{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000206",
  "slug": "ensign",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/ensign/",
  "canonical_name": "Ensign",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "SIGN",
    "METAPHOR",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000489",
      "label": "Proposed ensign = protection code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Hebrew nes denotes a raised signal/standard with varied functions: rallying, warning, gathering, and summoning; protection may occur in some contexts but is not intrinsic.",
      "not_always": "Isaiah 5:26 uses the raised signal to summon a nation for judgment, while Isaiah 11 uses it for messianic gathering.",
      "scope_note": "Reuse the frozen Banner signal/messianic claims and reject “protection” as a universal additional referent.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000489",
          "statement": "Scripture does not establish ensign/banner as a fixed symbol of protection; its signal function serves different purposes according to context.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "public_wording_class": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "scope_limitation": "Reuse the frozen Banner signal/messianic claims and reject “protection” as a universal additional referent.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ISRAELOLOGY",
            "CHRISTOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000771",
              "osis_start": "Isa.5.26",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 5:26",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000772",
              "osis_start": "Isa.11.10",
              "osis_end": "Isa.11.12",
              "display_label": "Isaiah 11:10–12",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "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",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000188",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew nes: banner / standard / ensign / signal",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5251.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5251.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000131",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "נֵס",
      "transliteration": "nes",
      "strongs_id": "H5251",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}