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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000320",
  "slug": "legs",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/legs/",
  "canonical_name": "Legs",
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  "modules": [
    "BODY_PARTS_IDIOMS"
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  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000748",
      "label": "Legs as literal anatomy and contextual physical strength",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Legs are literal anatomy; some passages use their vigor as an ordinary index of physical strength.",
      "not_always": "Physical strength is contextual; literal legs do not carry a universal symbolic meaning.",
      "scope_note": "Physical strength is contextual; literal legs do not carry a universal symbolic meaning.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000748",
          "statement": "Psalm 147:10 places “the legs of a man” beside the strength of a horse as objects in which God does not delight, supporting a physical-strength association without making legs an intrinsic symbol of human strength.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "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": "Physical strength is contextual; literal legs do not carry a universal symbolic meaning.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001135",
              "osis_start": "Ps.147.10",
              "osis_end": "Ps.147.11",
              "display_label": "Psalm 147:10–11",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
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          "source_citations": [
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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-000231",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical/verse reference",
              "title": "Hebrew shoq (leg / lower leg)",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7785.htm",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000749",
      "label": "Legs are not a fixed biblical symbol of a person’s moral walk",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Biblical “walk” language can metaphorically denote conduct, but the body part “legs” is not itself established as a symbol of moral walk.",
      "not_always": "Where “walk” means conduct, the metaphor is carried by the verb/action, not by a universal symbolic value assigned to legs.",
      "scope_note": "Where “walk” means conduct, the metaphor is carried by the verb/action, not by a universal symbolic value assigned to legs.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000749",
          "statement": "The legacy equation “legs = man’s walk” conflates the biblical conduct metaphor of walking with the anatomy used to walk; Scripture does not establish legs themselves as a fixed symbol of conduct.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
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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": "Where “walk” means conduct, the metaphor is carried by the verb/action, not by a universal symbolic value assigned to legs.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "The legacy wording likely derives from the common biblical metaphor “walk = conduct” and then transfers that sense one step further to the body part without textual warrant.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001136",
              "osis_start": "Prov.26.7",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Proverbs 26:7",
              "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",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000231",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical/verse reference",
              "title": "Hebrew shoq (leg / lower leg)",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7785.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000179",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "שׁוֹק",
      "transliteration": "shoq",
      "strongs_id": "H7785",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
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  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}