Shammah
E185866
Shammah is a lesser-known son of Jesse mentioned in the Bible, traditionally recognized as one of King David’s older brothers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shammah canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1651850 — 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: Shammah Context triple: [Jesse, hasSon, Shammah]
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A.
Shamgar
Shamgar is a minor biblical judge and warrior mentioned in the Book of Judges, known for defeating a large number of Philistines with an oxgoad.
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B.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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C.
Jahsh ibn Ri’ab
Jahsh ibn Ri’ab was an early Arab from the Quraysh tribe known primarily as the father of Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Sahnun
Sahnun was a prominent 9th-century Islamic jurist from North Africa whose compilation of legal opinions, the Mudawwana, became a foundational text of the Maliki school of Sunni jurisprudence.
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E.
Shobab
Shobab is a lesser-known son of King David of Israel and Bathsheba, mentioned briefly in the Hebrew Bible.
- 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: Shammah Target entity description: Shammah is a lesser-known son of Jesse mentioned in the Bible, traditionally recognized as one of King David’s older brothers.
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A.
Shamgar
Shamgar is a minor biblical judge and warrior mentioned in the Book of Judges, known for defeating a large number of Philistines with an oxgoad.
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B.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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C.
Jahsh ibn Ri’ab
Jahsh ibn Ri’ab was an early Arab from the Quraysh tribe known primarily as the father of Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Sahnun
Sahnun was a prominent 9th-century Islamic jurist from North Africa whose compilation of legal opinions, the Mudawwana, became a foundational text of the Maliki school of Sunni jurisprudence.
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E.
Shobab
Shobab is a lesser-known son of King David of Israel and Bathsheba, mentioned briefly in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appearsInNarrative |
David and Goliath narrative
ⓘ
anointing of David by Samuel ⓘ |
| biblicalBookChapterVerse |
1 Samuel 16:9
ⓘ
1 Samuel 17:13 ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Israelite ⓘ |
| hasFather | Jesse ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Jesse
ⓘ
King David ⓘ |
| hasReligion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| hasRole | brother of King David ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Abinadab
ⓘ
David ⓘ Eliab ⓘ |
| hasTribalAffiliation | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
|
| mentionedIn |
1 Samuel
ⓘ
1 Samuel 16 ⓘ
linked to:
1 Samuel
1 Samuel 17 ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| nameMeaningApproximate | astonishment or desolation (uncertain) ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Shamma
ⓘ
Shimea ⓘ Shimeah ⓘ |
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: Shammah Description of subject: Shammah is a lesser-known son of Jesse mentioned in the Bible, traditionally recognized as one of King David’s older brothers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.