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          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "title": "Hebrew sig/sug: dross / metallurgical refuse",
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      "not_always": "The image is controlled by prophetic refining contexts and must not be made the meaning of every occurrence.",
      "scope_note": "“Impurity/wickedness/sin” is a sound contextual gloss for these prophetic metaphors, while “dregs” should not be treated as the lexical meaning of dross.",
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          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000724",
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              "osis_end": "Isa.1.25",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000725",
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              "title": "Hebrew sig/sug: dross / metallurgical refuse",
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      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000118",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "סִיג",
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