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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000315",
  "slug": "land",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/land/",
  "canonical_name": "Land",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "PLACES_DIRECTIONS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000738",
      "label": "Erets lexical range: earth, land, ground, territory",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Hebrew erets has a broad ordinary semantic range including earth, land, country/territory, and ground; context determines the English rendering.",
      "not_always": "Context must determine whether a passage means earth, land, territory, ground, or inhabitants; no universal symbolic equation should override the lexical referent.",
      "scope_note": "Context must determine whether a passage means earth, land, territory, ground, or inhabitants; no universal symbolic equation should override the lexical referent.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000738",
          "statement": "The legacy “land = earth, man’s dwelling place” is primarily lexical/ordinary description: Hebrew erets can denote the earth as a whole, a particular land or territory, or ground; it is not inherently a symbol.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "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": "Context must determine whether a passage means earth, land, territory, ground, or inhabitants; no universal symbolic equation should override the lexical referent.",
          "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-001119",
              "osis_start": "Gen.1.1",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Genesis 1:1",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001120",
              "osis_start": "Gen.12.1",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Genesis 12:1",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001121",
              "osis_start": "Gen.23.15",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Genesis 23:15",
              "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-000226",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew erets: earth/land/ground/country",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/776.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000739",
      "label": "Land/earth sometimes stands metonymically for inhabitants or human sphere",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Biblical land/earth language can contextually extend to the inhabited human sphere or its inhabitants, but this is normal metonymy and contextual theology rather than a fixed symbol.",
      "not_always": "Retain the actual geographical/cosmic referent before making theological applications; “man’s dwelling place” is descriptive, not a codebook meaning.",
      "scope_note": "Retain the actual geographical/cosmic referent before making theological applications; “man’s dwelling place” is descriptive, not a codebook meaning.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000739",
          "statement": "Some biblical “earth/land” uses encompass the inhabited human sphere and those dwelling in it, supporting the legacy “man’s dwelling place” idea only as contextual semantic/metonymic range, not as an invariant symbol.",
          "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": "Retain the actual geographical/cosmic referent before making theological applications; “man’s dwelling place” is descriptive, not a codebook meaning.",
          "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-001122",
              "osis_start": "Ps.24.1",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 24:1",
              "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-000226",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew erets: earth/land/ground/country",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/776.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000174",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "אֶרֶץ",
      "transliteration": "erets",
      "strongs_id": "H776",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}