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This strongly supports the legacy despised/lowliness association in those contexts without creating a universal zoological code.", "not_always": "Worm language can express lowliness in figurative contexts but can also refer to literal creatures and decay.", "scope_note": "The lowliness/despised association is recurrent but context-specific.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001239", "statement": "Biblical worm imagery can express extreme lowliness, frailty, and being despised: the psalmist says “I am a worm and not a man,” Isaiah addresses “worm Jacob,” and Job compares mortal humanity to a worm. 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