Core Glossary
Core Glossary: 2 Chronicles
English → Spanish | Per-Term Translation Risk Table, Full Book Coverage
Curriculum: 2 Chronicles
Core passage: 2 Chronicles 7:11-22
Destination language: Spanish
Generated: Phase 1, Step 1
Companion to: analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md
How to Use This Glossary
- Baseline reuse = Yes: this term is already fixed in the Romans
translation_memory.json/bible_term_registry.jsonand MUST be rendered exactly as recorded there. No deviation permitted. - Baseline reuse = No (new): this term is introduced by 2 Chronicles and has no prior fixed rendering; the proposed rendering below becomes this curriculum’s contribution to the shared Language Package and should be added to
translation_memory.jsonat Phase 2 Step 16 with the risk tier below. - Risk tiers (Critical/High/Medium/Low) follow the identical definitions in the baseline
doctrine_risk_registry.json. - Chapter references indicate first/primary occurrence(s); most terms recur throughout the book as noted in
07_semantic_analysis.md.
1. Divine Names and Titles
| Term (Eng.) | Hebrew / Translit. | Spanish rendering | Risk | Baseline reuse | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LORD (YHWH) | יהוה / YHWH | Jehová | Critical | No (new) | RV1960/RVA2015 convention for the tetragrammaton. Must be kept distinguishable in teaching from baseline “Señor” (kyrios, Christ’s NT lordship), though both are legitimately applied to God. |
| God (Elohim) | אֱלֹהִים / Elohim | Dios | Critical | Yes | Reuse baseline exactly. |
| Lord (Adonai) | אֲדֹנָי / Adonai | Señor | Critical | Yes | Reuse baseline exactly. |
2. Temple Worship and God’s Presence
| Term (Eng.) | Hebrew / Translit. | Spanish rendering | Risk | Baseline reuse | Ch. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| house of the LORD / temple | בַּיִת / bayit | casa de Jehová / templo | High | No (new) | 1-36 | Must not drift toward “la Iglesia” (institutional sense flagged in baseline for church). |
| Name (of the LORD) | שֵׁם / shem | nombre | High | No (new) | 2, 6, 7:16 | Hebraic idiom: God’s Name dwelling = God’s presence dwelling. |
| Holy of Holies | קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים | el Lugar Santísimo | Critical | No (new) | 3 | Teach as fulfilled/opened in Christ (Hebrews), not an ongoing barrier. |
| veil | פָּרֹכֶת / parokhet | velo | High | No (new) | 3 | Torn at Christ’s death; strong NT typological link. |
| cherub/cherubim | כְּרוּב(ים) | querubín/querubines | Low | No (new) | 3, 5 | Standard term. |
| altar | מִזְבֵּחַ / mizbeach | altar | Medium | No (new) | 4 | Reused across reform narratives. |
| ark (of the covenant) | אֲרוֹן (הַבְּרִית) | arca del pacto | Critical | Partial (pacto = Yes) | 5 | ”Pacto” component reuses baseline exactly. |
| glory | כָּבוֹד / kabod | gloria | High | Yes | 5, 7 | Reuse baseline exactly; central image for this doctrine, flag every occurrence for theologian review. |
| cloud (glory-cloud) | עָנָן / anan | nube | High | No (new) | 5 | Distinguish from ordinary meteorological cloud; personal divine presence. |
| fire from heaven | אֵשׁ מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם | fuego (del cielo) | Medium | No (new) | 7 | Sign of divine acceptance, not a repeatable ritual expectation. |
| priest | כֹּהֵן / kohen | sacerdote | High | No (new) | 5 | Historically loaded term (Reformation priesthood debates); teach OT office on its own terms. |
| Levite | לֵוִי / Lewiy | levita | Low | No (new) | 5 | Standard term. |
| house of sacrifice | בֵּית זָבַח | casa de sacrificio | High | No (new) | 7:12 | Teach typologically; not an ongoing rival to Christ’s sacrifice. |
| sacrifice | זֶבַח / zebach | sacrificio | High | No (new) | throughout | Typological, points to Christ. |
| burnt offering | עֹלָה / olah | holocausto | Medium-High | No (new) | 1, throughout | Typological, points to Christ. |
| incense | קְטֹרֶת / qetoret | incienso | Medium | No (new) | 26 | Issue is priestly-office trespass (Uzziah), not incense per se. |
| blood (innocent) | דָּם (נָקִי) | sangre (inocente) | High | No (new) | 24 | Typological link to Christ’s atoning blood; teach with care. |
| consecrate | קָדַשׁ / qadash (hiqdashti) | consagrar | High | Partial (santo/santificación = Yes) | 7:16, 29 | Applied here to a place/building; distinguish from baseline santificación (ongoing moral work in persons). |
| cleanse/purify | טָהֵר / taher | purificar / limpiar | High | No (new) | 29 | Ritual/cultic cleansing; distinct application from santificación. |
| high place | בָּמָה / bamah | lugar alto | High | No (new) | 1, 14, 33 | Chronologically nuanced: tolerated pre-temple, condemned post-temple. |
3. Conditional Blessing and National Repentance (2 Chronicles 7:14 cluster)
| Term (Eng.) | Hebrew / Translit. | Spanish rendering | Risk | Baseline reuse | Ch. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| my people, called by my name | עַמִּי אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עָלָיו | mi pueblo, sobre el cual es invocado mi nombre | High | Partial (llamado = Yes) | 7:14 | Corporate/national, not identical to baseline’s individual-salvific calling. |
| humble oneself | כָּנַע / kana’ | humillarse | High | No (new) | 7:14, 12, 32, 33 | Must not collapse into a Catholic penitential-merit framework. |
| pray | פָּלַל / palal | orar | Medium | No (new) | 7:14 | Standard. |
| seek (God’s) face | בִּקְשׁוּ פָנַי | buscar su rostro | Medium-High | No (new) | 7:14 | Risk of folk-divination “seeking guidance” collision; teach as direct address to God, no intermediary. |
| turn/repent/return | שׁוּב / shub | convertirse / volverse (de) | Critical | No (new) | 7:14, 19; throughout | THE central repentance verb of the book; fix rendering before Phase 2 begins. Distinguish from mere remorse (“arrepentirse” as feeling). |
| wicked ways | דֶּרֶךְ רָעָה | malos caminos | Medium | No (new) | 7:14 | Concrete conduct, not only inward disposition. |
