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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000238",
  "slug": "fortress-or-tower",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/fortress-or-tower/",
  "canonical_name": "Fortress (or Tower)",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000560",
      "label": "Literal fortresses and towers",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Fortress and tower terms can refer to actual defensive structures and strongholds.",
      "not_always": "Literal fortifications remain ordinary structures unless context activates metaphor.",
      "scope_note": "Literal fortifications remain ordinary structures unless context activates metaphor.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000560",
          "statement": "Biblical fortress and tower language frequently denotes actual defensive structures; the terms are not intrinsically symbolic.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Literal fortifications remain ordinary structures unless context activates metaphor.",
          "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-000870",
              "osis_start": "Judg.9.51",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Judges 9:51",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000871",
              "osis_start": "2Chr.14.6",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "2 Chronicles 14:6",
              "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",
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                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000561",
      "label": "The LORD as fortress/stronghold",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "The Psalms repeatedly describe the LORD as fortress, stronghold, refuge, or strong tower, grounding protection as a contextual divine metaphor.",
      "not_always": "This metaphor does not make every literal fortress or tower a symbol of God or protection.",
      "scope_note": "This metaphor does not make every literal fortress or tower a symbol of God or protection.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000561",
          "statement": "The LORD is recurrently described metaphorically as a fortress, stronghold, and refuge; protection is therefore a well-grounded contextual association rather than a universal code attached to every fortress or tower.",
          "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": "This metaphor does not make every literal fortress or tower a symbol of God or protection.",
          "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-000872",
              "osis_start": "Ps.18.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 18:2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000873",
              "osis_start": "Ps.31.3",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 31:3",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000874",
              "osis_start": "Ps.144.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 144:2",
              "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"
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              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}