{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000501",
  "slug": "swallow",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/swallow/",
  "canonical_name": "Swallow",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "ANIMALS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001097",
      "label": "Swallow as literal migratory and nesting bird, not a wanderer code",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Psalm 84:3 depicts the swallow finding a nest, and Jeremiah 8:7 places the swallow among birds that know their appointed seasons; these texts describe real avian nesting and migratory behavior, but Scripture does not interpret the swallow as a fixed symbol of a wanderer.",
      "not_always": "The swallow is treated as an actual bird; any figurative use must arise from the immediate comparison rather than from a fixed species code.",
      "scope_note": "Migratory behavior can explain why wandering might be suggested by later interpreters, but the canonical texts do not assign that symbolic meaning to the bird.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001097",
          "statement": "Psalm 84:3 depicts the swallow finding a nest, and Jeremiah 8:7 places the swallow among birds that know their appointed seasons; these texts describe real avian nesting and migratory behavior, but Scripture does not interpret the swallow as a fixed symbol of a wanderer.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Migratory behavior can explain why wandering might be suggested by later interpreters, but the canonical texts do not assign that symbolic meaning to the bird.",
          "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-001642",
              "osis_start": "Ps.84.3",
              "osis_end": "Ps.84.3",
              "display_label": "Psalm 84:3",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001621",
              "osis_start": "Jer.8.7",
              "osis_end": "Jer.8.7",
              "display_label": "Jeremiah 8:7",
              "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": []
}