| hear (responsively) | שָׁמַע / shama | oír | Medium | No (new) | 6, 7:14 | Covenantal responsiveness. |
| forgive | סָלַח / salach | perdonar | High | No (new) | 7:14 | Distinct category from baseline justificación (forensic, once-for-all); this is ongoing national covenant pardon. |
| sin | חֵטְא / chattah | pecado | High | Yes | 7:14 | Reuse baseline exactly; never soften to “falta.” |
| heal (the land) | רָפָא / rapha | sanar | Medium-High | No (new) | 7:14 | National/agricultural restoration; distinguish from individual faith-healing expectation. |
| seek the LORD | דָּרַשׁ / darash | buscar (a Jehová) | High | No (new) | 14, 15, 17, 20, 31 | Positive counterpart marker for faithful kings; consistent rendering required. |
| oath (covenant renewal) | שְׁבוּעָה / shevu’ah | juramento | Medium | No (new) | 15 | Formal ratification act. |
| eyes of the LORD (idiom) | עֵינֵי יְהוָה | los ojos de Jehová | Medium | No (new) | 7:15, 16, 16:9 | Anthropomorphic idiom for attentiveness/providence, not literal anatomy. |
| fear of the LORD | יִרְאַת יְהוָה | el temor de Jehová | High | No (new) | 17 | Reverent awe/submission, not servile terror. |
4. Faithful and Unfaithful Kings / Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah
| Term (Eng.) | Hebrew / Translit. | Spanish rendering | Risk | Baseline reuse | Ch. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| evil/right in the eyes of the LORD (regnal formula) | רַע/טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | malo / recto delante de los ojos de Jehová | High | No (new) | 12 (introduced), then ~20 recurrences | Structural refrain; identical rendering required at every occurrence throughout the book. |
| walk before (God) | הָלַךְ לְפָנַי | andar delante de | Medium-High | No (new) | 7:17 | Covenantal life-conduct, not outward ritual only. |
| statute(s) / rule(s) | חֻקִּים / מִשְׁפָּטִים | estatutos / ordenanzas | Medium | Partial (ley = Yes) | 7:17 | More specific than general “ley” (Torah as a whole). |
| trust/rely on | בָּטַח / batach | confiar | High | No (new) | 13, 16 | Covenantal reliance on God vs. reliance on alliances/strategy. |
| justice/judgment (judicial) | מִשְׁפָּט / mishpat | juicio / justicia | High | Partial (collision risk with justicia=righteousness) | 19 | MUST be disambiguated from baseline’s “justicia” = dikaiosynē/righteousness (forensic standing). Recommend explicit clarifying gloss wherever both concepts appear in the same lesson. |
| anoint | מָשַׁח / mashach | ungir | High | Partial (Mesías = Yes, distinct referent) | 23 | Human royal anointing; must not be confused with or substitute for baseline “Mesías” (the unique fulfilled Anointed One). |
| lying spirit | רוּחַ שָׁקֶר | espíritu (de mentira) | High | Partial (Espíritu Santo = Yes, distinct referent) | 18 | Must always carry the qualifying phrase; never to be confused with “Espíritu Santo.” |
| be strong/courageous | חָזַק / chazaq | esforzarse / ser fuerte y valiente | Medium | No (new) | 32 | Courage grounded in God’s presence, not self-reliance. |
| book of the Law | סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה | libro de la ley | Critical | Partial (ley = Yes) | 34 | Ties to baseline inspiration_of_scripture doctrine; Scripture’s own authority drives reform. |
| Passover | פֶּסַח / Pesach | Pascua | Critical | No (new) | 30, 35 | ELEVATED risk: modern Spanish “Pascua” defaults to Easter/Resurrection. Mandatory disambiguating gloss at every occurrence. |
| tithe | מַעֲשֵׂר / ma’aser | diezmo | Medium | No (new) | 31 | Standard term. |
| lament | קִינָה / qinah | lamento / lamentación | Low | No (new) | 35 | Standard term. |
5. Idolatry and Covenant Breach
| Term (Eng.) | Hebrew / Translit. | Spanish rendering | Risk | Baseline reuse | Ch. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| other gods | אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים | dioses ajenos / otros dioses | Critical | No (new) | 7:19, throughout | Handle the historic Protestant-Catholic image-veneration polemic with pastoral care; do not assert unqualified equivalence with contemporary devotional practice in the base translation itself. |
| serve/worship (idols) | עָבַד / הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה | servir / adorar / postrarse | High | No (new) | 7:19 | Cultic service and prostration. |
| forsake/abandon | עָזַב / ‘azab | abandonar / dejar | High | No (new) | 7:19, 22; 36:15-17 | Relational covenant-breach verb; climactic at 36:15-17. |
| Asherah | אֲשֵׁרָה | Asera | Medium | No (new) | 14, 15, 33 | Keep as specific technical/proper noun, not generic “ídolo.” |
| pluck up/uproot | נָתַשׁ / nathash | arrancar | High | No (new) | 7:20 | Exile-as-uprooting metaphor. |
| cast out of (God’s) sight | הִשְׁלִיךְ מֵעַל פָּנָי | echar de mi presencia | High | No (new) | 7:20 | Even the temple is not immune to covenant sanction. |
| proverb and byword | מָשָׁל וּשְׁנִינָה | proverbio y burla | Low-Medium | No (new) | 7:20 | Standard idiom. |
| made [sons] pass through the fire | הֶעֱבִיר בָּאֵשׁ | hizo pasar por fuego | Critical | No (new) | 28 | Must not be softened; central to the depth of Ahaz’s apostasy. |
6. The Exile as Covenant Consequence / Hope of Restoration
| Term (Eng.) | Hebrew / Translit. | Spanish rendering | Risk | Baseline reuse | Ch. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| exile/carried away | גָּלָה / galah | cautiverio / destierro / exilio | Critical | No (new) | 36 | Covenant judgment with stated cause, not arbitrary misfortune. |
| captivity | שְׁבִי / shebi | cautividad | Critical | No (new) | 36 | Paired consistently with galah. |
| the land kept sabbath/rested | שָׁבְתָה הָאָרֶץ | la tierra reposó / gozó de su sábado | Medium-High | No (new) | 36:21 | Judgment is time-bound and purposeful (Jeremiah’s seventy years), not endless. |
