YHWH
E108211
YHWH is the personal name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, regarded as the supreme, covenant-making and covenant-keeping deity in Jewish and Christian traditions.
All labels observed (25)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yahweh | 34 |
| God of Israel | 21 |
| YHWH canonical | 18 |
| Tetragrammaton | 6 |
| Adonai | 3 |
| the God of Israel | 3 |
| Yah (Yahweh) | 2 |
| Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh | 1 |
| Elohim | 1 |
| HaShem | 1 |
| Hebrew phrase "YHWH Sabaoth" | 1 |
| Hebrew phrase "YHWH Tzevaot" | 1 |
| Holy One of Israel | 1 |
| Jehovah | 1 |
| Jehovah in the Old Testament | 1 |
| Tetragrammaton YHWH | 1 |
| YHVH Tzavaot | 1 |
| YHWH (the divine name) | 1 |
| Yahweh (short form) | 1 |
| Yo (Yahweh) | 1 |
| Yo refers to Yahweh | 1 |
| tetragrammaton YHWH | 1 |
| the LORD | 1 |
| the LORD (YHWH) | 1 |
| יהוה | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T917725 — 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: YHWH Context triple: [Shaddai, relatedNameOfGod, YHWH]
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A.
חַוָּה
חַוָּה is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in the biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
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B.
Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
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C.
ebed YHWH
ebed YHWH is a Hebrew term meaning “servant of the Lord,” most famously associated with the prophetic figure known as the Suffering Servant in the Book of Isaiah.
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D.
Ohr Ein Sof
Ohr Ein Sof is a Kabbalistic term referring to the infinite, boundless divine light that emanates from the unknowable essence of God before any creation or limitation.
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E.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
- 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: YHWH Target entity description: YHWH is the personal name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, regarded as the supreme, covenant-making and covenant-keeping deity in Jewish and Christian traditions.
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A.
חַוָּה
חַוָּה is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in the biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
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B.
Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
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C.
ebed YHWH
ebed YHWH is a Hebrew term meaning “servant of the Lord,” most famously associated with the prophetic figure known as the Suffering Servant in the Book of Isaiah.
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D.
Ohr Ein Sof
Ohr Ein Sof is a Kabbalistic term referring to the infinite, boundless divine light that emanates from the unknowable essence of God before any creation or limitation.
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E.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Abrahamic God
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ deity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Adonai
ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
HaShem ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
Jehovah ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
Yahweh ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
the LORD ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
|
| appearsIn |
Book of Exodus
ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to:
Psalms
|
| associatedWith |
Abrahamic covenant
ⓘ
Covenant at Sinai ⓘ
linked to:
Revelation at Mount Sinai
Mosaic covenant ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| attribute |
covenant-keeping
ⓘ
creator of heaven and earth ⓘ eternal ⓘ holy ⓘ just ⓘ merciful ⓘ monotheistic deity ⓘ omnipotent ⓘ omnipresent ⓘ omniscient ⓘ supreme being ⓘ |
| category |
Tetragrammaton
ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
|
| centralText |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
Tanakh ⓘ |
| commandedPractice |
Sabbath observance
ⓘ
ethical monotheism ⓘ |
| hasNameForm |
Tetragrammaton
ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
|
| inChristianTheology | identified with the Father of Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian theology
ⓘ
Western religious thought ⓘ later Jewish theology ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalSubstitute |
Adonai
ⓘ
HaShem ⓘ
linked to:
Shaddai
|
| numberOfLetters | 4 ⓘ |
| prohibition | name not pronounced in Jewish practice ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | people of Israel ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ Rastafari ⓘ
linked to:
Rastafari movement
Samaritanism ⓘ |
| revealedAt |
Burning bush
ⓘ
Mount Sinai ⓘ |
| revealedTo | Moses ⓘ |
| role |
God of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
national deity of ancient Israel and Judah ⓘ |
| scripturalTradition | Masoretic Text ⓘ |
| selfRevelation |
"I AM WHO I AM"
ⓘ
linked to:
I AM
|
| title |
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
ⓘ
Holy One of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
King of Israel ⓘ Lord of Hosts ⓘ
linked to:
Lord of hosts
|
| worshipCenter |
Jerusalem Temple
ⓘ
linked to:
Jewish Temple
|
| writingSystem | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| writtenAs |
יהוה
ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
|
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: YHWH Description of subject: YHWH is the personal name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, regarded as the supreme, covenant-making and covenant-keeping deity in Jewish and Christian traditions.
Referenced by (105)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible
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