Dumah
E252900
Dumah is a biblical figure known as one of the sons of Ishmael and traditionally associated with an Arabian tribe or region.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2283600 — 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: Dumah Context triple: [Ishmael, children, Dumah]
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A.
Tahawus
Tahawus is a remote hamlet in New York’s Adirondack Mountains known for its historic iron mining operations and proximity to High Peaks wilderness areas.
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B.
Za'atara
Za'atara is a Palestinian town located in the central West Bank within the Bethlehem Governorate.
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C.
Turubah
Turubah is a town in western Saudi Arabia situated inland within the Makkah Province, known for its agricultural surroundings and desert landscape.
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D.
Kadmat
Kadmat is a coral island in India’s Lakshadweep archipelago, known for its white-sand beaches, clear lagoons, and vibrant marine life that make it a popular destination for snorkeling and diving.
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E.
Shabara
Shabara was an early Indian philosopher and commentator best known for his influential exegesis on the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy.
- 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: Dumah Target entity description: Dumah is a biblical figure known as one of the sons of Ishmael and traditionally associated with an Arabian tribe or region.
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A.
Tahawus
Tahawus is a remote hamlet in New York’s Adirondack Mountains known for its historic iron mining operations and proximity to High Peaks wilderness areas.
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B.
Za'atara
Za'atara is a Palestinian town located in the central West Bank within the Bethlehem Governorate.
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C.
Turubah
Turubah is a town in western Saudi Arabia situated inland within the Makkah Province, known for its agricultural surroundings and desert landscape.
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D.
Kadmat
Kadmat is a coral island in India’s Lakshadweep archipelago, known for its white-sand beaches, clear lagoons, and vibrant marine life that make it a popular destination for snorkeling and diving.
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E.
Shabara
Shabara was an early Indian philosopher and commentator best known for his influential exegesis on the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ son of Ishmael ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Arabia
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabian Peninsula
northwestern Arabia ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe | Ishmaelite tribe of Dumah ⓘ |
| category |
Biblical people in Genesis
ⓘ
Ishmaelites ⓘ Old Testament people ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | patriarchal period in biblical chronology ⓘ |
| ethnicRole | eponymous ancestor of an Ishmaelite tribe ⓘ |
| father | Ishmael ⓘ |
| genealogicalList | one of the twelve sons of Ishmael ⓘ |
| grandfather | Abraham ⓘ |
| grandmother | Hagar ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| listedIn |
1 Chronicles 1:29–31
ⓘ
Genesis 25:13–15 ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| mentionedInBook |
Book of Chronicles
ⓘ
linked to:
Books of Chronicles
Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| nameInHebrewBible |
דּוּמָה
ⓘ
linked to:
Dumah
|
| possibleEtymology | Hebrew root meaning silence ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Abrahamic traditions
ⓘ
linked to:
Abrahamic religions
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition about Ishmael’s descendants ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInBible | ancestor of a tribal group rather than narrative character ⓘ |
| sibling |
Adbeel
ⓘ
Dumah ⓘ Hadad ⓘ Jetur ⓘ Kedar ⓘ Kedemah ⓘ Massa ⓘ Mibsam ⓘ Mishma ⓘ Naphish ⓘ Nebaioth ⓘ Tema ⓘ |
| tribalTerritoryDirection | east of Canaan ⓘ |
| tribalTerritoryRegion | area between Egypt and Assyria ascribed to Ishmael’s descendants ⓘ |
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: Dumah Description of subject: Dumah is a biblical figure known as one of the sons of Ishmael and traditionally associated with an Arabian tribe or region.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.