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  "slug": "eat",
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  "aliases": [],
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  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000473",
      "label": "Eating as ordinary consumption of food",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Biblical eating language ordinarily denotes consuming food.",
      "not_always": "Ordinary eating and digestion are physical actions, not an intrinsic theological symbol.",
      "scope_note": "Reclassify the legacy “digestion of food” component as ordinary description before considering figurative uses.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000473",
          "statement": "The legacy “digestion of food” component is ordinary bodily description and should not be treated as a symbolic meaning of eating.",
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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": "Reclassify the legacy “digestion of food” component as ordinary description before considering figurative uses.",
          "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-000750",
              "osis_start": "Gen.43.25",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Genesis 43:25",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000184",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew akal and Greek esthio: eat / consume",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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        }
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    },
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000474",
      "label": "Eating words or a scroll as inward reception of a divine message",
      "classification": "SYMBOLIC_ACTION",
      "definition": "Jeremiah metaphorically “eats” God’s words, while Ezekiel and Revelation enact eating a scroll before prophetic proclamation; the recurrent image expresses reception and inward appropriation of the message.",
      "not_always": "The image is controlled by word/scroll contexts and does not make every act of eating a symbol of meditation.",
      "scope_note": "The legacy “meditation” wording is too narrow; the stronger canonical category is reception/internalization of God’s message in explicit word/scroll contexts.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000474",
          "statement": "Scripture recurrently uses eating words or a scroll as a metaphorical/sign-act image of receiving and inwardly appropriating a divine message before response or proclamation.",
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            "SYMBOLIC_ACTION"
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "The legacy “meditation” wording is too narrow; the stronger canonical category is reception/internalization of God’s message in explicit word/scroll contexts.",
          "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-000751",
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              "osis_end": null,
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            },
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000752",
              "osis_start": "Ezek.3.1",
              "osis_end": "Ezek.3.3",
              "display_label": "Ezekiel 3:1–3",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000753",
              "osis_start": "Rev.10.9",
              "osis_end": "Rev.10.10",
              "display_label": "Revelation 10:9–10",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
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            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000184",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew akal and Greek esthio: eat / consume",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000125",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "אָכַל",
      "transliteration": "akal",
      "strongs_id": "H398",
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      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    },
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000126",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "ἐσθίω",
      "transliteration": "esthiō",
      "strongs_id": "G2068",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
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  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}