| word of the LORD | דְּבַר יְהוָה / devar YHWH | palabra de Jehová | High | No (new) | 36 | Ties to baseline inspiration_of_scripture / fulfillment_of_prophecy doctrines. |
| go up / return | עָלָה / ‘alah | subir / volver | Medium-High | No (new) | 36:23 | Deliberately open-ended, hope-oriented close of the book; preserve in teaching. |
| Cyrus | כֹּרֶשׁ / Koresh | Ciro | Low (proper noun); High (theological significance) | No (new) | 36 | God’s sovereignty over even non-covenant rulers. |
7. Wisdom, Blessing, and Related Vocabulary
| Term (Eng.) | Hebrew / Translit. | Spanish rendering | Risk | Baseline reuse | Ch. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wisdom | חׇכְמָה / chokmah | sabiduría | Medium | No (new) | 1 | God-given, not self-achieved; loose structural parallel to grace, not an equivalence. |
| bless | בָּרַךְ / barak | bendecir / bendito | Low-Medium | No (new) | 8-9 | Standard term. |
| rest/peace (national) | שָׁלוֹם / shalom | reposo (primary) / paz (secondary) | Medium | Partial (paz = Yes, distinct nuance) | 14 | Distinguish national rest-from-war from baseline’s relational peace-with-God (Romans 5:1) sense. |
| praise | תְּהִלָּה / tehillah | alabanza | Low-Medium | No (new) | 20 | Worship as an act of faith. |
| brought out (exodus) | יָצָא (הוֹצִיא) / yatsa’ | sacar | Medium-High | Partial (salvación = Yes, distinct referent) | 7:22 | Historical exodus deliverance; legitimate but distinct typological bridge to salvación. |
| chosen (a place) | בָּחַר / bachar | escoger | High | Partial (elección = Yes, distinct referent) | 7:12, 16 | Place-election, not the baseline’s soteriological election of persons — keep categories distinct. |
| royal throne / kingdom | כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּת | trono (del reino) | High | Partial (Mesías/seed_of_david = Yes) | 7:18 | Davidic-covenant/messianic-hope trajectory; teach the conditional dynastic promise carefully alongside the reality of the exile (ch. 36). |
| seed/royal offspring | זֶרַע (הַמַּמְלָכָה) | descendencia / simiente | Medium-High | Yes (descendencia de David pattern) | 22 | Reuse baseline’s Davidic “descendencia” pattern for consistency. |
8. Proper Names (Standard Reina-Valera Forms; Low Risk)
| English | Spanish | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Solomon | Salomón | Standard. |
| Rehoboam | Roboam | Standard. |
| Jeroboam | Jeroboam | Standard. |
| Abijah | Abías | Standard. |
| Asa | Asa | Standard. |
| Jehoshaphat | Josafat | Standard. |
| Ahab | Acab | Standard. |
| Jehoram | Joram | Standard. |
| Ahaziah | Ocozías | Standard. |
| Athaliah | Atalía | Standard. |
| Joash | Joás | Standard. |
| Jehoiada | Joiada | Standard. |
| Amaziah | Amasías | Standard. |
| Uzziah | Uzías | Standard. |
| Jotham | Jotam | Standard. |
| Ahaz | Acaz | Standard. |
| Hezekiah | Ezequías | Standard. |
| Sennacherib | Senaquerib | Standard. |
| Manasseh | Manasés | Standard. |
| Amon | Amón | Standard. |
| Josiah | Josías | Standard. |
| Jehoahaz | Joacaz | Standard. |
| Jehoiakim | Joacim | Standard. |
| Jehoiachin | Joaquín | Standard. |
| Zedekiah | Sedequías | Standard. |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Nabucodonosor | Standard. |
| Jeremiah | Jeremías | Standard. |
| Cyrus | Ciro | Standard. |
| Jerusalem | Jerusalén | Standard. |
| Egypt | Egipto | Standard. |
| David | David | Reuse baseline exactly. |
| Israel | Israel | Reuse baseline exactly. |
9. Baseline Terms Reused Verbatim from Romans Language Package (Reference Only)
The following terms recur across 2 Chronicles and MUST use the exact baseline rendering already fixed in translation_memory.json — no new entry is created; listed here only for Phase 2 completeness:
| Term | Spanish (baseline) | Risk (baseline) |
|---|---|---|
| covenant | pacto | High |
| glory | gloria | High |
| sin | pecado | Medium (TM) / High (registry) |
| holy | santo | Medium |
| saints/holy ones (corporate, if applied typologically) | santos | Critical |
| God | Dios | Critical |
| messiah | Mesías | Critical |
| prophet | profeta | Low |
| prophecy | profecía | Low |
| called/calling | llamado | High |
| election | elección | High |
| David | David | Low |
| Israel | Israel | Medium |
| seed of David | descendencia de David | Medium |
| law | ley | High |
| peace | paz | Medium |
| thanksgiving | acción de gracias | Low |
Companion document: analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md for full verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter contextual analysis.
All new (non-baseline) entries above are proposed for addition to translation_memory.json at Phase 2 Step 16, tagged with curriculum “2 Chronicles.”
Critical Risk Terms
Saints
Approved rendering: santos
Transliteration: hagioi (Gk, Romans)
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: los santos (canonizados, objeto de veneración e intercesión)
Inherited from Romans package. No direct occurrence in 2 Chronicles’ Hebrew text in this exact corporate sense, but the term remains active background vocabulary given the book’s priestly/Levitical ‘set apart’ material; retain the baseline’s mandatory clarifying note wherever invoked typologically.
God
Approved rendering: Dios
Transliteration: theos (Gk, Romans); Elohim (Heb, 2 Chronicles)
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / Divine Names
Inherited from Romans package. Used interchangeably with Jehová (YHWH) throughout 2 Chronicles; see new ‘elohim’ entry below for the Hebrew-specific cross-reference.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Mesías
Transliteration: Christos / Mashiach (Gk/Heb, Romans)
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: un ungido más, entre otros santos o profetas venerados
Inherited from Romans package. Critical fencing term against 2 Chronicles’ ‘ungir/ungido’ (human royal anointing, e.g., Joash ch. 23) — never let a human king’s anointing substitute for or blur into this term.
