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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000356",
  "slug": "nail",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/nail/",
  "canonical_name": "Nail",
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    "SYMBOL"
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  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000819",
      "label": "Peg/nail imagery for secure fastening or support",
      "classification": "IMAGE",
      "definition": "Hebrew yathed denotes a peg/stake and can be used figuratively for secure placement or support.",
      "not_always": "The security association belongs to particular metaphors; literal pegs and other figurative uses remain context-dependent.",
      "scope_note": "The security association belongs to particular metaphors; literal pegs and other figurative uses remain context-dependent.",
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          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000819",
          "statement": "Isaiah 22:23 compares Eliakim to a peg fastened in a secure place, and Ezra 9:8 speaks of God giving the remnant a “peg” in his holy place; together these texts strongly support contextual secure-fastening/support imagery.",
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            "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 security association belongs to particular metaphors; literal pegs and other figurative uses remain context-dependent.",
          "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-001218",
              "osis_start": "Isa.22.23",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 22:23",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001220",
              "osis_start": "Ezra.9.8",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Ezra 9:8",
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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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            },
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000266",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical/verse reference",
              "title": "Hebrew yathed peg/nail lexical reference",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3489.htm",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000820",
      "label": "Rejected invariant nail-equals-sure-fastening code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy entry makes secure fastening an intrinsic meaning of nail/peg.",
      "not_always": "Isaiah 22 itself later describes the peg in a secure place giving way, and many pegs are ordinary physical objects.",
      "scope_note": "Isaiah 22 itself later describes the peg in a secure place giving way, and many pegs are ordinary physical objects.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000820",
          "statement": "“Nail/peg = sure fastening” is not an invariant biblical code: Isaiah 22:25 says the peg fastened in a secure place will give way, showing that the image’s theological force depends on the surrounding oracle.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "public_wording_class": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "scope_limitation": "Isaiah 22 itself later describes the peg in a secure place giving way, and many pegs are ordinary physical objects.",
          "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-001219",
              "osis_start": "Isa.22.25",
              "osis_end": null,
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              "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",
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000266",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical/verse reference",
              "title": "Hebrew yathed peg/nail lexical reference",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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        }
      ]
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  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}