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    "figure_name": "Bear and Bereaved-Beast Imagery",
    "technical_name": "Bear, she-bear, bereaved beast, ranging bear, and devouring-judgment imagery",
    "alternate_names": "bear imagery; bereaved bear imagery; ranging bear imagery; she-bear imagery; devouring beast imagery",
    "page_slug": "bear-and-bereaved-beast-imagery",
    "reader_category": "Ferocity, danger, judgment, and restored creation / Bear imagery",
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    "simple_definition": "Bear and bereaved-beast imagery uses bears, she-bears, ranging bears, and bear-like beasts to describe fierce danger, grief-driven rage, oppressive rule, divine judgment, and eventual peace in restored creation.",
    "technical_definition": "A ferocity-and-danger motif in which bear imagery signifies overpowering threat, bereaved wrath, predatory governance, concealed danger, beastly empire, or the transformation of violent animal relations in restoration promises.",
    "source_hint": "Wave 31 draft-normalized creature imagery review; distinguish this from lion imagery by focusing on bear ferocity, bereavement, predatory rule, and beast imagery.",
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      "reference": "1 Sam. 17:34",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "there came a lion, and a bear",
      "explanation": "The bear represents deadly danger from which the shepherd delivers the flock.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized animal/bird/insect imagery review",
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      "include_on_page": "yes",
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      "figure_id": "FOS_0378",
      "figure_name": "Bear and Bereaved-Beast Imagery",
      "page_slug": "bear-and-bereaved-beast-imagery",
      "reference": "1 Sam. 17:37",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "out of the paw of the lion, and... the bear",
      "explanation": "David’s deliverance from the bear becomes evidence for faith before Goliath.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized animal/bird/insect imagery review",
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      "figure_name": "Bear and Bereaved-Beast Imagery",
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      "reference": "2 Sam. 17:8",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps",
      "explanation": "A bereaved bear images enraged and dangerous warriors.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized animal/bird/insect imagery review",
      "source_section": "Animal, Bird, and Insect Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; source/context check before publication.",
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      "figure_id": "FOS_0378",
      "figure_name": "Bear and Bereaved-Beast Imagery",
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      "reference": "2 Kings 2:24",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "there came forth two she bears",
      "explanation": "The she-bears become instruments of severe prophetic judgment.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized animal/bird/insect imagery review",
      "source_section": "Animal, Bird, and Insect Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
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      "figure_id": "FOS_0378",
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      "page_slug": "bear-and-bereaved-beast-imagery",
      "reference": "Prov. 17:12",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "a bear robbed of her whelps",
      "explanation": "The proverb uses a bereaved bear to picture danger less severe than meeting a fool.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized animal/bird/insect imagery review",
      "source_section": "Animal, Bird, and Insect Imagery Forms",
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      "reference": "Prov. 28:15",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "a roaring lion, and a ranging bear",
      "explanation": "The bear images oppressive rule over poor people.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized animal/bird/insect imagery review",
      "source_section": "Animal, Bird, and Insect Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
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      "figure_id": "FOS_0378",
      "figure_name": "Bear and Bereaved-Beast Imagery",
      "page_slug": "bear-and-bereaved-beast-imagery",
      "reference": "Isa. 11:7",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the cow and the bear shall feed",
      "explanation": "Bear imagery is transformed into peaceful fellowship in the restored creation.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized animal/bird/insect imagery review",
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      "reference": "Lam. 3:10",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "He was unto me as a bear lying in wait",
      "explanation": "The bear gives language for felt divine opposition in lament.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized animal/bird/insect imagery review",
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      "reference": "Dan. 7:5",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "another beast... like to a bear",
      "explanation": "Bear-like imagery marks a powerful devouring kingdom.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized animal/bird/insect imagery review",
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      "reference": "Hos. 13:8",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "as a bear... bereaved of her whelps",
      "explanation": "The bereaved bear images the LORD’s fierce judgment upon covenant rebellion.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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