Lord
Approved rendering: Señor
Transliteration: kyrios (Gk, Romans); Adonai (Heb, 2 Chronicles)
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ / Divine Names
Rejected alternatives: Señor mío (devotional-only, without lordship claim)
Inherited from Romans package. Must be taught as compatible with, but distinct in register from, the new ‘Jehová’ (YHWH) entry — both refer to the same God under different name-strata; see ‘adonai’ entry below.
Yhwh
Approved rendering: Jehová
Transliteration: YHWH / Yahweh
Doctrine: Divine Names and Titles
Rejected alternatives: el Señor (Catholic-tradition tetragrammaton convention; not used as the primary rendering in this Protestant/Evangelical-leaning Language Package), Yavé
Original: יהוה
Category: Divine Names
NEW. The personal, covenant-bearing name of God, rendered per RV1960/RVA2015 convention. Foundational to 2 Chronicles (used far more densely than in Romans, which never needed this rendering). Must be taught as distinct from, yet not theologically opposed to, the baseline’s ‘Señor’ (kyrios/Adonai) — both name-strata refer to the one God.
Elohim
Approved rendering: Dios
Transliteration: Elohim
Doctrine: Divine Names and Titles
Original: אֱלֹהִים
Category: Divine Names
NEW (cross-references baseline ‘god’). Grammatically plural form used with singular meaning for the one true God; same referent as YHWH in Chronicles, used interchangeably. No rival deity-name confusion in mainstream Hispanic Christian usage.
Adonai
Approved rendering: Señor
Transliteration: Adonai
Doctrine: Divine Names and Titles
Original: אֲדֹנָי
Category: Divine Names
NEW (cross-references baseline ‘lord’). God’s sovereign master-authority; reuse baseline ‘Señor’ exactly. Teach as compatible with, but distinct in register from, ‘Jehová’ (the personal covenant name).
Holy Of Holies
Approved rendering: el Lugar Santísimo
Transliteration: qodesh haqqodashim
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: el santuario interior (too generic)
Original: קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. The innermost sanctuary, entered only by the high priest. Must be taught as fulfilled and opened in Christ (Hebrews 9-10), not an ongoing barrier requiring priestly mediation — a distinction with real weight given historical Catholic-Protestant debate over priestly mediation.
Ark Of The Covenant
Approved rendering: arca del pacto
Transliteration: aron habberit
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: arca de la alianza (valid Catholic-tradition synonym, not primary here), cofre sagrado (loses covenant sense)
Original: אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. Reuses baseline ‘pacto’ exactly within the compound. Central visual anchor of Temple Worship and God’s Presence; any drift toward ‘alianza’ or a merely legal ‘contrato’ framing would weaken the relational covenant sense.
Turn Repent Return
Approved rendering: convertirse / volverse (de)
Transliteration: shub
Doctrine: Repentance and Humility (kana’/shub Pattern)
Rejected alternatives: arrepentirse (risks reducing shub to mere emotional remorse rather than reoriented conduct), hacer una conversión formal única (risks reducing shub to a single catechetical rite-of-passage)
Original: שׁוּב
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW. THE central repentance verb of the whole book, used positively (7:14, return) and negatively (7:19, turn away). Fixed identically at every occurrence per RV1960 precedent. Standing translator’s note required: ‘cambio de dirección y conducta, no solo sentimiento de pesar.‘
Book Of The Law
Approved rendering: libro de la ley
Transliteration: sefer hatorah
Doctrine: Inspiration and Authority of Scripture (Book of the Law)
Original: סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (34:14-21, Josiah’s reform). Elevated to Critical because the narrative makes Scripture’s rediscovery the causal engine of national reform. Should affirm Scripture’s own authority on its own terms without explicitly polemicizing the Catholic-Protestant Scripture/Tradition debate in the base translation.
Passover
Approved rendering: Pascua
Transliteration: Pesach
Doctrine: Passover and Covenant Memory
Rejected alternatives: fiesta de la liberación (a paraphrase that would break consistency with every published Spanish Bible)
Original: פֶּסַח
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (ch. 30, 35). ELEVATED Critical risk: everyday Spanish ‘Pascua’ defaults to Easter/the Resurrection, unlike English where ‘Passover’ and ‘Easter’ are distinct words. MANDATORY disambiguating gloss at every occurrence, e.g. ‘la Pascua (la fiesta que conmemora la liberación de Egipto, no la Pascua de Resurrección).’
Other Gods
Approved rendering: dioses ajenos / otros dioses
Transliteration: elohim acherim
Doctrine: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
Rejected alternatives: ídolos (too generic, loses the rival-deity sense)
Original: אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים
Category: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
NEW (7:19, throughout). Handle with pastoral care: the OT polemic against rival deities has historically been weaponized in Protestant-Catholic disputes over image/Marian/saint veneration. Base translation states only what the Hebrew text states; comparative application belongs to explicit teaching notes, not the base text.
Pass Through Fire
Approved rendering: hizo pasar por fuego
Transliteration: he’evir ba’esh
Doctrine: Extreme Apostasy and Child Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: ofreció a sus hijos en un rito (euphemistic; must not be used)
Original: הֶעֱבִיר בָּאֵשׁ
Category: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
NEW (28:3, Ahaz; 33:6, Manasseh). Must not be softened or euphemized; this atrocity is central to the book’s portrayal of covenant unfaithfulness at its worst. Handle with pastoral sensitivity in teaching notes without diluting the base text’s severity.
Exile
Approved rendering: cautiverio / destierro / exilio
Transliteration: galah
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Rejected alternatives: desgracia histórica arbitraria (must not be implied)
Original: גָּלָה
Category: Exile and Restoration
NEW (ch. 36). Must be taught as covenant judgment with a stated cause (36:14-16), not arbitrary misfortune or evidence Babylon’s gods overpowered YHWH. Carries added resonance in Latin American contexts with living memory of conquest and displacement; acknowledge without collapsing into direct political allegory.
