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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000280",
  "slug": "heel",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/heel/",
  "canonical_name": "Heel",
  "entry_classifications": [],
  "modules": [
    "BODY_PARTS_IDIOMS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000657",
      "label": "Genesis 3:15 heel target",
      "classification": "IMAGE",
      "definition": "Genesis 3:15 places the heel as the location struck by the serpent, while the serpent's head is the location struck by the woman's seed.",
      "not_always": "Genesis 3:15 must be read according to its two distinct objects—head and heel—rather than collapsing both actions into a heel-symbol.",
      "scope_note": "Genesis 3:15 must be read according to its two distinct objects—head and heel—rather than collapsing both actions into a heel-symbol.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000657",
          "statement": "In Genesis 3:15 the heel is the target of the serpent’s strike, whereas the crushing/striking action against the serpent is directed at its head; the syntax does not make the heel itself the source of crushing power.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "IMAGE"
          ],
          "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": "Genesis 3:15 must be read according to its two distinct objects—head and heel—rather than collapsing both actions into a heel-symbol.",
          "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-001011",
              "osis_start": "Gen.3.15",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Genesis 3:15",
              "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",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000206",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew aqeb: heel, footprints, hinder part",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6119.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000658",
      "label": "No fixed crushing-power code",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "The Hebrew heel term has literal and idiomatic uses, but Scripture does not assign it an invariant meaning of power to crush.",
      "not_always": "Any heel imagery must be established from the immediate syntax and context; anatomy alone does not create a crushing-power code.",
      "scope_note": "Any heel imagery must be established from the immediate syntax and context; anatomy alone does not create a crushing-power code.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000658",
          "statement": "Scripture does not establish “heel = power to crush” as a symbolic equation; the principal legacy proof-text instead portrays the heel as struck, and other heel idioms have different contextual force.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Any heel imagery must be established from the immediate syntax and context; anatomy alone does not create a crushing-power code.",
          "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-001011",
              "osis_start": "Gen.3.15",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Genesis 3:15",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001012",
              "osis_start": "Ps.41.9",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 41:9",
              "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-000206",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew aqeb: heel, footprints, hinder part",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6119.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                }
              ]
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          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000154",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "עָקֵב",
      "transliteration": "ʿaqeb",
      "strongs_id": "H6119",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}