Elimelech
E109888
Elimelech is a biblical figure from the Book of Ruth, known as Naomi’s husband who left Bethlehem for Moab during a famine and died there.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elimelech canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T917175 — 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: Elimelech Context triple: [Book of Ruth, mentionsFigure, Elimelech]
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A.
Boaz
Boaz is one of the two prominent bronze pillars that stood at the entrance of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, as described in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Boaz
Boaz is a prominent figure in the Hebrew Bible, known as a wealthy and righteous landowner of Bethlehem who marries Ruth and becomes an ancestor of King David.
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C.
Amnon
Amnon is a biblical figure known as the eldest son of King David, whose rape of his half-sister Tamar and subsequent murder by her brother Absalom sparked major turmoil in David’s household.
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D.
Avram
Avram is the given first name of Noam Chomsky, the influential American linguist, philosopher, and political activist.
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E.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
- 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: Elimelech Target entity description: Elimelech is a biblical figure from the Book of Ruth, known as Naomi’s husband who left Bethlehem for Moab during a famine and died there.
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A.
Boaz
Boaz is one of the two prominent bronze pillars that stood at the entrance of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, as described in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Boaz
Boaz is a prominent figure in the Hebrew Bible, known as a wealthy and righteous landowner of Bethlehem who marries Ruth and becomes an ancestor of King David.
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C.
Amnon
Amnon is a biblical figure known as the eldest son of King David, whose rape of his half-sister Tamar and subsequent murder by her brother Absalom sparked major turmoil in David’s household.
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D.
Avram
Avram is the given first name of Noam Chomsky, the influential American linguist, philosopher, and political activist.
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E.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
Person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Ruth 1 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Story of Ruth and Naomi ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
Figure in the Old Testament
ⓘ
Figure in the Tanakh ⓘ |
| diedIn | Moab ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| familyRole |
Father of Mahlon and Chilion
ⓘ
Husband of Naomi ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Chilion
ⓘ
Mahlon ⓘ |
| gender | Male ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Chilion
ⓘ
Mahlon ⓘ Naomi ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| leftLocation | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | Married ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book of Ruth ⓘ |
| migratedTo | Moab ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | My God is king ⓘ |
| nationality |
Israelite from Judah
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribe of Judah
|
| reasonForMigration | Famine in Bethlehem ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residedIn |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
Bethlehem in Judah ⓘ
linked to:
Bethlehem
|
| scripturalRole | Initiates migration to Moab in Ruth narrative ⓘ |
| sonOf |
Elimelech
ⓘ
Elimelech ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elimelech
ⓘ
Naomi ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Period of the Judges
ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
|
| tribe | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
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: Elimelech Description of subject: Elimelech is a biblical figure from the Book of Ruth, known as Naomi’s husband who left Bethlehem for Moab during a famine and died there.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.