Bildad
E1013427
Bildad is a figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Job, known as one of Job’s three friends who debate the reasons for his suffering.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bildad canonical | 2 |
| Bildad the Shuhite | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12945007 — 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: Bildad Context triple: [Peleg, interactsWith, Bildad]
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A.
Bildad
Bildad is a stern, deeply religious Quaker and part-owner of the whaling ship Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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B.
Eliphaz
Eliphaz is a biblical figure known as the eldest son of Esau and a chief of the Edomites.
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C.
Elihu
Elihu is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "He is my God."
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D.
Shimeah
Shimeah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known primarily as an alternative name for Shammah.
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E.
Seraiah
Seraiah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known as a priestly ancestor in the lineage leading to Jehozadak.
- 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: Bildad Target entity description: Bildad is a figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Job, known as one of Job’s three friends who debate the reasons for his suffering.
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A.
Bildad
Bildad is a stern, deeply religious Quaker and part-owner of the whaling ship Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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B.
Eliphaz
Eliphaz is a biblical figure known as the eldest son of Esau and a chief of the Edomites.
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C.
Elihu
Elihu is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "He is my God."
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D.
Shimeah
Shimeah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known primarily as an alternative name for Shammah.
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E.
Seraiah
Seraiah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known as a priestly ancestor in the lineage leading to Jehozadak.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Job 18
ⓘ
linked to:
Job
Job 2 ⓘ Job 25 ⓘ Job 8 ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
God does not pervert justice
ⓘ
the wicked are punished and the righteous prosper ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eliphaz the Temanite
ⓘ
linked to:
Eliphaz
Job ⓘ Zophar the Naamathite ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
defender of divine justice
ⓘ
dogmatic ⓘ traditionalist ⓘ |
| ethnicOrTribalDesignation | Shuhite ⓘ |
| firstSpeechLocation |
Job 8
ⓘ
linked to:
Job
|
| genreContext | wisdom literature ⓘ |
| hasRole |
comforter of Job
ⓘ
debater with Job ⓘ friend of Job ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Christian interpretations of the problem of evil
ⓘ
later Jewish exegesis of suffering ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Bildad the Shuhite
ⓘ
linked to:
Bildad
|
| literaryFunction | represents conventional wisdom about suffering ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book of Job ⓘ |
| moralEvaluationInText | rebuked implicitly by God’s final verdict on Job’s friends ⓘ |
| relationshipToJob | dialogue partner ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalCanonStatus |
canonical figure in the Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
canonical figure in the Old Testament ⓘ |
| secondSpeechLocation |
Job 18
ⓘ
linked to:
Job
|
| sourceText |
Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Masoretic Text
Septuagint version of Job ⓘ |
| speechCount | 3 main speeches ⓘ |
| textualLanguage | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| theologicalView |
belief that suffering is punishment for sin
ⓘ
retributive justice ⓘ |
| thirdSpeechLocation | Job 25 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bildad Description of subject: Bildad is a figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Job, known as one of Job’s three friends who debate the reasons for his suffering.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bildad