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  "slug": "beam",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/beam/",
  "canonical_name": "Beam",
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    "METAPHOR"
  ],
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  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000240",
      "label": "Structural beam as literal architectural support",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "A beam or large timber is first an architectural member used to support or span a structure.",
      "not_always": "A literal structural function does not create a universal theological symbol.",
      "scope_note": "A literal structural function does not create a universal theological symbol.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000240",
          "statement": "The legacy strength/support-rafter wording substantially describes the ordinary architectural function of a beam and should be reclassified as literal description rather than symbolic meaning.",
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            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
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          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "A literal structural function does not create a universal theological symbol.",
          "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-000419",
              "osis_start": "1Kgs.7.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "1 Kings 7:2-5",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
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            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000103",
              "author_editor": "NET Bible / Bible.org / Cambridge commentary contributors",
              "title": "Contextual and cultural controls for TSP-S3 Batch 5",
              "publication_data": "Online exegetical, lexical, and historical notes accessed 2026-09-20",
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              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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                "HISTORICAL_BACKGROUND",
                "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000241",
      "label": "Beam/log as hyperbolic metaphor for one's own serious fault",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Jesus uses a large beam/log in the eye as deliberately exaggerated imagery for the glaring fault of the would-be corrector.",
      "not_always": "This meaning belongs to Jesus' specific speck-and-beam comparison and does not make all beams symbols of hypocrisy.",
      "scope_note": "This meaning belongs to Jesus' specific speck-and-beam comparison and does not make all beams symbols of hypocrisy.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000241",
          "statement": "Matthew 7 uses the beam/log in the eye as a clear hyperbolic metaphor exposing hypocritical judgment and the need for prior self-correction.",
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            "METAPHOR"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED_PATTERN",
          "scope_limitation": "This meaning belongs to Jesus' specific speck-and-beam comparison and does not make all beams symbols of hypocrisy.",
          "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-000420",
              "osis_start": "Matt.7.3",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Matthew 7:3-5",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000102",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 5 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 5, 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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  "negative_guardrails": []
}