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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000308",
  "slug": "kidney",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/kidney/",
  "canonical_name": "Kidney",
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    "METAPHOR",
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "BODY_PARTS_IDIOMS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000724",
      "label": "Kidneys/reins as idiom for hidden inner life",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Hebrew kidney/reins language recurrently functions as an idiom for the hidden inner person, especially deep motives, affections, and moral-emotional life.",
      "not_always": "This is an idiom of the hidden inner person; it does not mean every literal kidney reference symbolizes emotion or desire.",
      "scope_note": "This is an idiom of the hidden inner person; it does not mean every literal kidney reference symbolizes emotion or desire.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000724",
          "statement": "Across Psalms and Jeremiah, “kidneys/reins” recur beside the heart as language for the hidden inner person that God searches and tests; the legacy desire/emotions association is therefore substantially supported as Hebrew idiom, not as anatomical symbolism.",
          "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 is an idiom of the hidden inner person; it does not mean every literal kidney reference symbolizes emotion or desire.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ANTHROPOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001101",
              "osis_start": "Ps.7.9",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 7:9",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001102",
              "osis_start": "Ps.26.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 26:2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001103",
              "osis_start": "Jer.17.10",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Jeremiah 17:10",
              "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-000219",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew kilyah: kidney / reins",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3629.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000725",
      "label": "Literal kidneys remain literal in sacrificial anatomy",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "The same kidney noun also denotes literal kidneys in sacrificial instructions, preventing an invariant emotional code.",
      "not_always": "Literal anatomical occurrences must not be spiritualized merely because other texts use kidney/reins idiomatically.",
      "scope_note": "Literal anatomical occurrences must not be spiritualized merely because other texts use kidney/reins idiomatically.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000725",
          "statement": "Leviticus uses kidneys as literal sacrificial anatomy, so “kidney = emotions/desires” cannot function as a universal biblical symbol; the figurative sense is context-governed idiom.",
          "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": "Literal anatomical occurrences must not be spiritualized merely because other texts use kidney/reins idiomatically.",
          "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-001100",
              "osis_start": "Lev.3.4",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Leviticus 3:4",
              "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-000219",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew kilyah: kidney / reins",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3629.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000167",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "כִּלְיָה",
      "transliteration": "kilyah",
      "strongs_id": "H3629",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}