{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000472",
  "slug": "soap",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/soap/",
  "canonical_name": "Soap",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SIMILE"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001053",
      "label": "Soap/lye as literal cleanser and explicit purification simile",
      "classification": "SIMILE",
      "definition": "Biblical soap/alkali language derives from actual washing and is explicitly used in Malachi as a simile for purification.",
      "not_always": "Material soap cleans physically; Malachi’s purifier simile is inspired and contextual, not a rule that every mention of soap symbolizes spiritual cleansing.",
      "scope_note": "Material soap cleans physically; Malachi’s purifier simile is inspired and contextual, not a rule that every mention of soap symbolizes spiritual cleansing.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001053",
          "statement": "Jeremiah 2:22 presupposes soap/lye as an actual washing agent yet denies that such washing removes Judah’s guilt, while Malachi 3:2–3 explicitly compares the coming purifier to fullers’ soap; the legacy cleansing/washing association is therefore valid but requires reclassification from fixed symbol to literal function plus explicit simile.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
            "SIMILE"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Material soap cleans physically; Malachi’s purifier simile is inspired and contextual, not a rule that every mention of soap symbolizes spiritual cleansing.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "SANCTIFICATION"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001559",
              "osis_start": "Jer.2.22",
              "osis_end": "Jer.2.22",
              "display_label": "Jeremiah 2:22",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000030",
              "osis_start": "Mal.3.2",
              "osis_end": "Mal.3.3",
              "display_label": "Malachi 3:2-3",
              "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": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}