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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000539",
  "slug": "unicorn",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/unicorn/",
  "canonical_name": "Unicorn",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SIMILE",
    "IMAGE"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "ANIMALS"
  ],
  "aliases": [
    {
      "alias_text": "Wild Ox",
      "alias_type": "SYNONYM"
    }
  ],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001167",
      "label": "The KJV “unicorn” renders Hebrew reʾēm, an ancient large wild bovine traditionally rendered “wild ox” in modern English versions; the precise zoological species is uncertain, so th…",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "The KJV “unicorn” renders Hebrew reʾēm, an ancient large wild bovine traditionally rendered “wild ox” in modern English versions; the precise zoological species is uncertain, so the entry should be treated as an archaic translation issue rather than as a mythical one-horned animal symbol.",
      "not_always": "English “unicorn” is an archaic rendering here; the underlying Hebrew term denotes a powerful wild animal.",
      "scope_note": "The theological force must not depend on identifying the exact species more precisely than the biblical evidence permits.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001167",
          "statement": "The KJV “unicorn” renders Hebrew reʾēm, an ancient large wild bovine traditionally rendered “wild ox” in modern English versions; the precise zoological species is uncertain, so the entry should be treated as an archaic translation issue rather than as a mythical one-horned animal symbol.",
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          "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 theological force must not depend on identifying the exact species more precisely than the biblical evidence permits.",
          "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-001789",
              "osis_start": "Num.23.22",
              "osis_end": "Num.23.22",
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              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001790",
              "osis_start": "Job.39.9",
              "osis_end": "Job.39.12",
              "display_label": "Job 39:9–12",
              "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,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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            }
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        }
      ]
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001168",
      "label": "Texts using reʾēm associate the animal with formidable strength, horns, and untamable wildness; “strength” is therefore a strong physical/contextual association, not an inspired fi…",
      "classification": "SIMILE",
      "definition": "Texts using reʾēm associate the animal with formidable strength, horns, and untamable wildness; “strength” is therefore a strong physical/contextual association, not an inspired fixed symbol assigned to the animal in every passage.",
      "not_always": "Reʾēm may illustrate strength in specified texts without making the animal an invariant symbol of strength.",
      "scope_note": "The strength association arises from the animal’s portrayed power and horns; it does not establish a portable symbolic code.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001168",
          "statement": "Texts using reʾēm associate the animal with formidable strength, horns, and untamable wildness; “strength” is therefore a strong physical/contextual association, not an inspired fixed symbol assigned to the animal in every passage.",
          "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": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED_PATTERN",
          "scope_limitation": "The strength association arises from the animal’s portrayed power and horns; it does not establish a portable symbolic code.",
          "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-001789",
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              "osis_end": "Num.23.22",
              "display_label": "Numbers 23:22",
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            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001791",
              "osis_start": "Deut.33.17",
              "osis_end": "Deut.33.17",
              "display_label": "Deuteronomy 33:17",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001790",
              "osis_start": "Job.39.9",
              "osis_end": "Job.39.12",
              "display_label": "Job 39:9–12",
              "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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        }
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  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}