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  "source_note": "Generated from final CSV/JSON source state for verification and future builder input. This is not verified against any pre-existing live-site sidecar schema.",
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    "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
    "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
    "technical_name": "Ellipsis",
    "alternate_names": "Omission",
    "page_slug": "ellipsis",
    "reader_category": "Omission",
    "bullinger_class": "Figures involving omission",
    "simple_definition": "Ellipsis leaves out words that the reader is expected to supply from the sentence, context, or repeated pattern.",
    "technical_definition": "A figure of omission in which a necessary word or phrase is not expressed, but is recoverable from the nature of the subject, the context, or repetition from a nearby clause.",
    "source_hint": "Bullinger PDF pp. 14-17; web lines 432-456 and 504-521.",
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      "example_id": "EX4_0001",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Matt. 14:19",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the disciples to the multitude",
      "explanation": "The second clause omits the verb already implied from the previous clause; supplying 'gave' resolves the grammar while preserving the emphasis.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0002",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Gen. 14:19-20",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "and he gave him tithes",
      "explanation": "The subject must be supplied from context; Abram, not Melchizedek, is the giver of the tithes.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0003",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Gen. 39:6",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "he knew not ought he had",
      "explanation": "The ellipsis requires context to determine the subject and scope of what was known or entrusted.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0004",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Matt. 16:22",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "be it far from thee",
      "explanation": "The idiomatic expression leaves unstated a fuller wish such as divine mercy or prevention; the sense is supplied by idiom and context.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0005",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Acts 13:29",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "they took him down",
      "explanation": "The actor is not the grammatical focus; the action is compressed and must be read from the narrative setting.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0006",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Rom. 4:9",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "faith was reckoned",
      "explanation": "The argument assumes the omitted object and context from the Abraham quotation.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0007",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Rom. 5:18",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "as... so also",
      "explanation": "Paul’s tightly parallel sentence requires supplied wording from the corresponding clauses.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0008",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "1 Cor. 3:2",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "milk, not meat",
      "explanation": "The implied verb/object is supplied by the teaching context: Paul gave elementary instruction, not solid food.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0009",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "2 Cor. 5:13",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "whether beside ourselves... sober",
      "explanation": "The sentence compresses implied predicates and objects in paired clauses.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0010",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Gal. 2:9",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "we unto the Gentiles, they unto the circumcision",
      "explanation": "The verb of going/preaching is omitted in parallel clauses and supplied by context.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0011",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Eph. 4:29",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "good for edifying",
      "explanation": "The construction requires supplied terms to complete the sense: speech should be suitable for edification.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0012",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Col. 2:8",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "after the tradition of men",
      "explanation": "The warning compresses the governing idea; the reader supplies the relation between philosophy and its human source.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0013",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "1 Tim. 5:10",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "if she have washed the saints' feet",
      "explanation": "The list compresses repeated conditions under the introductory 'if'.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0014",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "1 John 5:19",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the whole world lies in the evil one",
      "explanation": "An ellipsis is commonly supplied as 'in the power of'; the implied relation clarifies the phrase.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0015",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Ps. 109:5",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "evil for good",
      "explanation": "The verb of repayment or returning is compressed; the paired objects carry the point.",
      "certainty": "possible",
      "source": "Own analysis",
      "source_section": "Original analysis for pilot page",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0016",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Isa. 53:12",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "numbered with transgressors",
      "explanation": "The phrase functions compactly and expects context to supply the implied legal or social identification.",
      "certainty": "possible",
      "source": "Own analysis",
      "source_section": "Original analysis for pilot page",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0017",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Ex. 32:32",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "if not, blot me",
      "explanation": "The broken/aposiopetic-like conditional leaves the consequence unstated, intensifying Moses' plea.",
      "certainty": "possible",
      "source": "Own analysis",
      "source_section": "Original analysis for pilot page",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0018",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "John 6:62",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "what if you see...",
      "explanation": "The unfinished conditional question requires the hearer to supply the implied conclusion.",
      "certainty": "possible",