Captivity
Approved rendering: cautividad
Transliteration: shebi
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Original: שְׁבִי
Category: Exile and Restoration
NEW (ch. 36). Pair consistently with ‘cautiverio/exilio’ (galah) so learners recognize both as describing the same historical judgment.
High Risk Terms
Covenant
Approved rendering: pacto
Transliteration: diathēkē (Gk, Romans); berit / karat berit (Heb, 2 Chronicles)
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and Dynastic Promise
Rejected alternatives: contrato legal, alianza (valid Catholic-tradition synonym, not used as the primary term in this curriculum)
Original: בְּרִית (כָּרַת בְּרִית)
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
Inherited from Romans package; no change for 2 Chronicles. Reused across David’s, Jehoiada’s, Hezekiah’s, and Josiah’s covenant-renewal narratives and the ‘arca del pacto’ compound. Never reduce to a mere legal contract.
Calling
Approved rendering: llamado
Transliteration: klēsis (Gk, Romans)
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: vocación (in the narrow sense of a call to priesthood or religious life)
Inherited from Romans package; no change. See ‘called_by_my_name’ below for 2 Chronicles’ distinct corporate/national sense.
Election
Approved rendering: elección
Transliteration: eklogē (Gk, Romans); bachar (Heb, 2 Chronicles, person-referent)
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: destino, suerte
Original: בָּחַר
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
Inherited from Romans package. Keep strictly distinct from 2 Chronicles’ new ‘chosen_place’ entry (same Hebrew root bachar, but referring to God’s choice of the temple site, not persons unto salvation).
Law
Approved rendering: ley
Transliteration: nomos (Gk, Romans); torah (Heb, 2 Chronicles)
Doctrine: Inspiration and Authority of Scripture
Original: תּוֹרָה
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
Inherited from Romans package. Used alongside the new, more specific ‘statutes_and_rules’ entry and the Critical-risk new entry ‘book_of_the_law’ (ch. 34).
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Espíritu Santo
Transliteration: pneuma hagion (Gk, Romans)
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: una fuerza impersonal, un espíritu guía o ancestral
Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL FENCING NEEDED against 2 Chronicles’ new ‘lying_spirit’ entry (ch. 18) — the bare Spanish noun ‘espíritu’ must never appear unqualified when referring to the deceiving spirit; only this exact phrase refers to the third Person of the Trinity.
House Of The Lord
Approved rendering: casa de Jehová / templo
Transliteration: bayit (Heb)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: la Iglesia (institutional-hierarchical sense)
Original: בַּיִת
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. Render ‘casa de Jehová’ in fixed liturgical/dedication contexts and ‘templo’ in general teaching prose. This is a physical building, the OT type fulfilled in Christ and NT temple-language for the church — not the church itself.
Name Of The Lord
Approved rendering: nombre
Transliteration: shem (Heb)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: שֵׁם
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. Hebraic idiom: God’s Name dwelling in a place signifies God’s own presence and ownership of it. Render ‘nombre’ within the fixed phrase ‘para mi nombre / mi nombre’ (2:4; 6:; 7:16; 20:9); requires an explicit teaching note at every occurrence so it is not read as a mere label.
Veil
Approved rendering: velo
Transliteration: parokhet
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: cortina (too generic, loses cultic weight)
Original: פָּרֹכֶת
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. Marks the separation between sinful humanity and God’s holy presence, torn at Christ’s death (Matthew 27:51); teach with that NT typological connection.
Glory Cloud
Approved rendering: nube
Transliteration: anan
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: energía/fuerza cósmica
Original: עָנָן
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. The visible cloud-medium of God’s glory-presence (Shekinah). Must be distinguished from ordinary meteorological cloud language and from any impersonal ‘cosmic energy’ reading found in New Age-adjacent spirituality.
Priest
Approved rendering: sacerdote
Transliteration: kohen
Doctrine: Priesthood and Levitical Ministry
Original: כֹּהֵן
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. Historically loaded term given Reformation-era polemic over priestly mediation. Teach the OT Levitical office on its own historical terms, without asserting or denying continuity with a modern clerical office.
House Of Sacrifice
Approved rendering: casa de sacrificio
Transliteration: bet zebach
Doctrine: Sacrificial System and Atonement Typology
Original: בֵּית זָבַח
Category: Temple Worship
NEW (7:12). Names the temple’s central sacrificial function. Teach typologically as pointing forward to Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice, not as an ongoing rival means of atonement.
Sacrifice
Approved rendering: sacrificio
Transliteration: zebach
Doctrine: Sacrificial System and Atonement Typology
Original: זֶבַח
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. Typological, points to Christ. Given the historical Catholic-Protestant debate over the Mass as a re-presented sacrifice, describe the OT system on its own terms without adjudicating that later debate in the base translation.
Burnt Offering
Approved rendering: holocausto
Transliteration: olah
Doctrine: Sacrificial System and Atonement Typology
Original: עֹלָה
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. A sacrifice wholly consumed on the altar, symbolizing complete consecration to God. Recommend a typological teaching note connecting this to Christ’s complete self-offering (Hebrews).
Innocent Blood
Approved rendering: sangre inocente
Transliteration: dam naqi
Doctrine: Sacrificial System and Atonement Typology
Original: דָּם נָקִי
Category: Temple Worship
NEW (24:20-22, Zechariah’s murder). Typological connection to Christ’s atoning blood should be taught explicitly but carefully, as type not identity.
Consecrate
Approved rendering: consagrar
Transliteration: qadash / hiqdashti
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: קָדַשׁ (הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי)
Category: Temple Worship
NEW (7:16, 29). Applied here to a place/building; distinct from the baseline’s ‘santificación’ (the Spirit’s ongoing moral work in persons). Keep the two applications of the same holiness root distinct in teaching.
Cleanse Purify
Approved rendering: purificar / limpiar
Transliteration: taher
Doctrine: Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah
Original: טָהֵר
Category: Temple Worship
NEW (ch. 29, Hezekiah). Ritual/cultic cleansing of a place, distinct from ‘santificación’; avoid implying holiness is achieved through repeated ritual acts.
