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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000503",
  "slug": "swine",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/swine/",
  "canonical_name": "Swine",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "IMAGE",
    "METAPHOR"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "ANIMALS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001100",
      "label": "Swine as explicitly unclean under Mosaic dietary law",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Leviticus 11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:8 explicitly classify the pig/swine as unclean for Israel under the Mosaic dietary law; the legacy uncleanness association is therefore textually established in that covenantal category.",
      "not_always": "Swine are explicitly unclean in Mosaic dietary law, while later narrative and figurative uses must be interpreted by their own contexts.",
      "scope_note": "The unclean classification belongs to Israel’s Mosaic dietary legislation; it does not by itself make every later pig reference a symbol of moral uncleanness or define Gentiles/unbelievers as swine.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001100",
          "statement": "Leviticus 11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:8 explicitly classify the pig/swine as unclean for Israel under the Mosaic dietary law; the legacy uncleanness association is therefore textually established in that covenantal category.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The unclean classification belongs to Israel’s Mosaic dietary legislation; it does not by itself make every later pig reference a symbol of moral uncleanness or define Gentiles/unbelievers as swine.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "COVENANT"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001645",
              "osis_start": "Lev.11.7",
              "osis_end": "Lev.11.7",
              "display_label": "Leviticus 11:7",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001646",
              "osis_start": "Deut.14.8",
              "osis_end": "Deut.14.8",
              "display_label": "Deuteronomy 14:8",
              "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-001101",
      "label": "Context-specific negative pig imagery without a universal people-code",
      "classification": "IMAGE",
      "definition": "Matthew 7:6 uses pigs within a warning about profaning what is holy, and 2 Peter 2:22 applies the proverb of a washed sow returning to mire to people who turn back into corruption; these are strong context-specific negative images, but Scripture does not establish “swine = ignorance, hypocrisy, or unbelievers” as one universal people-code.",
      "not_always": "Pig imagery is not interchangeable across Mosaic dietary law, Gospel sayings, narrative episodes, and proverbial application.",
      "scope_note": "The negative force is controlled by each passage—profanation in Matthew and return to corruption in 2 Peter—and must not be expanded into a generic label for all unbelievers or hypocrites.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001101",
          "statement": "Matthew 7:6 uses pigs within a warning about profaning what is holy, and 2 Peter 2:22 applies the proverb of a washed sow returning to mire to people who turn back into corruption; these are strong context-specific negative images, but Scripture does not establish “swine = ignorance, hypocrisy, or unbelievers” as one universal people-code.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "IMAGE",
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "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": "The negative force is controlled by each passage—profanation in Matthew and return to corruption in 2 Peter—and must not be expanded into a generic label for all unbelievers or hypocrites.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "HAMARTIOLOGY",
            "SANCTIFICATION"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001647",
              "osis_start": "Matt.7.6",
              "osis_end": "Matt.7.6",
              "display_label": "Matthew 7:6",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001648",
              "osis_start": "2Pet.2.22",
              "osis_end": "2Pet.2.22",
              "display_label": "2 Peter 2:22",
              "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": []
}