      "source": "Own analysis",
      "source_section": "Original analysis for pilot page",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0019",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Phil. 3:13",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "one thing",
      "explanation": "The expression compresses the main pursuit and leaves the predicate/action to the following participles.",
      "certainty": "possible",
      "source": "Own analysis",
      "source_section": "Original analysis for pilot page",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0020",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Heb. 7:4",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "to whom Abraham gave",
      "explanation": "The sentence depends on supplied antecedent relations from Genesis 14.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Bullinger PDF",
      "source_section": "Bullinger, Ellipsis section",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against final site Bible text stream before publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0021",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Isa. 29:1",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "add ye year to year",
      "explanation": "The sentence compresses the thought and requires supplied verbal sense from the command context.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Curated Scripture review + Bullinger section/cross-reference where applicable",
      "source_section": "Bullinger PDF pp. 14-17; web lines 432-456 and 504-521.",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Wave 4 promoted/added example; final Bible text stream link check still required.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0022",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Ps. 34:17",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the righteous cry, and the LORD hears",
      "explanation": "The noun subject is carried over from context; the compact line leaves understood material to be supplied.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Curated Scripture review + Bullinger section/cross-reference where applicable",
      "source_section": "Bullinger PDF pp. 14-17; web lines 432-456 and 504-521.",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Wave 4 promoted/added example; final Bible text stream link check still required.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0023",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Ps. 105:40",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "they asked, and he brought quail",
      "explanation": "The object and fuller request are omitted because the context supplies the sense.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Curated Scripture review + Bullinger section/cross-reference where applicable",
      "source_section": "Bullinger PDF pp. 14-17; web lines 432-456 and 504-521.",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Wave 4 promoted/added example; final Bible text stream link check still required.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0024",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Jer. 8:4",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "shall they fall, and not arise?",
      "explanation": "The rhetorical line omits expected explanatory elements while preserving force through compression.",
      "certainty": "possible",
      "source": "Curated Scripture review + Bullinger section/cross-reference where applicable",
      "source_section": "Bullinger PDF pp. 14-17; web lines 432-456 and 504-521.",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Wave 4 promoted/added example; final Bible text stream link check still required.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0025",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Matt. 26:5",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "not on the feast",
      "explanation": "The understood action is supplied from the preceding deliberation about arresting Jesus.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Curated Scripture review + Bullinger section/cross-reference where applicable",
      "source_section": "Bullinger PDF pp. 14-17; web lines 432-456 and 504-521.",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Wave 4 promoted/added example; final Bible text stream link check still required.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0026",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Luke 13:9",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "if it bear fruit, well",
      "explanation": "The apodosis is elliptic; the implied outcome is supplied from the agricultural warning.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Curated Scripture review + Bullinger section/cross-reference where applicable",
      "source_section": "Bullinger PDF pp. 14-17; web lines 432-456 and 504-521.",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Wave 4 promoted/added example; final Bible text stream link check still required.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0027",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Rom. 8:3",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "for sin",
      "explanation": "The compressed sacrificial phrase requires contextual completion; the expression is not a full clause by itself.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Curated Scripture review + Bullinger section/cross-reference where applicable",
      "source_section": "Bullinger PDF pp. 14-17; web lines 432-456 and 504-521.",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Wave 4 promoted/added example; final Bible text stream link check still required.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0028",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "1 Cor. 10:24",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "not his own, but another's",
      "explanation": "The second clause omits the repeated object 'good/profit,' supplied from the first clause.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Curated Scripture review + Bullinger section/cross-reference where applicable",
      "source_section": "Bullinger PDF pp. 14-17; web lines 432-456 and 504-521.",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Wave 4 promoted/added example; final Bible text stream link check still required.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX4_0029",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0001",
      "figure_name": "Ellipsis",
      "page_slug": "ellipsis",
      "reference": "Heb. 11:13",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "not having received the promises",
      "explanation": "The fuller fulfillment is supplied by context; the compact phrase does not deny all promise reception in every sense.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Curated Scripture review + Bullinger section/cross-reference where applicable",
      "source_section": "Bullinger PDF pp. 14-17; web lines 432-456 and 504-521.",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Wave 4 promoted/added example; final Bible text stream link check still required.",
      "review_status": ""
    }
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