High Place
Approved rendering: lugar alto
Transliteration: bamah
Doctrine: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
Original: בָּמָה
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. Requires chronological nuance: tolerated pre-temple (ch. 1), condemned as idolatrous post-temple (chs. 14, 33). Teach the distinction explicitly at each occurrence.
Called By My Name
Approved rendering: mi pueblo, sobre el cual es invocado mi nombre
Transliteration: ammi asher-niqra shemi alav
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Rejected alternatives: mi pueblo llamado (too short; loses the invocation-of-the-name idiom)
Original: עַמִּי אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עָלָיו
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW, fixed compound phrase (7:14). Corporate/national identity marker; must not be collapsed into the baseline’s individual-salvific ‘llamado eficaz’ doctrine. Do not shorten to bare ‘llamado.‘
Humble Oneself
Approved rendering: humillarse
Transliteration: kana’
Doctrine: Repentance and Humility (kana’/shub Pattern)
Rejected alternatives: hacer penitencia (risks a meritorious-works framing)
Original: כָּנַע
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW (7:14; 12:6-7; 32:26; 33:12,19,23). Must not collapse into a Catholic penitential-works framework; this is a posture of the heart before God, echoing the baseline’s caution that grace is not earned through merit.
Seek Gods Face
Approved rendering: buscar su rostro
Transliteration: biqshu panai
Doctrine: Seeking the LORD
Rejected alternatives: buscar guía espiritual (risks a folk-divination/intermediary reading)
Original: בִּקְשׁוּ פָנַי
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW (7:14). In regions with active curanderismo or folk-divination practice, ‘seeking guidance’ idioms can imply a consulted intermediary; teach explicitly as direct address to God, with no mediating figure.
Forgive
Approved rendering: perdonar
Transliteration: salach
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Original: סָלַח
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW (7:14). Categorically distinct from the baseline’s ‘justificación’ (once-for-all forensic declaration); this is God’s ongoing covenantal pardon of a repeatedly disobedient national people. Do not teach as an OT proof-text either for or against NT justification by faith.
Heal The Land
Approved rendering: sanar
Transliteration: rapha
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Original: רָפָא
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW (7:14). Covenantal restoration of the land’s fruitfulness, reversing drought/locust/plague (v.13); must be distinguished from individual faith-healing expectation and curanderismo healing practice.
Seek The Lord
Approved rendering: buscar (a Jehová)
Transliteration: darash
Doctrine: Seeking the LORD
Original: דָּרַשׁ
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW. Positive structural marker of faithful kingship (Asa, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah); render identically at every occurrence (14:4,7; 15:2,12-13; 17:4; 20:3-4; 31:21).
Fear Of The Lord
Approved rendering: el temor de Jehová
Transliteration: yirat YHWH
Doctrine: The Fear of the LORD
Rejected alternatives: terror servil, respeto genérico
Original: יִרְאַת יְהוָה
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW (ch. 17). No baseline precedent from Romans; must be taught as reverent awe and submission, not servile terror or vague generic respect.
Regnal Evaluation Formula
Approved rendering: malo / recto delante de los ojos de Jehová
Transliteration: ra’ / tob be’ene YHWH
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Original: רַע / טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW, fixed structural refrain. Introduced 12:14, recurs ~20 times through Zedekiah. Must be rendered identically at every occurrence; inconsistency would obscure the book’s deliberate editorial pattern.
Walk Before God
Approved rendering: andar delante de
Transliteration: halak lifne
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Original: הָלַךְ לְפָנַי
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (7:17). Covenantal faithfulness of life, not mere outward ritual compliance; David is the benchmark.
Trust Rely
Approved rendering: confiar
Transliteration: batach
Doctrine: Trust in God versus Human Alliances
Rejected alternatives: optimismo, confianza en alianzas políticas
Original: בָּטַח
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (13:18; 16:7-9). Covenantal reliance on God, deliberately contrasted with reliance on numbers or foreign alliance; Asa’s later reversal (ch. 16) is an ironic inversion of his own earlier trust.
Judgment Justice
Approved rendering: juicio / justicia
Transliteration: mishpat
Doctrine: Judicial Justice and Righteous Rule
Original: מִשְׁפָּט
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (19:6, Jehoshaphat’s judicial reforms). COLLISION ALERT: must be disambiguated from the baseline’s Critical-risk ‘justicia’ (dikaiosynē, forensic righteousness). Mandatory clarifying gloss wherever both concepts appear in the same lesson.
Anoint
Approved rendering: ungir
Transliteration: mashach
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and Dynastic Promise
Original: מָשַׁח
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (23:11, Joash’s coronation). Must be clearly taught as the anointing of a human Davidic king, never confused with or substituted for the baseline’s ‘Mesías’ entry.
Lying Spirit
Approved rendering: espíritu de mentira
Transliteration: ruach shaqer
Doctrine: Prophetic Word and Warning
Rejected alternatives: espíritu (unqualified — forbidden)
Original: רוּחַ שֶׁקֶר
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (ch. 18, Micaiah’s vision). Always qualified. Never let bare ‘espíritu’ stand for this referent given collision with baseline ‘Espíritu Santo.‘
Serve Worship Idols
Approved rendering: servir / adorar / postrarse
Transliteration: ‘abad / hishtachavah
Doctrine: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
Original: עָבַד / הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה
Category: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
NEW (7:19). Cultic service and physical prostration directed toward idols in unfaithful reigns.
Forsake Abandon
Approved rendering: abandonar / dejar
Transliteration: ‘azab
Doctrine: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
Original: עָזַב
Category: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
NEW (7:19, 22; climactic at 36:15-17). Relational and emotional weight (covenant-partner abandonment, not mere rule-breaking) should be preserved consistently from first to climactic occurrence.
Pluck Up Uproot
Approved rendering: arrancar
Transliteration: nathash
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Rejected alternatives: quitar (too weak; loses the violent agricultural uprooting image)
Original: נָתַשׁ
Category: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
NEW (7:20). Ties directly to the Exile as Covenant Consequence doctrine; must not be softened.
Cast Out Of Sight
Approved rendering: echar de mi presencia
Transliteration: hishlik me’al panai
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Original: הִשְׁלִיךְ מֵעַל פָּנָי
Category: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
NEW (7:20). Teach that even the temple is not immune from covenant sanction if the nation is unfaithful.
