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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000303",
  "slug": "jewels",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/jewels/",
  "canonical_name": "Jewels",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "COLORS_MATERIALS_STONES"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000710",
      "label": "Malachi “jewels” as segullah treasured-possession language",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "The KJV/NKJV “jewels” wording in Malachi 3:17 represents Hebrew segullah, “treasured possession/property,” and the context refers to the LORD’s faithful people.",
      "not_always": "The covenantal treasured-possession designation is real; it should not be used to turn literal jewel/gemstone passages into people-of-God symbols.",
      "scope_note": "The covenantal treasured-possession designation is real; it should not be used to turn literal jewel/gemstone passages into people-of-God symbols.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000710",
          "statement": "The legacy “Jewels = special treasures, people of God” wording is substantially translation-mediated: Malachi 3:17 uses Hebrew segullah, “treasured possession/property,” of those who fear the LORD; it is not a literal gemstone term in that verse.",
          "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": "The covenantal treasured-possession designation is real; it should not be used to turn literal jewel/gemstone passages into people-of-God symbols.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ISRAELOLOGY",
            "COVENANT"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001084",
              "osis_start": "Mal.3.16",
              "osis_end": "Mal.3.17",
              "display_label": "Malachi 3:16–17",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001085",
              "osis_start": "Exod.19.5",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Exodus 19:5",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001086",
              "osis_start": "Deut.26.18",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Deuteronomy 26:18",
              "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-000217",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew segullah: possession / treasured possession",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5459.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000711",
      "label": "No universal literal-jewel = people-of-God code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Literal jewels and gemstones have multiple cultic, royal, commercial, poetic, and apocalyptic uses; Malachi’s segullah wording does not establish a universal gemstone symbol for God’s people.",
      "not_always": "Use “treasured possession” for segullah unless discussing a translation that renders the term “jewels.”",
      "scope_note": "Use “treasured possession” for segullah unless discussing a translation that renders the term “jewels.”",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000711",
          "statement": "Scripture does not establish literal jewels/gemstones as a fixed symbol of the people of God; the strongest legacy proof-text is a translation of segullah (“treasured possession”), not a literal gem noun.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
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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": "Use “treasured possession” for segullah unless discussing a translation that renders the term “jewels.”",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Covenantal possession language, not gemstone symbolism, explains Malachi 3:17.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ISRAELOLOGY",
            "COVENANT"
          ],
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001084",
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              "osis_end": "Mal.3.17",
              "display_label": "Malachi 3:16–17",
              "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-000217",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew segullah: possession / treasured possession",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5459.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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        }
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  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000165",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "סְגֻלָּה",
      "transliteration": "segullah",
      "strongs_id": "H5459",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
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  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}