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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000348",
  "slug": "moth",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/moth/",
  "canonical_name": "Moth",
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    "IMAGE",
    "MOTIF",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "ANIMALS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000800",
      "label": "Moth-eating as recurrent perishability/destruction image",
      "classification": "IMAGE",
      "definition": "Moth consumption repeatedly depicts decay of perishable possessions or persons.",
      "not_always": "The association arises from the insect’s destructive action and does not make every moth reference an abstract code.",
      "scope_note": "The association arises from the insect’s destructive action and does not make every moth reference an abstract code.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000800",
          "statement": "Scripture recurrently uses moth-eating as an image of decay and destruction of what is perishable: Jesus contrasts earthly treasure where moth destroys with heavenly treasure, and Isaiah compares doomed opponents to garments consumed by moths.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "IMAGE",
            "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": "The association arises from the insect’s destructive action and does not make every moth reference an abstract code.",
          "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-001199",
              "osis_start": "Matt.6.19",
              "osis_end": "Matt.6.20",
              "display_label": "Matthew 6:19",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001200",
              "osis_start": "Isa.51.8",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 51:8",
              "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-000260",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical/verse reference",
              "title": "Hebrew/Greek moth lexical reference",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6211.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000801",
      "label": "Rejected invariant moth-equals-destruction code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy wording treats moth as a fixed abstract symbol of destruction.",
      "not_always": "Moths are literal insects whose destructive activity supplies the image; context determines whether that physical property is rhetorically activated.",
      "scope_note": "Moths are literal insects whose destructive activity supplies the image; context determines whether that physical property is rhetorically activated.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000801",
          "statement": "Scripture supports a recurrent destruction/perishability association but does not establish the invariant code “moth = destruction” apart from the literal insect and the context that exploits its consuming action.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Moths are literal insects whose destructive activity supplies the image; context determines whether that physical property is rhetorically activated.",
          "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-001201",
              "osis_start": "Job.13.28",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Job 13:28",
              "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,
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000260",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical/verse reference",
              "title": "Hebrew/Greek moth lexical reference",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6211.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}