Sarai
E171829
Sarai is the original name of the biblical matriarch later known as Sarah, wife of Abraham in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarai canonical | 14 |
| Sarai deals harshly with Hagar | 1 |
| Sarai to Sarah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1507482 — 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: Sarai Context triple: [Sara, hasVariant, Sarai]
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A.
Hagar
Hagar is a biblical figure known as the Egyptian servant of Sarah who bore Abraham’s son Ishmael and is revered in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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B.
Shelomith
Shelomith is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a member of King Rehoboam’s family lineage.
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C.
Keturah
Keturah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible known as a later wife or concubine of Abraham, through whom several Arabian tribes are traditionally traced.
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D.
Rebekah
Rebekah is a feminine given name, traditionally associated with the biblical matriarch Rebecca and used in various English-speaking cultures.
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E.
Avigail
Avigail is a feminine given name, commonly used in Hebrew, that corresponds to the name Abigail.
- 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: Sarai Target entity description: Sarai is the original name of the biblical matriarch later known as Sarah, wife of Abraham in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
Hagar
Hagar is a biblical figure known as the Egyptian servant of Sarah who bore Abraham’s son Ishmael and is revered in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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B.
Shelomith
Shelomith is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a member of King Rehoboam’s family lineage.
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C.
Keturah
Keturah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible known as a later wife or concubine of Abraham, through whom several Arabian tribes are traditionally traced.
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D.
Rebekah
Rebekah is a feminine given name, traditionally associated with the biblical matriarch Rebecca and used in various English-speaking cultures.
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E.
Avigail
Avigail is a feminine given name, commonly used in Hebrew, that corresponds to the name Abigail.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ matriarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sarah ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Genesis 11
ⓘ
Genesis 12 ⓘ Genesis 16 ⓘ Genesis 17 ⓘ Genesis 18 ⓘ Genesis 20 ⓘ Genesis 21 ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Abraham
ⓘ
Hagar ⓘ Isaac ⓘ Lot ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Canaan
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ Haran ⓘ Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ |
| child | Isaac ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genealogicalStatus | ancestor of the Israelites ⓘ |
| hasNameAfterChange | Sarah ⓘ |
| hasNameBeforeChange | Sarai ⓘ |
| knownFor |
barrenness before Isaac's birth
ⓘ
motherhood in old age ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| nameChangedBy | God ⓘ |
| nameChangeDescribedIn | Genesis 17 ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | my princess ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| role |
matriarch of Israel
ⓘ
wife of Abraham ⓘ |
| scripturalEvent |
covenant with Abraham
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promise of a son in old age ⓘ sojourn in Egypt ⓘ sojourn in Gerar ⓘ visit of three messengers at Mamre ⓘ |
| spouse |
Abraham
ⓘ
Abram ⓘ |
| stepChild | Ishmael ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
prophetess in some Islamic traditions
ⓘ
saint in some Christian traditions ⓘ |
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: Sarai Description of subject: Sarai is the original name of the biblical matriarch later known as Sarah, wife of Abraham in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.