Sifre Bamidbar
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Sifre Bamidbar is a tannaitic midrashic work offering halakhic and aggadic commentary on the biblical Book of Numbers.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sifre Bamidbar canonical | 3 |
| Sifre on Numbers | 3 |
| Sifre on Numbers and Deuteronomy | 1 |
| Sifrei Bamidbar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2030041 — 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: Sifre Bamidbar Context triple: [Midrash, includesWork, Sifre Bamidbar]
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A.
Sifra di-Tsni’uta
Sifra di-Tsni’uta is a brief but highly influential mystical treatise within the Zoharic corpus that offers dense, symbolic teachings central to later Kabbalistic thought.
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B.
The Book of Numbers
The Book of Numbers is a popular mathematics book that explores the properties, patterns, and curiosities of numbers in an accessible and engaging way.
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C.
Zohar Manna
Zohar Manna was a pioneering computer scientist known for his foundational work in mathematical logic, program verification, and the formal methods of software correctness.
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D.
Bnei Moshe
Bnei Moshe was a late 19th-century Zionist intellectual and cultural society, led by Ahad Ha'am, that promoted a spiritual and cultural renaissance of the Jewish people in their historic homeland.
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E.
Yad ha-Chazakah
Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
- 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: Sifre Bamidbar Target entity description: Sifre Bamidbar is a tannaitic midrashic work offering halakhic and aggadic commentary on the biblical Book of Numbers.
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A.
Sifra di-Tsni’uta
Sifra di-Tsni’uta is a brief but highly influential mystical treatise within the Zoharic corpus that offers dense, symbolic teachings central to later Kabbalistic thought.
-
B.
The Book of Numbers
The Book of Numbers is a popular mathematics book that explores the properties, patterns, and curiosities of numbers in an accessible and engaging way.
-
C.
Zohar Manna
Zohar Manna was a pioneering computer scientist known for his foundational work in mathematical logic, program verification, and the formal methods of software correctness.
-
D.
Bnei Moshe
Bnei Moshe was a late 19th-century Zionist intellectual and cultural society, led by Ahad Ha'am, that promoted a spiritual and cultural renaissance of the Jewish people in their historic homeland.
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E.
Yad ha-Chazakah
Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aggadic midrash
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halakhic midrash ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ tannaitic midrash ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tannaim ⓘ |
| category |
Midrash Halakha
ⓘ
linked to:
Midrash halakha
|
| commentaryOn | Book of Numbers ⓘ |
| contains |
aggadic material
ⓘ
halakhic material ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
homiletical interpretation of Numbers
ⓘ
legal interpretation of Numbers ⓘ |
| genre | midrash ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Sifre Bamidbar ⓘ |
| influenced |
later halakhic literature
ⓘ
medieval biblical commentaries ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sifre
ⓘ
linked to:
Sifre Zuta
|
| period | Tannaitic period ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael
ⓘ
Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ Sifra ⓘ Sifre Devarim ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalBookCovered | Numbers ⓘ |
| studiedIn | yeshiva curriculum ⓘ |
| subject |
Israelite wilderness narratives
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites’ wilderness wanderings
biblical law ⓘ |
| tradition |
Land of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Eretz HaKodesh
|
| traditionallyAttributedTo | schools of tannaitic sages ⓘ |
| transmittedIn | manuscript form ⓘ |
| usedBy | Talmudic sages ⓘ |
| usedIn | rabbinic exegesis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sifre Bamidbar Description of subject: Sifre Bamidbar is a tannaitic midrashic work offering halakhic and aggadic commentary on the biblical Book of Numbers.
Referenced by (8)
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