{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000078",
  "slug": "awl",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/awl/",
  "canonical_name": "Awl",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "SYMBOLIC_ACTION"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "CULTURAL_PRACTICES"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000217",
      "label": "Awl-pierced ear as the legal mark of chosen permanent service",
      "classification": "SYMBOLIC_ACTION",
      "definition": "The Torah prescribes piercing the servant's ear with an awl when he freely chooses permanent service because he loves his master/household.",
      "not_always": "The legal sign applies to the specific Hebrew-servant institution; later spiritual applications require separate evidence.",
      "scope_note": "The legal sign applies to the specific Hebrew-servant institution; later spiritual applications require separate evidence.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000217",
          "statement": "The legacy \"love-slave\" idea is grounded in an explicit legal-cultural rite, but the awl is first a concrete action marking voluntary permanent service rather than a free-standing symbolic code.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOLIC_ACTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "The legal sign applies to the specific Hebrew-servant institution; later spiritual applications require separate evidence.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000372",
              "osis_start": "Exod.21.5",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Exodus 21:5-6",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000373",
              "osis_start": "Deut.15.16",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Deuteronomy 15:16-17",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000098",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 3 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 3, 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/",
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}