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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000095",
  "slug": "beard",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/beard/",
  "canonical_name": "Beard",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "CULTURAL_PRACTICES"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000249",
      "label": "Beard as cultural marker of male dignity/honor and shaving as humiliation",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "In the ancient Near Eastern setting reflected by Scripture, a man's beard could function as a visible marker of adult male dignity, so forced shaving could constitute severe public humiliation.",
      "not_always": "This is a cultural-context association, not a fixed theological symbol of strength, honor, or age in every beard reference.",
      "scope_note": "This is a cultural-context association, not a fixed theological symbol of strength, honor, or age in every beard reference.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000249",
          "statement": "Second Samuel 10 explicitly presents the half-shaving of David's envoys as shameful humiliation, strongly supporting the honor/dignity association in that cultural context.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "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 is a cultural-context association, not a fixed theological symbol of strength, honor, or age in every beard reference.",
          "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-000429",
              "osis_start": "2Sam.10.4",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "2 Samuel 10:4-5",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000430",
              "osis_start": "Isa.15.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 15:2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "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",
              "locator": "https://bible.org/; https://classic.net.bible.org/; https://biblehub.com/",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT",
                "HISTORICAL_BACKGROUND",
                "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://bible.org/"
                },
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/"
                },
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "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",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000250",
      "label": "Fixed beard = strength, honor, age symbolism",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy list assigns strength, honor, and age as the symbolic meaning of beard.",
      "not_always": "Honor/dignity should be retained as cultural background; strength and age require separate evidence and should not be imported from hair/gray-hair motifs.",
      "scope_note": "Honor/dignity should be retained as cultural background; strength and age require separate evidence and should not be imported from hair/gray-hair motifs.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000250",
          "statement": "Honor/dignity has contextual support, but Scripture does not establish beard as a fixed symbol of strength or age, and its functions vary across grooming, mourning, priestly law, and humiliation contexts.",
          "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": "Honor/dignity should be retained as cultural background; strength and age require separate evidence and should not be imported from hair/gray-hair motifs.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Cultural dignity, mourning, grooming law, or humiliation explains the relevant passages more directly than a fixed strength/age symbolism.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000431",
              "osis_start": "Lev.19.27",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Leviticus 19:27",
              "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",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
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                  "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}