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  "slug": "balm",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/balm/",
  "canonical_name": "Balm",
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    "IMAGE",
    "SYMBOL"
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    "PLANTS_AGRICULTURE"
  ],
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  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000224",
      "label": "Balm as remedy and healing image",
      "classification": "IMAGE",
      "definition": "Balm is a valuable aromatic/medicinal substance and can function contextually as an image of hoped-for healing.",
      "not_always": "Balm remains a literal commodity in some passages; its figurative force must be established by context.",
      "scope_note": "Balm remains a literal commodity in some passages; its figurative force must be established by context.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000224",
          "statement": "Jeremiah uses the famous balm of Gilead as a healing/remedy image. This strongly supports a healing association, but not the broader equation balm = healing ministry.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "IMAGE"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "Balm remains a literal commodity in some passages; its figurative force must be established by context.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000384",
              "osis_start": "Jer.8.22",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Jeremiah 8:22",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000385",
              "osis_start": "Jer.46.11",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Jeremiah 46:11",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000386",
              "osis_start": "Jer.51.8",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Jeremiah 51:8",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
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            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000101",
              "author_editor": "NET Bible translators and Bible.org conservative commentary contributors",
              "title": "NET Bible / Bible.org contextual controls for TSP-S3 Batch 4",
              "publication_data": "Online lexical, cultural, and contextual notes accessed 2026-09-20",
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              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
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                "HISTORICAL_BACKGROUND",
                "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT"
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            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000100",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 4 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 4, 2026-09-20",
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              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000225",
      "label": "Balm as a fixed symbol of healing ministry",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy list converts balm into a symbolic code for healing ministry.",
      "not_always": "The valid remedy metaphor does not establish an ecclesial or ministerial referent.",
      "scope_note": "The valid remedy metaphor does not establish an ecclesial or ministerial referent.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000225",
          "statement": "No biblical passage identifies balm itself as a general symbol of a healing ministry. The texts use an actual remedy as literal or metaphorical healing imagery.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "The valid remedy metaphor does not establish an ecclesial or ministerial referent.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Literal medicinal commodity or context-specific healing metaphor.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000387",
              "osis_start": "Gen.37.25",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Genesis 37:25",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000100",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 4 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 4, 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/",
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
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  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}