curriculum rendering advised.
Medium Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: santo
Transliteration: qadosh
Doctrine: Holiness and Set-Apartness of Israel
Rejected alternatives: puro em sentido ritual
Original: קָדוֹשׁ
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Hebrew equivalent qadosh; applies to Israel corporately (7:6, 14:2), not an ascetic elite — continuity with the baseline’s corporate, non-elite framing of ‘santo’/‘santos.‘
Sin
Approved rendering: pecado
Transliteration: chatta’t
Doctrine: Individual Moral Accountability
Rejected alternatives: erro a ser corrigido em vidas futuras (leitura espírita)
Original: חַטָּאת
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Distinguish from ritual impurity or an impersonal, correctable ‘erro’ worked off across future incarnations.
Glory
Approved rendering: glória
Transliteration: kavod
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: כָּבוֹד
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. God’s weighty, radiant presence and honor, manifest in theophany (Deuteronomy 5).
Adoption
Approved rendering: adoção
Transliteration: —
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Inherited from Romans package. Deuteronomy 14:1’s corporate ‘sons of the LORD’ language is a conceptual forerunner, but distinct from, this baseline term’s individual believer sense; see adoption_sonship_israel note in the term registry.
Levav
Approved rendering: coração
Transliteration: levav
Doctrine: Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit
Original: לֵבָב
Category: Faith and Obedience
Seat of will, thought, and moral decision — broader than modern Portuguese ‘coração’ (emotion-centered). Teach as the whole rational-volitional center of the person, not feelings alone.
Meod
Approved rendering: força
Transliteration: me’od
Doctrine: The Shema and Exclusive Love for God
Original: מְאֹד
Category: Faith and Obedience
Total-life devotion extending even to material resources/capacity; part of the heart-soul-might totality formula in 6:5.
Mitzvah
Approved rendering: mandamento
Transliteration: mitzvah
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Rejected alternatives: a lei (genérico, colapsa a tríade retórica)
Original: מִצְוָה
Category: Covenant
Part of the fixed mitzvah/chuqqim/mishpatim triad recurring throughout Deuteronomy (4:1, 5:31, 6:1, 26:16). Preserve the triadic cadence consistently; never collapse to a single generic noun.
Chuqqim
Approved rendering: estatutos
Transliteration: chuqqim (sg. choq)
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: חֻקִּים
Category: Covenant
Fixed, engraved decrees; permanent covenant boundary-markers Israel does not originate. Second member of the mitzvah/chuqqim/mishpatim triad.
Mishpatim
Approved rendering: juízos / ordenanças
Transliteration: mishpatim (sg. mishpat)
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: מִשְׁפָּטִים
Category: Covenant
Judicial rulings applied as case-law norms; third member of the mitzvah/chuqqim/mishpatim triad.
Shamar
Approved rendering: guardar
Transliteration: shamar
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: שָׁמַר
Category: Covenant
Active, ongoing custody of the covenant relationship, not a one-time ritual performance.
Berakah
Approved rendering: bênção
Transliteration: berakah
Doctrine: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Original: בְּרָכָה
Category: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Favor and flourishing granted by God; formally introduced 11:26, fully developed ch. 28.
Shakach
Approved rendering: esquecer
Transliteration: shakach
Doctrine: Remembering God’s Redemption
Original: שָׁכַח
Category: Remembering God’s Redemption
Spiritual amnesia often induced by prosperity in the land (6:12; 8); paired warning with ‘remember.‘
Ger
Approved rendering: estrangeiro / peregrino
Transliteration: ger
Doctrine: Justice and Care for the Sojourner and Vulnerable
Original: גֵּר
Category: Ethics and Justice
‘Love the sojourner’ (10:19) grounded in Israel’s own memory of being sojourners in Egypt — social ethics flowing from redemption-memory.
Maqom Asher Yivchar
Approved rendering: o lugar que o SENHOR escolher
Transliteration: ha-maqom asher-yivchar YHWH
Doctrine: Centralized and Legitimate Worship
Original: הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהוָה
Category: Worship Practice
God, not human preference, determines legitimate worship’s location and form, directly opposing 12:8’s individualistic pattern.
Meonen
Approved rendering: agoureiro / prognosticador
Transliteration: me’onen
Doctrine: Warnings against Occult Practices
Original: מְעוֹנֵן
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
Second item in the ch. 18 occult-practice catalog.
Menachesh
Approved rendering: praticante de presságios
Transliteration: menachesh
Doctrine: Warnings against Occult Practices
Original: מְנַחֵשׁ
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
Third item in the ch. 18 occult-practice catalog.
Chover Chaver
Approved rendering: encantador
Transliteration: chover chaver
Doctrine: Warnings against Occult Practices
Original: חֹבֵר חָבֶר
Category: Warnings against Idolatry
Fifth item in the ch. 18 occult-practice catalog.
