יִשַׁי
E185869
יִשַׁי is the Hebrew name for Jesse, the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| יִשַׁי canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1651879 — 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: יִשַׁי Context triple: [Jesse, nameInHebrew, יִשַׁי]
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A.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
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B.
Isaac
Isaac is an artificial lifeform and science officer from the Kaylon race in the science fiction television series "The Orville."
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C.
Yosef
Yosef is a Hebrew given name of biblical origin, best known from the patriarch Joseph and widely used in Jewish communities.
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D.
Eliam
Eliam is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as the father of Bathsheba and one of King David’s warriors.
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E.
Shlomo
Shlomo is the Hebrew name for King Solomon, the biblical monarch renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in 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: יִשַׁי Target entity description: יִשַׁי is the Hebrew name for Jesse, the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
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B.
Isaac
Isaac is an artificial lifeform and science officer from the Kaylon race in the science fiction television series "The Orville."
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C.
Yosef
Yosef is a Hebrew given name of biblical origin, best known from the patriarch Joseph and widely used in Jewish communities.
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D.
Eliam
Eliam is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as the father of Bathsheba and one of King David’s warriors.
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E.
Shlomo
Shlomo is the Hebrew name for King Solomon, the biblical monarch renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
Human ⓘ Male ⓘ Person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| appearsInBook |
Book of Ruth
ⓘ
First Book of Chronicles ⓘ
linked to:
1 Chronicles
First Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to:
1 Samuel
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ Second Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to:
2 Samuel
|
| appearsInGenealogyOf |
Jesus
ⓘ
linked to:
Jesus Christ
|
| associatedWith |
House of David
ⓘ
Messianic genealogy in Christianity ⓘ Messianic lineage in Judaism ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Israelite ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| fatherOf |
David
ⓘ
King David ⓘ |
| gender | Male ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf |
Solomon
ⓘ
linked to:
King Solomon
|
| grandsonOf |
Boaz
ⓘ
Ruth ⓘ |
| hasFeastOrCommemorationIn |
Christian liturgical calendars
ⓘ
linked to:
Christian liturgical year
|
| hasNameInEnglish | Jesse ⓘ |
| hasNameInHebrew | יִשַׁי ⓘ |
| hasRoleInNarrative | Father of Israel’s future king ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicReference |
Root of Jesse
ⓘ
linked to:
Stump of Jesse
|
| knownFromSource |
1 Chronicles 2
ⓘ
1 Samuel 16 ⓘ 1 Samuel 17 ⓘ Ruth 4:17–22 ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| memberOfTribe | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| notableFor | Being the father of King David ⓘ |
| occupation |
Farmer
ⓘ
Sheep owner ⓘ |
| partOf |
Genealogy of David
ⓘ
linked to:
House of David
Genealogy of Jesus ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| residedIn | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| sonOf | Obed ⓘ |
| symbolMentionedIn |
Isaiah 11:1
ⓘ
Isaiah 11:10 ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
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: יִשַׁי Description of subject: יִשַׁי is the Hebrew name for Jesse, the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.