Land Kept Sabbath
Approved rendering: la tierra reposó / gozó de su sábado
Transliteration: shabtah ha’arets
Doctrine: Hope of Restoration
Original: שָׁבְתָה הָאָרֶץ
Category: Exile and Restoration
NEW (36:21). Ties exile length to sabbatical land-rest law and Jeremiah’s seventy years; important for teaching the exile’s divinely appointed limit, not endless punishment.
Word Of The Lord
Approved rendering: palabra de Jehová
Transliteration: devar YHWH
Doctrine: Prophetic Word and Warning
Original: דְּבַר יְהוָה
Category: Exile and Restoration
NEW (ch. 36, throughout). Both the prophetic word of warning and of promised restoration are equally ‘the word of the LORD’; do not treat warning and promise as competing authorities.
Go Up Return
Approved rendering: subir / volver
Transliteration: ‘alah
Doctrine: Hope of Restoration
Original: עָלָה
Category: Exile and Restoration
NEW (36:23, Cyrus’s decree). The book’s deliberately open-ended, forward-looking final word; preserve as a decree, not yet its fulfillment — do not artificially close off the ending.
Brought Out Exodus
Approved rendering: sacar
Transliteration: yatsa’ / hotsi’
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Original: יָצָא (הוֹצִיא)
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
NEW (7:22). The exodus deliverance, ground of covenant obligation. A legitimate typological bridge to the baseline’s ‘salvación’ doctrine, but the immediate referent is Israel’s specific historical deliverance from Egypt; keep categories distinct while permitting the canonical connection to be taught explicitly.
Chosen Place
Approved rendering: escoger
Transliteration: bachar
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: בָּחַר
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
NEW (7:12, 16). God’s sovereign choice of the temple site. Do not silently import the soteriological weight of the baseline’s ‘elección’ (choice of persons unto salvation) onto this place-election; note the shared Hebrew root only as a pedagogical bridge, never an equivalence.
Royal Throne Kingdom
Approved rendering: trono del reino
Transliteration: kisse malkut
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and Dynastic Promise
Original: כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּת
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
NEW (7:18). Connects to the Davidic covenant and, canonically, to messianic hope fulfilled in Christ’s eternal kingship. Teach the conditional wording (tied to obedience) alongside the reality of the exile (ch. 36) so it is not misread as an unconditional guarantee.
Medium Risk Terms
Glory
Approved rendering: gloria
Transliteration: doxa (Gk, Romans); kabod (Heb, 2 Chronicles)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: כָּבוֹד
Category: Temple Worship
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Chronicles this is one of the most theologically loaded terms in the book (ch. 5, 7) — the glory-cloud filling the temple. Flag every occurrence in chs. 5 and 7 for theologian review even though the term itself is unchanged.
Sin
Approved rendering: pecado
Transliteration: hamartia (Gk, Romans); chet / chatta’ah (Heb, 2 Chronicles)
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Rejected alternatives: falta (minimizing euphemism common in pastoral speech)
Original: חֵטְא / חַטָּאתָם
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
Inherited from Romans package; no change. Used in 7:14’s ‘perdonaré su pecado.’ Never soften to ‘falta.‘
Holy
Approved rendering: santo
Transliteration: hagios (Gk, Romans); qodesh / qadosh (Heb, 2 Chronicles)
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Rejected alternatives: puro en sentido ritual
Original: קֹדֶשׁ / קָדוֹשׁ
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Chronicles the adjective is applied to temple vessels, the assembly, and the sanctuary, extending beyond persons; keep distinct from ‘consagrar’ (application to buildings/objects) in teaching.
Called
Approved rendering: llamado
Transliteration: klētos (Gk, Romans)
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: convocado (bureaucratic/legal register)
Inherited from Romans package. Kept distinct from 2 Chronicles’ new compound ‘mi pueblo, sobre el cual es invocado mi nombre’ (7:14), which must not be shortened to bare ‘llamado.‘
Seed Of David
Approved rendering: descendencia de David
Transliteration: sperma Dauid (Gk, Romans); zera’ David (Heb, 2 Chronicles)
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: זֶרַע דָּוִיד
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
Inherited from Romans package. Reused for the specific messianic-lineage sense; kept distinct from the new, broader ‘seed_royal_offspring’ entry below.
Peace
Approved rendering: paz
Transliteration: eirēnē (Gk, Romans); shalom (Heb, 2 Chronicles, relational sense)
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: tranquilidad emocional
Inherited from Romans package. Reserve for the relational, covenantal peace-with-God sense; 2 Chronicles’ national/military rest sense uses the new ‘rest_peace_national’ entry (‘reposo’) instead, to avoid flattening two distinct nuances into one word.
Altar
Approved rendering: altar
Transliteration: mizbeach
Doctrine: Sacrificial System and Atonement Typology
Original: מִזְבֵּחַ
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. Render consistently across reform narratives where altars are cleansed, restored, or removed (Asa, Hezekiah, Josiah).
Fire From Heaven
Approved rendering: fuego (del cielo)
Transliteration: esh min hashamayim
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: אֵשׁ מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. A unique historical sign of divine acceptance at the temple’s dedication (7:1-3); not a repeatable ritual expectation for contemporary worship.
Incense
Approved rendering: incienso
Transliteration: qetoret
Doctrine: Priesthood and Levitical Ministry
Original: קְטֹרֶת
Category: Temple Worship
NEW (ch. 26, Uzziah). Teach the specific narrative issue (priestly-office trespass) rather than implying incense itself, as a devotional practice, is condemned.
Pray
Approved rendering: orar
Transliteration: palal
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Original: פָּלַל
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW. Render consistently with Solomon’s dedicatory prayer (ch. 6) and the core passage (7:14).
Wicked Ways
Approved rendering: malos caminos
Transliteration: derek ra’ah
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Original: דֶּרֶךְ רָעָה
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW (7:14). The concrete conduct content of ‘turning’; teach as conduct, not only inward disposition.
Hear Responsively
Approved rendering: oír
Transliteration: shama
Doctrine: Conditional Blessing and National Repentance
Original: שָׁמַע
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW. Covenantal, responsive hearing, not mere auditory perception; consistent with ch. 6’s ‘hear from heaven’ refrain.
