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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000316",
  "slug": "laugh",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/laugh/",
  "canonical_name": "Laugh",
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  "aliases": [],
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000740",
      "label": "Laughter as joy/gladness in restoration",
      "classification": "MOTIF",
      "definition": "Laughter can express joy and gladness, especially in restoration/blessing contexts.",
      "not_always": "Joy is one recurrent function of laughter, not its intrinsic meaning in every passage.",
      "scope_note": "Joy is one recurrent function of laughter, not its intrinsic meaning in every passage.",
      "claims": [
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          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000740",
          "statement": "Psalm 126:2 explicitly links laughter with joy-filled restoration, and Jesus promises future laughter to those who now weep; the legacy gladness/joy association is therefore contextually well supported.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "MOTIF"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "Joy is one recurrent function of laughter, not its intrinsic meaning in every passage.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
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          ],
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001123",
              "osis_start": "Ps.126.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 126:2",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001124",
              "osis_start": "Luke.6.21",
              "osis_end": null,
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            }
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              "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,
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000227",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew sachaq: laugh / mock / play",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7832.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000741",
      "label": "Laughter as derision/mockery in other contexts",
      "classification": "MOTIF",
      "definition": "Laughter can also express derision, disbelief, or mockery, demonstrating that the image is semantically multivalent.",
      "not_always": "The emotional and rhetorical force of laughter must be derived from the immediate context; joy, mockery, disbelief, and other uses must remain distinguished.",
      "scope_note": "The emotional and rhetorical force of laughter must be derived from the immediate context; joy, mockery, disbelief, and other uses must remain distinguished.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000741",
          "statement": "Psalm 2 depicts divine laughter at rebellious rulers as derision, while Genesis 18 places Sarah’s laughter in an initially incredulous setting; therefore “laugh” cannot be assigned one universal joy-symbol.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "MOTIF"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
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          "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "The emotional and rhetorical force of laughter must be derived from the immediate context; joy, mockery, disbelief, and other uses must remain distinguished.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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            "OTHER"
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001125",
              "osis_start": "Ps.2.4",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 2:4",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001126",
              "osis_start": "Gen.18.12",
              "osis_end": "Gen.18.15",
              "display_label": "Genesis 18:12–15",
              "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,
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000227",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew sachaq: laugh / mock / play",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7832.htm",
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        }
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  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000175",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "שָׂחַק",
      "transliteration": "sachaq",
      "strongs_id": "H7832",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}