Ephrath
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Ephrath is an ancient place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally identified with Bethlehem in the land of Canaan.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ephrath canonical | 3 |
| Ephrath (biblical place) | 1 |
| Ephrath of Bethlehem | 1 |
| Ephrathah | 1 |
| Ephrathite | 1 |
| Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3327850 — 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: Ephrath Context triple: [Rachel, diesNear, Ephrath]
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A.
Ephrata
Ephrata is a small city in central Washington State that serves as the county seat of Grant County.
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B.
Anathoth
Anathoth is an ancient Levitical town in the territory of Benjamin, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and traditionally associated with the prophet Jeremiah.
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C.
Gibeah
Gibeah was an ancient Israelite city in the territory of Benjamin, historically notable as the royal seat of King Saul.
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D.
Mount Ephraim
Mount Ephraim is a historic and affluent residential and commercial area in Royal Tunbridge Wells, known for its elevated position, period architecture, and views over the town and surrounding countryside.
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E.
Eglah
Eglah is a lesser-known wife of the biblical King David, mentioned among the mothers of his sons in the Hebrew Bible.
- 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: Ephrath Target entity description: Ephrath is an ancient place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally identified with Bethlehem in the land of Canaan.
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A.
Ephrata
Ephrata is a small city in central Washington State that serves as the county seat of Grant County.
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B.
Anathoth
Anathoth is an ancient Levitical town in the territory of Benjamin, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and traditionally associated with the prophet Jeremiah.
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C.
Gibeah
Gibeah was an ancient Israelite city in the territory of Benjamin, historically notable as the royal seat of King Saul.
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D.
Mount Ephraim
Mount Ephraim is a historic and affluent residential and commercial area in Royal Tunbridge Wells, known for its elevated position, period architecture, and views over the town and surrounding countryside.
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E.
Eglah
Eglah is a lesser-known wife of the biblical King David, mentioned among the mothers of his sons in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient place
ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ephrathah
ⓘ
linked to:
Ephrath
|
| appearsInBook |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Book of Micah ⓘ Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to:
Psalms
Book of Ruth ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Rachel’s death ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Boaz
ⓘ
David ⓘ Jesse ⓘ Jesus of Nazareth ⓘ
linked to:
Jesus
Rachel ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Canaanite cities
ⓘ
Places in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Near East ⓘ |
| describedAs | place near Bethlehem ⓘ |
| etymologyProposedMeaning | fruitful ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalSignificance | messianic prophecy location ⓘ |
| identifiedAs |
Ephrath of Bethlehem
ⓘ
linked to:
Ephrath
|
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
ancient Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Israel
land of Canaan ⓘ
linked to:
Land of Canaan
|
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| mentionedInVerse |
Genesis 35:19
ⓘ
Genesis 48:7 ⓘ Micah 5:2 ⓘ Psalm 132:6 ⓘ Ruth 4:11 ⓘ |
| modernEquivalent |
Bethlehem, West Bank
ⓘ
linked to:
Bethlehem
|
| near | Rachel’s tomb ⓘ |
| regionType | settlement ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| significance |
birthplace of David (via identification with Bethlehem)
ⓘ
prophesied birthplace of the Messiah (via Micah 5:2) ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ |
| traditionallyIdentifiedWith | Bethlehem ⓘ |
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: Ephrath Description of subject: Ephrath is an ancient place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally identified with Bethlehem in the land of Canaan.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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