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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000555",
  "slug": "well",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/well/",
  "canonical_name": "Well",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001202",
      "label": "Wells are first literal sources from which water is drawn and can naturally provide sustenance and refreshment; in John 4 Jesus begins at Jacob’s literal well but distinguishes …",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Wells are first literal sources from which water is drawn and can naturally provide sustenance and refreshment; in John 4 Jesus begins at Jacob’s literal well but distinguishes its water from the “living water” he gives, so the life-giving association must remain text-controlled rather than equating every well with the water of life.",
      "not_always": "Wells, springs, fountains, rivers, and living-water metaphors overlap functionally but are not interchangeable symbols.",
      "scope_note": "A well’s ordinary water-source function may support refreshment imagery, but Jesus’ living-water teaching is not an interpretation of every biblical well.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001202",
          "statement": "Wells are first literal sources from which water is drawn and can naturally provide sustenance and refreshment; in John 4 Jesus begins at Jacob’s literal well but distinguishes its water from the “living water” he gives, so the life-giving association must remain text-controlled rather than equating every well with the water of life.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
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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": "A well’s ordinary water-source function may support refreshment imagery, but Jesus’ living-water teaching is not an interpretation of every biblical well.",
          "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-001843",
              "osis_start": "Gen.21.25",
              "osis_end": "Gen.21.30",
              "display_label": "Genesis 21:25–30",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001844",
              "osis_start": "John.4.6",
              "osis_end": "John.4.14",
              "display_label": "John 4:6–14",
              "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-001203",
      "label": "Exodus 15:27 and Numbers 33:9 report twelve springs/wells of water at Elim together with seventy palm trees, but no inspired text interprets the twelve water sources as the twel…",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Exodus 15:27 and Numbers 33:9 report twelve springs/wells of water at Elim together with seventy palm trees, but no inspired text interprets the twelve water sources as the twelve apostles; that numerical equation lacks sufficient biblical evidence.",
      "not_always": "The shared numeral does not establish a symbolic or typological relationship with the apostles.",
      "scope_note": "The number twelve in the Elim narrative is historical description; no canonical interpretation connects it with the apostolic Twelve.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001203",
          "statement": "Exodus 15:27 and Numbers 33:9 report twelve springs/wells of water at Elim together with seventy palm trees, but no inspired text interprets the twelve water sources as the twelve apostles; that numerical equation lacks sufficient biblical evidence.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "The number twelve in the Elim narrative is historical description; no canonical interpretation connects it with the apostolic Twelve.",
          "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-001845",
              "osis_start": "Exod.15.27",
              "osis_end": "Exod.15.27",
              "display_label": "Exodus 15:27",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001846",
              "osis_start": "Num.33.9",
              "osis_end": "Num.33.9",
              "display_label": "Numbers 33:9",
              "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"
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              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}