Bekhorot
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Bekhorot is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals primarily with the laws of firstborn animals and humans, including their sanctity, redemption, and related priestly rights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bekhorot canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2398017 — 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: Bekhorot Context triple: [Kodashim, containsTractate, Bekhorot]
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A.
Givatayim
Givatayim is a small, densely populated city in Israel’s Tel Aviv metropolitan area, known for its residential character and proximity to major urban centers.
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B.
Rehovot
Rehovot is a city in central Israel known for its scientific and agricultural research institutions, including the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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C.
Nabulsi
Nabulsi refers to a person or thing originating from the city of Nablus in the West Bank, often associated with its distinctive cheese and traditional soap.
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D.
Sakhnin
Sakhnin is an Arab city in northern Israel known for its predominantly Muslim population and its football club Bnei Sakhnin, which has played in the Israeli Premier League.
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E.
Kiryat Ono
Kiryat Ono is a small suburban city in central Israel, located in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
- 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: Bekhorot Target entity description: Bekhorot is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals primarily with the laws of firstborn animals and humans, including their sanctity, redemption, and related priestly rights.
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A.
Givatayim
Givatayim is a small, densely populated city in Israel’s Tel Aviv metropolitan area, known for its residential character and proximity to major urban centers.
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B.
Rehovot
Rehovot is a city in central Israel known for its scientific and agricultural research institutions, including the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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C.
Nabulsi
Nabulsi refers to a person or thing originating from the city of Nablus in the West Bank, often associated with its distinctive cheese and traditional soap.
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D.
Sakhnin
Sakhnin is an Arab city in northern Israel known for its predominantly Muslim population and its football club Bnei Sakhnin, which has played in the Israeli Premier League.
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E.
Kiryat Ono
Kiryat Ono is a small suburban city in central Israel, located in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mishnaic tractate
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Talmudic tractate ⓘ |
| basedOn | Torah commandments about firstborn ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
part of the standard Babylonian Talmud corpus
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part of the standard Mishnah corpus ⓘ |
| closingTopic | laws of valuation and sanctity ⓘ |
| concerns |
Temple‑related sanctity
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firstborn humans ⓘ firstborn kosher animals ⓘ firstborn non‑kosher animals ⓘ priestly gifts ⓘ |
| discusses |
blemishes in firstborn animals
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ownership of firstborn animals ⓘ qualification of experts to rule on blemishes ⓘ redemption procedure for firstborn sons ⓘ rights of the kohen ⓘ status of doubtful firstborn ⓘ valuation of sanctified property ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
economic rights of priests
ⓘ
sanctity and redemption of firstborn ⓘ |
| genre | rabbinic legal text ⓘ |
| halakhicCategory | kodashim (holy things) ⓘ |
| hasBabylonianTalmudPagesApprox | 60 ⓘ |
| hasJerusalemTalmud | yes ⓘ |
| hasMishnahChapters | 9 ⓘ |
| language |
Mishnaic Hebrew
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Talmudic Aramaic ⓘ |
| legalDomain | Halakha ⓘ |
| openingTopic | obligations of firstborn animals ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mishnah
ⓘ
Seder Kodashim ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| primarySubject |
laws of firstborn
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priestly rights ⓘ redemption of firstborn humans ⓘ sanctity of firstborn animals ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
bechor (firstborn)
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pidyon haben ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Deuteronomy laws of firstborn
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linked to:
Deuteronomic law code
Exodus laws of firstborn ⓘ Numbers laws of firstborn ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Talmud students ⓘ |
| studiedIn | yeshivot ⓘ |
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Subject: Bekhorot Description of subject: Bekhorot is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals primarily with the laws of firstborn animals and humans, including their sanctity, redemption, and related priestly rights.
Referenced by (3)
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