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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000471",
  "slug": "snow",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/snow/",
  "canonical_name": "Snow",
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    "SIMILE",
    "IMAGE"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "COLORS_MATERIALS_STONES"
  ],
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  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001051",
      "label": "Snow-white comparison in cleansing imagery",
      "classification": "SIMILE",
      "definition": "Isaiah explicitly uses snow-white color as the positive side of a sin-to-cleansing comparison.",
      "not_always": "The inspired comparison is passage-specific; snow itself is not thereby made a universal symbol of moral purity.",
      "scope_note": "The inspired comparison is passage-specific; snow itself is not thereby made a universal symbol of moral purity.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001051",
          "statement": "Isaiah 1:18 explicitly contrasts sins like scarlet/crimson with becoming white as snow/wool, establishing snow-white imagery for the cleansed state in that passage.",
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            "SIMILE"
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          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The inspired comparison is passage-specific; snow itself is not thereby made a universal symbol of moral purity.",
          "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-001555",
              "osis_start": "Isa.1.18",
              "osis_end": "Isa.1.18",
              "display_label": "Isaiah 1:18",
              "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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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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            }
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001052",
      "label": "Snow as a simile for intense whiteness and brilliance",
      "classification": "SIMILE",
      "definition": "Snow is repeatedly used as a visual comparator for striking whiteness in heavenly or extraordinary descriptions.",
      "not_always": "The common denominator is visual whiteness/brilliance; holiness or purity must be inferred only where the passage itself supports it.",
      "scope_note": "The common denominator is visual whiteness/brilliance; holiness or purity must be inferred only where the passage itself supports it.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001052",
          "statement": "Daniel 7:9, Matthew 28:3, and Revelation 1:14 use snow as a comparator for extraordinary whiteness in descriptions associated with heavenly or exalted figures, strongly supporting the legacy whiteness/brilliancy association while leaving moral “purity” to the controlling context.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SIMILE",
            "IMAGE"
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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 common denominator is visual whiteness/brilliance; holiness or purity must be inferred only where the passage itself supports it.",
          "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-001556",
              "osis_start": "Dan.7.9",
              "osis_end": "Dan.7.9",
              "display_label": "Daniel 7:9",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001557",
              "osis_start": "Matt.28.3",
              "osis_end": "Matt.28.3",
              "display_label": "Matthew 28:3",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001558",
              "osis_start": "Rev.1.14",
              "osis_end": "Rev.1.14",
              "display_label": "Revelation 1:14",
              "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",
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                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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              "locator_targets": []
            }
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          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
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  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}