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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000334",
  "slug": "mantle",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/mantle/",
  "canonical_name": "Mantle",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "MOTIF"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "GARMENTS",
    "NARRATIVE_PATTERNS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000777",
      "label": "Elijah’s mantle as contextual prophetic succession motif",
      "classification": "MOTIF",
      "definition": "Elijah’s mantle is an ordinary garment that acquires a narrative association with prophetic call, office, and succession in the Elijah-Elisha cycle.",
      "not_always": "The narrative association is specific to Elijah/Elisha and does not authorize a universal “mantle = spiritual covering” code or magical power in the garment.",
      "scope_note": "The narrative association is specific to Elijah/Elisha and does not authorize a universal “mantle = spiritual covering” code or magical power in the garment.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000777",
          "statement": "In the Elijah-Elisha narratives, Elijah’s mantle is repeatedly associated with prophetic vocation and succession—cast over Elisha at his call and taken up by Elisha after Elijah’s departure—yet the text does not make the garment a universal symbol of “spiritual covering.”",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "MOTIF"
          ],
          "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": "The narrative association is specific to Elijah/Elisha and does not authorize a universal “mantle = spiritual covering” code or magical power in the garment.",
          "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-001177",
              "osis_start": "1Kgs.19.19",
              "osis_end": "1Kgs.19.21",
              "display_label": "1 Kings 19:19–21",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001178",
              "osis_start": "2Kgs.2.8",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "2 Kings 2:8",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001179",
              "osis_start": "2Kgs.2.13",
              "osis_end": "2Kgs.2.14",
              "display_label": "2 Kings 2:13–14",
              "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-000245",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical/verse reference",
              "title": "Hebrew addereth (cloak / mantle)",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/155.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/155.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000194",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "אַדֶּרֶת",
      "transliteration": "addereth",
      "strongs_id": "H155",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}