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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000130",
  "slug": "camel",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/camel/",
  "canonical_name": "Camel",
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    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "ANIMALS",
    "CULTURAL_PRACTICES"
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  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000334",
      "label": "Camel as actual transport and burden-bearing animal",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Camels are real transport animals used to carry people and goods in biblical narratives and commerce.",
      "not_always": "Burden-bearing is an animal/cultural function, not by itself a theological symbol.",
      "scope_note": "Burden-bearing is an animal/cultural function, not by itself a theological symbol.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000334",
          "statement": "The legacy burden-bearer observation is grounded in the camel’s ordinary transport function and therefore requires reclassification from symbolism.",
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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": "Burden-bearing is an animal/cultural function, not by itself a theological symbol.",
          "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-000554",
              "osis_start": "Gen.24.10",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Genesis 24:10",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000555",
              "osis_start": "Isa.60.6",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 60:6",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000124",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 9 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/; https://www.esv.org/",
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
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          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000335",
      "label": "Fixed camel = service/servanthood code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy list turns the camel’s useful burden-bearing role into a spiritual symbol of service and servanthood.",
      "not_always": "Camels may carry burdens, signify wealth, occur in travel, or appear in hyperbole; service/servanthood is not an inspired referent assigned to the animal.",
      "scope_note": "Camels may carry burdens, signify wealth, occur in travel, or appear in hyperbole; service/servanthood is not an inspired referent assigned to the animal.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000335",
          "statement": "Scripture does not establish camel as a fixed symbol of service or servanthood; this is an abstraction from ordinary animal function.",
          "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": "Camels may carry burdens, signify wealth, occur in travel, or appear in hyperbole; service/servanthood is not an inspired referent assigned to the animal.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Literal transport/burden function explains the legacy association without requiring symbolic servanthood.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000556",
              "osis_start": "Matt.19.24",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Matthew 19:24",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
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            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000124",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 9 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/; https://www.esv.org/",
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}