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  "slug": "hand",
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  "canonical_name": "Hand",
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    "BODY_PARTS_IDIOMS"
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  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "label": "Literal and idiomatic hand",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Hebrew yad and Greek cheir denote the literal hand but also support broad idiomatic uses involving agency and action.",
      "not_always": "A literal or idiomatic hand expression must be interpreted from syntax and context rather than assigned a single symbolic meaning.",
      "scope_note": "A literal or idiomatic hand expression must be interpreted from syntax and context rather than assigned a single symbolic meaning.",
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          "statement": "Hand is first an ordinary body-part term; Hebrew and Greek also use it idiomatically for agency or action, so the legacy categories are semantic extensions rather than a universal symbol.",
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
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          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "osis_end": null,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000635",
      "label": "Hand as power and agency",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Biblical hand idioms recurrently express power, effective agency, or action, especially in descriptions of God’s mighty hand.",
      "not_always": "The idiom is recurrent, but individual references to a hand may remain literal or carry other contextual senses.",
      "scope_note": "The idiom is recurrent, but individual references to a hand may remain literal or carry other contextual senses.",
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          "statement": "Biblical “hand” language recurrently functions idiomatically for power, effective agency, or action; the legacy strength/power/action association is strongly supported contextually, not as an invariant anatomical code.",
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          "scope_limitation": "The idiom is recurrent, but individual references to a hand may remain literal or carry other contextual senses.",
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          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000982",
              "osis_start": "Deut.4.34",
              "osis_end": null,
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000197",
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              "title": "Hebrew yad and Greek cheir: hand, power, agency, control",
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000636",
      "label": "Into the hand: control or possession",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "To give, sell, or place someone or something into another’s hand can express control, authority, custody, or possession.",
      "not_always": "Control/possession is an idiomatic contextual sense, not the meaning of every occurrence of hand.",
      "scope_note": "Control/possession is an idiomatic contextual sense, not the meaning of every occurrence of hand.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000636",
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          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000983",
              "osis_start": "Judg.2.14",
              "osis_end": null,
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000984",
              "osis_start": "John.3.35",
              "osis_end": null,
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000197",
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              "title": "Hebrew yad and Greek cheir: hand, power, agency, control",
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      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000143",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "יָד",
      "transliteration": "yad",
      "strongs_id": "H3027",
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      "lemma_unicode": "χείρ",
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