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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000359",
  "slug": "nazarite",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/nazarite/",
  "canonical_name": "Nazarite",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "CULTURAL_PRACTICES"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000826",
      "label": "Nazirite consecration as instituted vow",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Numbers 6 defines the Nazirite as a person separated/consecrated to the LORD under a specific vow.",
      "not_always": "This is an instituted consecrated state with defined practices; it should not be reduced to an abstract symbol detached from the vow.",
      "scope_note": "This is an instituted consecrated state with defined practices; it should not be reduced to an abstract symbol detached from the vow.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000826",
          "statement": "Numbers 6 explicitly defines the Nazirite vow as separation/consecration to the LORD and calls the Nazirite holy to the LORD; the legacy association is substantively correct but categorical—the Nazirite is an instituted consecrated person/vow, not merely a symbol.",
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            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "This is an instituted consecrated state with defined practices; it should not be reduced to an abstract symbol detached from the vow.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "SANCTIFICATION"
          ],
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001227",
              "osis_start": "Num.6.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Numbers 6:2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001228",
              "osis_start": "Num.6.8",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Numbers 6:8",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000976",
              "osis_start": "Num.6.5",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Numbers 6:5",
              "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-000269",
              "author_editor": "BibleGateway/BibleHub reference",
              "title": "BibleHub: Hebrew nazir (H5139) lexical reference",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5139.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5139.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000827",
      "label": "Rejected freestanding Nazirite symbol-code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy label treats the Nazirite institution as if it were an abstract symbol.",
      "not_always": "Separation/consecration belongs to the actual vow and consecrated person; later applications require their own textual warrant.",
      "scope_note": "Separation/consecration belongs to the actual vow and consecrated person; later applications require their own textual warrant.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000827",
          "statement": "Because the Nazirite is an actual consecrated person/vow category, Scripture does not establish “Nazirite = separation/consecration” as a freestanding symbolic code detached from the instituted practice.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "CATEGORY_ERROR",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Separation/consecration belongs to the actual vow and consecrated person; later applications require their own textual warrant.",
          "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-001227",
              "osis_start": "Num.6.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Numbers 6:2",
              "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-000269",
              "author_editor": "BibleGateway/BibleHub reference",
              "title": "BibleHub: Hebrew nazir (H5139) lexical reference",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5139.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5139.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000203",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "נָזִיר",
      "transliteration": "nazir",
      "strongs_id": "H5139",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}