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  "slug": "leaf",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/leaf/",
  "canonical_name": "Leaf",
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  "modules": [
    "PLANTS_AGRICULTURE"
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      "not_always": "The association belongs to particular tree-comparisons; literal leaves and other leaf images do not automatically signify spiritual life/prosperity.",
      "scope_note": "The association belongs to particular tree-comparisons; literal leaves and other leaf images do not automatically signify spiritual life/prosperity.",
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          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000742",
          "statement": "The legacy life/prosperity association is strongly supported in Psalm 1 and Jeremiah 17, where unwithering or green leaves depict sustained flourishing despite adverse conditions; the image is contextual rather than a universal leaf-code.",
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            "IMAGE"
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
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          "scope_limitation": "The association belongs to particular tree-comparisons; literal leaves and other leaf images do not automatically signify spiritual life/prosperity.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001127",
              "osis_start": "Ps.1.3",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 1:3",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001128",
              "osis_start": "Jer.17.7",
              "osis_end": "Jer.17.8",
              "display_label": "Jeremiah 17:7–8",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
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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",
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000228",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew aleh: leaf",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5929.htm",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000743",
      "label": "Leaf imagery is multivalent: withering and healing also occur",
      "classification": "IMAGE",
      "definition": "Canonical leaf imagery includes withering/frailty and eschatological healing as well as flourishing, so no one abstract meaning exhausts the image.",
      "not_always": "Prosperity, adversity, decay, and healing must be assigned passage by passage; leaf is not an invariant symbolic token.",
      "scope_note": "Prosperity, adversity, decay, and healing must be assigned passage by passage; leaf is not an invariant symbolic token.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000743",
          "statement": "Isaiah 64 compares people fading in sin to a withering leaf, while Revelation 22 depicts leaves for the healing of the nations; these contrasting uses prevent a fixed “leaf = life/prosperity” equation.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "IMAGE"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
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          "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "Prosperity, adversity, decay, and healing must be assigned passage by passage; leaf is not an invariant symbolic token.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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            "ESCHATOLOGY"
          ],
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001129",
              "osis_start": "Isa.64.6",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 64:6",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001130",
              "osis_start": "Rev.22.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Revelation 22:2",
              "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": [
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000228",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew aleh: leaf",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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        }
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    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000176",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "עָלֶה",
      "transliteration": "aleh",
      "strongs_id": "H5929",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
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  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}