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    "figure_id": "FOS_0310",
    "figure_name": "Dubitatio",
    "technical_name": "Dubitatio / Rhetorical Deliberation",
    "alternate_names": "Rhetorical uncertainty; deliberative question; perplexity question",
    "page_slug": "dubitatio",
    "reader_category": "Question / Deliberation",
    "bullinger_class": "Figures involving change / rhetorical deliberation",
    "simple_definition": "Dubitatio speaks as though weighing what to say or do, often through a searching question.",
    "technical_definition": "Dubitatio is a rhetorical figure of deliberation or perplexity in which the speaker asks what can be said, done, or compared, either from genuine anguish or to sharpen the hearer’s attention.",
    "source_hint": "Bible-study taxonomy extension; final review should distinguish genuine lament/perplexity from formal rhetorical hesitation.",
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      "figure_id": "FOS_0310",
      "figure_name": "Dubitatio",
      "page_slug": "dubitatio",
      "reference": "Isa. 5:4",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "What more was there to do?",
      "explanation": "The rhetorical question presents the LORD’s case as though weighing what further action could have been taken.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized biblical example",
      "source_section": "Wave 13 advanced rhetorical and word-pattern forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Verify against original-language wording and final site Bible text stream before publication.",
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      "example_id": "EX13_0092",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0310",
      "figure_name": "Dubitatio",
      "page_slug": "dubitatio",
      "reference": "Hos. 6:4",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "What shall I do with you?",
      "explanation": "The question expresses covenantal grief and exposes Israel’s fleeting loyalty.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized biblical example",
      "source_section": "Wave 13 advanced rhetorical and word-pattern forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Verify against original-language wording and final site Bible text stream before publication.",
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    },
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      "example_id": "EX13_0093",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0310",
      "figure_name": "Dubitatio",
      "page_slug": "dubitatio",
      "reference": "Matt. 11:16",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "to what shall I compare this generation?",
      "explanation": "Jesus frames His rebuke through deliberative comparison.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized biblical example",
      "source_section": "Wave 13 advanced rhetorical and word-pattern forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Verify against original-language wording and final site Bible text stream before publication.",
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    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX13_0094",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0310",
      "figure_name": "Dubitatio",
      "page_slug": "dubitatio",
      "reference": "Mark 4:30",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "With what can we compare the kingdom of God?",
      "explanation": "Jesus opens a parable with a deliberative question that draws the hearer into comparison.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized biblical example",
      "source_section": "Wave 13 advanced rhetorical and word-pattern forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against original-language wording and final site Bible text stream before publication.",
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    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX13_0095",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0310",
      "figure_name": "Dubitatio",
      "page_slug": "dubitatio",
      "reference": "Luke 7:31",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "to what then shall I compare the people of this generation?",
      "explanation": "The question introduces a searching diagnosis of the generation’s unbelief.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized biblical example",
      "source_section": "Wave 13 advanced rhetorical and word-pattern forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against original-language wording and final site Bible text stream before publication.",
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    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX13_0096",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0310",
      "figure_name": "Dubitatio",
      "page_slug": "dubitatio",
      "reference": "John 12:27",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "what shall I say?",
      "explanation": "Jesus’ question expresses the solemn weight of the approaching hour, not ignorance of His mission.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Draft-normalized biblical example",
      "source_section": "Wave 13 advanced rhetorical and word-pattern forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against original-language wording and final site Bible text stream before publication.",
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    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX13_0097",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0310",
      "figure_name": "Dubitatio",
      "page_slug": "dubitatio",
      "reference": "Rom. 6:1",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "What shall we say then?",
      "explanation": "Paul uses deliberative questioning to address a false inference from grace.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "Draft-normalized biblical example",
      "source_section": "Wave 13 advanced rhetorical and word-pattern forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Verify against original-language wording and final site Bible text stream before publication.",
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    },
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      "example_id": "EX13_0098",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0310",
      "figure_name": "Dubitatio",
      "page_slug": "dubitatio",
      "reference": "1 Cor. 4:21",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "What do you wish?",
      "explanation": "Paul frames his coming discipline through a searching question.",
      "certainty": "possible",
      "source": "Draft-normalized biblical example",
      "source_section": "Wave 13 advanced rhetorical and word-pattern forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
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      "figure_name": "Dubitatio",
      "page_slug": "dubitatio",
      "reference": "Gal. 4:20",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "I am perplexed about you",
      "explanation": "Paul openly expresses pastoral perplexity as part of his appeal.",
      "certainty": "possible",
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      "representative": "no",
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      "page_slug": "dubitatio",
      "reference": "Heb. 11:32",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "what more shall I say?",
      "explanation": "The writer uses rhetorical deliberation to transition from detailed examples to a compressed catalogue of faith.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "representative": "no",
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