{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000427",
  "slug": "root",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/root/",
  "canonical_name": "Root",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR",
    "MOTIF"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "PLANTS_AGRICULTURE",
    "CHRISTOLOGICAL_TYPES"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000983",
      "label": "Root as source, stock, or sustaining base rather than progeny as such",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Botanical root imagery normally marks source, stock, hidden origin, or sustaining base, while shoots and branches proceed from the root.",
      "not_always": "Root commonly functions as source/stock/support in botanical imagery; descendant/progeny language requires specific contextual warrant rather than lexical transfer from every root reference.",
      "scope_note": "Root commonly functions as source/stock/support in botanical imagery; descendant/progeny language requires specific contextual warrant rather than lexical transfer from every root reference.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000983",
          "statement": "Isaiah 11:1 distinguishes Jesse’s roots from the shoot/Branch that grows from them, and Romans 11:18 says the root supports the branches; the legacy “source” component is strongly supported, while “progeny” is too broad as the ordinary root value.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR",
            "MOTIF",
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Root commonly functions as source/stock/support in botanical imagery; descendant/progeny language requires specific contextual warrant rather than lexical transfer from every root reference.",
          "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-001417",
              "osis_start": "Isa.11.1",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 11:1",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001418",
              "osis_start": "Rom.11.18",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Romans 11:18",
              "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": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000984",
      "label": "Jesus explicitly identified as the Root and Offspring of David",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Revelation explicitly applies the Root of David title to Jesus and uniquely joins root/source language with descendant/offspring language in his Davidic identity.",
      "not_always": "The messianic title is explicit for Jesus; it does not make every root reference Christological or turn root into a universal synonym for offspring.",
      "scope_note": "The messianic title is explicit for Jesus; it does not make every root reference Christological or turn root into a universal synonym for offspring.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000984",
          "statement": "Revelation 5:5 calls Jesus the Root of David, and Revelation 22:16 explicitly identifies him as both the Root and the Offspring of David; this establishes a specific messianic root title while showing why “root = progeny” cannot be generalized as a lexical rule.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR",
            "MOTIF"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The messianic title is explicit for Jesus; it does not make every root reference Christological or turn root into a universal synonym for offspring.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "CHRISTOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000041",
              "osis_start": "Rev.5.5",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Revelation 5:5",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001419",
              "osis_start": "Rev.22.16",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Revelation 22:16",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000391",
              "osis_start": "Rom.15.12",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Romans 15:12",
              "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": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [
    {
      "canonical_relationship_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-REL-0090",
      "title": "Root",
      "canonical_statement": "Confirmed in the source-supported contextual sense: Revelation 5:5 calls Jesus the Root of David, and Revelation 22:16 explicitly identifies him as both the Root and the Offspring of David; this establishes a specific messianic root title while showing why “root = progeny” cannot be generalized as a lexical rule.",
      "canonical_action": "PROMOTE_ADJUDICATED_P02_POSITIVE_OR_RECLASSIFIED_GROUP_AS_DISTINCT_CUMULATIVE_CLUSTER",
      "guardrails": [],
      "relationship_status": "CONFIRMED_CONTEXTUAL_RELATION"
    }
  ],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}