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    "reader_category": "Wisdom / Hidden Comparison",
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    "simple_definition": "A riddle or dark saying hides meaning in compressed or puzzling form so that the hearer must search out the sense.",
    "technical_definition": "A riddle or dark saying is a compact, enigmatic form of speech whose meaning is intentionally veiled, requiring interpretation through context, wisdom, or later explanation.",
    "source_hint": "Biblical wisdom and prophetic-speech expansion layer.",
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      "reference": "Judg. 14:14",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "out of the eater came something to eat",
      "explanation": "Samson’s saying is explicitly a riddle requiring hidden situational knowledge.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "figure_id": "FOS_0220",
      "figure_name": "Riddle / Dark Saying",
      "page_slug": "riddle-dark-saying",
      "reference": "Judg. 14:18",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "what is sweeter than honey?",
      "explanation": "The answer resolves the riddle by reference to Samson’s lion-and-honey experience.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "representative": "yes",
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      "review_status": ""
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      "figure_id": "FOS_0220",
      "figure_name": "Riddle / Dark Saying",
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      "reference": "Num. 12:8",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "not in riddles",
      "explanation": "The verse distinguishes direct divine speech to Moses from more indirect forms.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "review_status": ""
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      "figure_name": "Riddle / Dark Saying",
      "page_slug": "riddle-dark-saying",
      "reference": "Ps. 49:4",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "dark saying",
      "explanation": "The psalmist speaks of opening a dark saying with the lyre.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Scripture explicit",
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      "representative": "yes",
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      "figure_name": "Riddle / Dark Saying",
      "page_slug": "riddle-dark-saying",
      "reference": "Ps. 78:2",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "dark sayings from of old",
      "explanation": "The psalm frames Israel’s history in wisdom-like instruction.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "representative": "yes",
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      "figure_name": "Riddle / Dark Saying",
      "page_slug": "riddle-dark-saying",
      "reference": "Prov. 1:6",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "proverb and figure... words of the wise and their riddles",
      "explanation": "Wisdom is said to train readers to understand riddling speech.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger/source extraction before live publication.",
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      "figure_name": "Riddle / Dark Saying",
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      "reference": "Ezek. 17:2",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "propound a riddle",
      "explanation": "Ezekiel is commanded to give Israel a riddle that is then interpreted politically.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "representative": "no",
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      "figure_name": "Riddle / Dark Saying",
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      "reference": "Dan. 5:25-28",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin",
      "explanation": "The inscription requires interpretation and functions enigmatically before Daniel explains it.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Own analysis",
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      "representative": "no",
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      "figure_name": "Riddle / Dark Saying",
      "page_slug": "riddle-dark-saying",
      "reference": "Rev. 13:18",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "number of the beast",
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      "source": "Own analysis",
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      "reference": "1 Cor. 13:12",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "in a mirror dimly",
      "explanation": "Paul uses indirect-seeing language to describe partial present knowledge.",
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      "representative": "no",
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