Oath
Approved rendering: juramento
Transliteration: shevu’ah
Doctrine: Covenant Renewal
Original: שְׁבוּעָה
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW (15:14-15, Asa’s covenant renewal). Formal ratification of the darash/kana’ repentance pattern.
Eyes Of The Lord
Approved rendering: los ojos de Jehová
Transliteration: ‘enei YHWH
Doctrine: Divine Providence and Sovereignty over the Nations
Original: עֵינֵי יְהוָה
Category: Conditional Blessing and Repentance
NEW (7:15; 16:9). Anthropomorphic idiom for personal attentiveness and providence, not literal divine anatomy nor an impersonal cosmic principle.
Statutes And Rules
Approved rendering: estatutos / ordenanzas
Transliteration: chuqqim / mishpatim
Doctrine: Faithful and Unfaithful Kings
Original: חֻקִּים / מִשְׁפָּטִים
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (7:17). More specific than the general baseline term ‘ley’ (Torah as a whole); use alongside it as the specific decrees within the broader Torah.
Be Strong Courageous
Approved rendering: esforzarse y ser valiente
Transliteration: chazaq
Doctrine: Trust in God versus Human Alliances
Original: חָזַק
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (32:7, Hezekiah facing Assyria). Courage grounded in God’s presence, not self-reliant bravado; echoes ‘confiar’ (batach).
Tithe
Approved rendering: diezmo
Transliteration: ma’aser
Doctrine: Reform under Hezekiah and Josiah
Original: מַעֲשֵׂר
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (ch. 31). Standard term; teach in its narrative context of national covenant renewal.
Asherah
Approved rendering: Asera
Transliteration: asherah
Doctrine: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
Rejected alternatives: ídolo (generic; loses the specific trackable referent)
Original: אֲשֵׁרָה
Category: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
NEW. Keep as a specific technical/proper noun, not generic ‘ídolo,’ so learners can track this recurring cultic object across reform narratives (Asa, Hezekiah, Josiah).
Wisdom
Approved rendering: sabiduría
Transliteration: chokmah
Doctrine: Wisdom and Godly Rule
Original: חׇכְמָה
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
NEW (ch. 1, Solomon at Gibeon). God-given, not self-achieved; a loose structural parallel to (not doctrinal equivalent of) the baseline’s ‘grace.‘
Bless
Approved rendering: bendecir / bendito
Transliteration: barak
Doctrine: Blessing and National Well-Being
Original: בָּרַךְ
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
NEW (9:8, Queen of Sheba’s confession). Standard term; a Gentile acknowledgment of YHWH’s sovereignty.
Rest Peace National
Approved rendering: reposo / paz
Transliteration: shalom
Doctrine: Blessing and National Well-Being
Original: שָׁלוֹם
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
NEW (ch. 14, Asa). Use ‘reposo’ as the primary rendering for national/military rest from war, reserving ‘paz’ for the baseline’s relational peace-with-God sense so the two nuances are not flattened.
Praise
Approved rendering: alabanza
Transliteration: tehillah
Doctrine: Levitical Praise and Music in Worship
Original: תְּהִלָּה
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
NEW (20:21-22, Beracah). Worship as an act of trust offered in advance of deliverance, not only grateful celebration afterward.
Seed Royal Offspring
Approved rendering: descendencia / simiente
Transliteration: zera’ (hammamlakah)
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant and Dynastic Promise
Original: זֶרַע (הַמַּמְלָכָה)
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
NEW (22:10-12, Joash hidden). Reuses the baseline’s ‘descendencia de David’ pattern for consistency; distinct from the more specific baseline ‘seed_of_david’ entry.
Low Risk Terms
Prophet
Approved rendering: profeta
Transliteration: prophētēs (Gk, Romans); nabi (Heb, 2 Chronicles)
Doctrine: Prophetic Word and Warning
Rejected alternatives: vidente, adivino
Inherited from Romans package; no change. Recurs throughout 2 Chronicles’ prophetic-warning narratives (ch. 18, 24, 36).
Prophecy
Approved rendering: profecía
Transliteration: prophēteia (Gk, Romans)
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: horóscopo, predicción esotérica
Inherited from Romans package; no change.
David
Approved rendering: David
Transliteration: Dawid (Heb)
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: דָּוִד
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
Inherited from Romans package; no change. The benchmark of faithful kingship throughout 2 Chronicles (7:17).
Israel
Approved rendering: Israel
Transliteration: Yisra’el (Heb)
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Category: Wisdom and Blessing
Inherited from Romans package. Note added complexity in 2 Chronicles: after ch. 10 ‘Israel’ can denote either the whole covenant people or specifically the northern kingdom distinct from Judah; disambiguate by context.
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: acción de gracias
Transliteration: eucharistia (Gk, Romans)
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Inherited from Romans package; no change.
Cherubim
Approved rendering: querubín / querubines
Transliteration: keruv / keruvim
Doctrine: Temple Worship and God’s Presence
Original: כְּרוּבִים
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. Standard, unambiguous term across Spanish Bible traditions.
Levite
Approved rendering: levita
Transliteration: Lewiy
Doctrine: Priesthood and Levitical Ministry
Original: לֵוִי
Category: Temple Worship
NEW. Standard, unambiguous term for members of the tribe set apart for temple service, music, and priestly support.
Lament
Approved rendering: lamento / lamentación
Transliteration: qinah
Doctrine: Levitical Praise and Music in Worship
Original: קִינָה
Category: Kingship and Covenant Evaluation
NEW (35:25, Josiah’s death). Standard term; minimal risk.
Proverb And Byword
Approved rendering: proverbio y burla
Transliteration: mashal velishninah
Doctrine: The Exile as Covenant Consequence
Original: מָשָׁל וְלִשְׁנִינָה
Category: Idolatry and Covenant Breach
NEW (7:20). Standard idiom describing the desolated temple’s fate among the nations.
Cyrus
Approved rendering: Ciro
Transliteration: Koresh
Doctrine: Divine Providence and Sovereignty over the Nations
Original: כֹּרֶשׁ
Category: Exile and Restoration
NEW. Standard proper name, low lexical risk; high theological significance — a pagan king functioning as God’s appointed instrument of restoration.
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