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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000367",
  "slug": "oak",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/oak/",
  "canonical_name": "Oak",
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    "SYMBOL"
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  "modules": [
    "PLANTS_AGRICULTURE"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000847",
      "label": "Oak strength simile in Amos",
      "classification": "SIMILE",
      "definition": "Amos explicitly compares Amorite strength to the strength of oaks.",
      "not_always": "The strength association is explicit in Amos 2:9 but belongs to that simile rather than every oak occurrence.",
      "scope_note": "The strength association is explicit in Amos 2:9 but belongs to that simile rather than every oak occurrence.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000847",
          "statement": "Amos 2:9 explicitly compares the Amorites’ strength to oaks, establishing strength as the point of that particular oak simile.",
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          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
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          "scope_limitation": "The strength association is explicit in Amos 2:9 but belongs to that simile rather than every oak occurrence.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001252",
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              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Amos 2:9",
              "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,
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            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000276",
              "author_editor": "BibleGateway/BibleHub reference",
              "title": "Bible Gateway: Amos 2:9 oak-strength simile",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Amos%202%3A9",
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000277",
              "author_editor": "BibleGateway/BibleHub reference",
              "title": "BibleHub: Hebrew allon (H437) oak lexical reference",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/437.htm",
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        }
      ]
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000848",
      "label": "Rejected invariant oak-equals-strength code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy wording turns one explicit simile into a universal oak code.",
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      "scope_note": "Oaks also appear as literal landmarks/material, in idolatry settings, and in felling/withering imagery; contextual function controls meaning.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000848",
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          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
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          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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            "OTHER"
          ],
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001252",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001253",
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              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Hosea 4:13",
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            }
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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-000277",
              "author_editor": "BibleGateway/BibleHub reference",
              "title": "BibleHub: Hebrew allon (H437) oak lexical reference",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/437.htm",
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    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000206",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "אַלּוֹן",
      "transliteration": "allon",
      "strongs_id": "H0437",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
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  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}