Yishai
E187954
Yishai is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Jesse, known as the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yishai canonical | 4 |
| Yishai (Jesse) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1651880 — 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: Yishai Context triple: [Jesse, transliteration, Yishai]
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A.
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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B.
Ze'ev
Ze'ev is a Hebrew given name meaning "wolf," commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide.
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C.
Meir
Meir is a Hebrew surname most famously borne by Golda Meir, the former Prime Minister of Israel.
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D.
Yarden
Yarden is the Hebrew name for the Jordan River, a historically and religiously significant river in the Middle East.
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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: Yishai Target entity description: Yishai is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Jesse, known as the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
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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B.
Ze'ev
Ze'ev is a Hebrew given name meaning "wolf," commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide.
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C.
Meir
Meir is a Hebrew surname most famously borne by Golda Meir, the former Prime Minister of Israel.
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D.
Yarden
Yarden is the Hebrew name for the Jordan River, a historically and religiously significant river in the Middle East.
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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 (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
Hebrew given name ⓘ Human ⓘ Male given name ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
House of David
ⓘ
King David ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| associatedWith | Messianic prophecies ⓘ |
| country | Ancient Israel ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Biblical studies
ⓘ
Christian tradition ⓘ Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| equivalentName | Jesse ⓘ |
| fatherOf | David ⓘ |
| genealogicalLine | Father of David, son of Obed, grandson of Boaz and Ruth ⓘ |
| grandparent |
Boaz
ⓘ
Ruth ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Abinadab
ⓘ
David ⓘ Eliab ⓘ Nethanel ⓘ Ozem ⓘ Raddai ⓘ Shammah ⓘ Unnamed eighth son ⓘ |
| hasHebrewForm | יִשַׁי ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Chronicles
ⓘ
linked to:
Books of Chronicles
Book of Ruth ⓘ Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to:
Books of Samuel
|
| nameMeaning | Possibly “gift” or “God exists” (etymology uncertain) ⓘ |
| parent | Obed ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| residence | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| roleInTradition |
Ancestor of Jesus in Christian genealogy
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Ancestor of the Messiah in Jewish tradition ⓘ Father of King David ⓘ |
| spouse | Unnamed wife of Yishai ⓘ |
| symbolInChristianArt |
Tree of Jesse
ⓘ
linked to:
Jesse Tree
|
| transliteratedAs | Yishai ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| usedAsGivenNameIn | Modern Hebrew-speaking communities ⓘ |
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: Yishai Description of subject: Yishai is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Jesse, known as the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yishai