{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000217",
  "slug": "fence",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/fence/",
  "canonical_name": "Fence",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000516",
      "label": "Fence/hedge as ordinary enclosing or protective barrier",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "A fence, hedge, or wall ordinarily encloses, marks a boundary, or protects; those physical functions precede figurative use.",
      "not_always": "The barrier’s normal function is not itself a fixed theological symbol.",
      "scope_note": "Reclassify physical enclosure/protection as ordinary function before interpreting metaphors.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000516",
          "statement": "The legacy protection/enclosure component is first the ordinary function of a fence or hedge and should not be treated as an intrinsic symbolic code.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Reclassify physical enclosure/protection as ordinary function before interpreting metaphors.",
          "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-000806",
              "osis_start": "Isa.5.5",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 5:5",
              "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": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000517",
      "label": "Hedge/fence imagery for protection or restraint according to context",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Scripture can use hedge imagery for protective enclosure (Job 1:10) or for obstruction/restraint (Hosea 2:6), so the same barrier image serves distinct contextual functions.",
      "not_always": "Protection, safety, enclosure, and restraint are not all present in every hedge/fence text.",
      "scope_note": "Retain the legacy associations as context-bound functions and reject an invariant one-word symbol.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000517",
          "statement": "Fence/hedge imagery can strongly express protection/enclosure or restraint/obstruction according to context, but Scripture does not establish one universal fence symbol.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "Retain the legacy associations as context-bound functions and reject an invariant one-word symbol.",
          "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-000807",
              "osis_start": "Job.1.10",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Job 1:10",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000808",
              "osis_start": "Hos.2.6",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Hosea 2:6",
              "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": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}