Galah
Approved rendering: exílio / cativeiro
Transliteration: galah
Doctrine: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
Original: גָּלָה
Category: Blessings and Curses of the Covenant
The climactic curse (28:36, 63-68) — loss of land and dispersion, historically fulfilled and reversible only through God’s own gracious restoration (ch. 30).
Hanistarot Haniglot
Approved rendering: as coisas encobertas…e as reveladas
Transliteration: ha-nistarot…veha-niglot
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of God’s Word
Rejected alternatives: as coisas ocultas (risco de colisão indesejada com o vocabulário de ocultismo do cap. 18)
Original: הַנִּסְתָּרֹת…וְהַנִּגְלֹת
Category: Inspiration of Scripture
Epistemological distinction (29:29): God’s revealed word is sufficient and binding; ultimate mysteries remain His alone. Use ‘encobertas,’ not ‘ocultas,’ to avoid cross-contamination with the ch. 13/18 idolatry-warning vocabulary.
Shabbat
Approved rendering: sábado
Transliteration: shabbat
Doctrine: Sabbath and Rest Rooted in Redemption
Original: שַׁבָּת
Category: Worship Practice
Deuteronomy’s version (5:15) ties Sabbath explicitly to redemption from slavery, distinct from Exodus 20’s creation-order rationale.
Chamad
Approved rendering: cobiçar
Transliteration: chamad
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: חָמַד
Category: Sin
Internal desire, not merely external theft, is prohibited — an inward-orientation parallel to the circumcised-heart theme.
Tzedeq Tirdof
Approved rendering: justiça, justiça buscarás
Transliteration: tzedeq tzedeq tirdof
Doctrine: Justice and Care for the Sojourner and Vulnerable
Original: צֶדֶק צֶדֶק תִּרְדֹּף
Category: Ethics and Justice
Urgent, doubled imperative (16:20) to actively, not passively, pursue justice; cognate with tzedaqah/righteousness.
Ish Bechetho Yumatu
Approved rendering: cada um morrerá pelo seu próprio pecado
Transliteration: ish b’chet’o yumatu
Doctrine: Individual Moral Accountability
Original: אִישׁ בְּחֶטְאוֹ יוּמָתוּ
Category: Ethics and Justice
Explicit rejection of corporate/generational transference of guilt in judicial contexts (24:16); background for the broader pipeline’s Universal Human Accountability doctrine.
Qehal Yhwh
Approved rendering: assembleia do SENHOR
Transliteration: qehal YHWH
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: קְהַל יְהוָה
Category: Church as God’s People
The formally constituted worshiping community of Israel (ch. 23); precursor concept to the New Testament’s ekklēsia, later transcended by the gospel’s universal scope.
Nachalah
Approved rendering: herança
Transliteration: nachalah
Doctrine: Covenant Land as Inheritance
Rejected alternatives: prêmio de conquista conquistado por mérito
Original: נַחֲלָה
Category: Covenant
Formal covenant term for the land as a permanent grant, not a conquest-prize earned by merit; background for NT inheritance language applied to believers.
Panim El Panim
Approved rendering: face a face
Transliteration: panim el-panim
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of God’s Word
Original: פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִים
Category: Inspiration of Scripture
Describes Moses’ unique intimacy with YHWH (34:10) — sets up, by contrast, the greater intimacy the New Testament attributes to believers in Christ and by the Spirit.
Low Risk Terms
Israel
Approved rendering: Israel
Transliteration: Yisra’el
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Standard proper name; the covenant people addressed throughout Deuteronomy.
Prophet
Approved rendering: profeta
Transliteration: navi
Doctrine: The Coming Prophet like Moses
Rejected alternatives: médium (channeler of spirit messages)
Original: נָבִיא
Category: The Coming Prophet like Moses
Inherited from Romans package. Low risk in ordinary usage; ELEVATED to Critical specifically in the ‘navi kamoni’ construction (ch. 18, 34) and the false-prophet test (ch. 13), where doctrine content, not miraculous sign, is the test of true revelation. See navi_kamoni and no_prophet_since entries below.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: profecia
Transliteration: nevuah
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of God’s Word
Rejected alternatives: psicografia (spirit messages transcribed through mediums)
Original: נְבוּאָה
Category: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Inherited from Romans package. Distinct from psicografia, the well-known Kardecist practice of mediums transcribing messages purportedly from the dead.
Arei Miqlat
Approved rendering: cidades de refúgio
Transliteration: arei miqlat
Doctrine: Justice and Care for the Sojourner and Vulnerable
Original: עָרֵי מִקְלָט
Category: Ethics and Justice
Structural provision of mercy and due process; typologically anticipates refuge found in Christ.
Chazaq Veematz
Approved rendering: sê forte e corajoso
Transliteration: chazaq ve’ematz
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ
Category: Faith and Obedience
Formula of divine commissioning for covenant leadership (31:6-7,23), grounded in God’s promised presence, not human self-confidence.
Referenced passages