prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible

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Hebrew Bible character Nazarite biblical figure judge of Israel priest prophet seer

The prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible is a pivotal religious leader who serves as the last judge of Israel, a priest, and the prophet who anoints both Saul and David as kings.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Prophet Samuel (as traditional namesake)	1
Samuel (by traditional association with Ramah in Ephraim)	1
Samuel the seer (according to 1 Chronicles 29:29)	1
prophet Samuel	1
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T842494 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible
Context triple: [Samuel, associatedWith, prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible]

A. prophet Zechariah
Prophet Zechariah was a Hebrew biblical prophet of the early Second Temple period, known for his apocalyptic visions and for encouraging the rebuilding and spiritual renewal of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
B. Jeremiah
Jeremiah is a major Old Testament prophet whose writings, including themes of covenant and judgment, are frequently referenced in the New Testament.
C. Isaiah
Isaiah is a major prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, traditionally attributed to the prophet Isaiah and known for its themes of judgment, hope, and messianic prophecy.
D. Elisha
Elisha is the given first name of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
E. Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible
Target entity description: The prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible is a pivotal religious leader who serves as the last judge of Israel, a priest, and the prophet who anoints both Saul and David as kings.

A. prophet Zechariah
Prophet Zechariah was a Hebrew biblical prophet of the early Second Temple period, known for his apocalyptic visions and for encouraging the rebuilding and spiritual renewal of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
B. Jeremiah
Jeremiah is a major Old Testament prophet whose writings, including themes of covenant and judgment, are frequently referenced in the New Testament.
C. Isaiah
Isaiah is a major prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, traditionally attributed to the prophet Isaiah and known for its themes of judgment, hope, and messianic prophecy.
D. Elisha
Elisha is the given first name of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
E. Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew Bible character ⓘ Nazarite ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ judge of Israel ⓘ priest ⓘ prophet ⓘ seer ⓘ
anointed	David ⓘ Saul ⓘ
anointedAs	king of Israel ⓘ
appearsIn	Book of 1 Samuel ⓘ linked to: 1 Samuel Book of 2 Samuel ⓘ linked to: 2 Samuel Hebrew Bible ⓘ linked to: Tanakh Old Testament ⓘ linked to: Bible
associatedWith	Mizpah ⓘ Ramah ⓘ
birthPlace	Ramathaim-zophim ⓘ hill country of Ephraim ⓘ linked to: Ephraim
burialPlace	Ramah ⓘ linked to: Ramathaim-zophim
calledBy	God ⓘ Yahweh ⓘ linked to: YHWH
dedicatedBy	Hannah ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Yahweh ⓘ linked to: YHWH
era	early Israelite monarchy ⓘ period of the Judges ⓘ
father	Elkanah ⓘ
knownFor	establishing kingship in Israel ⓘ hearing the call of God as a boy ⓘ intercessory prayer for Israel ⓘ offering sacrifices ⓘ rebuking King Saul ⓘ transitioning Israel from judges to monarchy ⓘ
languageOfSources	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ linked to: Hebrew
madeVow	Nazarite vow ⓘ
mentor	Eli ⓘ
mother	Hannah ⓘ
opposedPractice	kingship requested for wrong motives ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
role	last judge of Israel ⓘ leader of Israel ⓘ priest at Shiloh ⓘ prophet of Yahweh ⓘ
scripturalBookNamedAfter	First Book of Samuel ⓘ linked to: 1 Samuel Second Book of Samuel ⓘ linked to: 2 Samuel
servedAt	Shiloh ⓘ
servedUnder	Eli ⓘ
tribe	Tribe of Ephraim ⓘ linked to: tribe of Ephraim
veneratedIn	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel → associatedWith → prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ

2 Samuel → associatedFigure → Prophet Samuel (as traditional namesake) ⓘ

linked to: prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible

Israelites → keyLeader → prophet Samuel ⓘ

linked to: prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible

Ephraimites → associatedWithFigure → Samuel (by traditional association with Ramah in Ephraim) ⓘ

linked to: prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible

acts of David (according to 1 Chronicles 29:29) → attributedToAuthor → Samuel the seer (according to 1 Chronicles 29:29) ⓘ

linked to: prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible

All labels observed (5)

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Referenced by (5)

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