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the legacy wording should therefore be reta", "classification": "IMAGE", "definition": "No biblical passage explicitly assigns topaz an independent symbolic meaning “beauty” or “value” that applies wherever the stone occurs; the legacy wording should therefore be retained as ordinary precious-gem description and contextual association, not as a universal symbol-code.", "not_always": "Material beauty or value is not identical with a fixed theological symbol.", "scope_note": "This does not deny the stone’s preciousness; it limits the claim that material value has been divinely assigned as an invariant symbolic meaning.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001143", "statement": "No biblical passage explicitly assigns topaz an independent symbolic meaning “beauty” or “value” that applies wherever the stone occurs; the legacy wording should therefore be retained as ordinary precious-gem description and contextual association, not as a universal symbol-code.", "asserted_classifications": [ "IMAGE" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 7, "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "scope_limitation": "This does not deny the stone’s preciousness; it limits the claim that material value has been divinely assigned as an invariant symbolic meaning.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": "The proposed legacy equation may arise from association with one narrative or image rather than from a divinely assigned invariant meaning.", "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "OTHER" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001742", "osis_start": "Job.28.19", "osis_end": "Job.28.19", "display_label": "Job 28:19", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" }, { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001743", "osis_start": "Rev.21.20", "osis_end": "Rev.21.20", "display_label": "Revelation 21:20", "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": [] }