Matan Torah
E381925
Matan Torah is the Jewish term for the divine giving of the Torah to the Israelites, traditionally understood to have occurred at Mount Sinai.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| מתן תורה | 2 |
| Matan Torah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3716441 — 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: Matan Torah Context triple: [Revelation at Mount Sinai, alsoKnownAs, Matan Torah]
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A.
Moses
Moses is a central prophet and leader in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally credited with leading the Israelites out of Egypt and receiving the Ten Commandments from God.
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B.
the Sayer of the Law
The Sayer of the Law is a beast-man on H.G. Wells’s Island of Doctor Moreau who leads the other creatures in reciting the prohibitive laws that enforce their fragile humanity.
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C.
Rashi
Rashi was an influential 11th-century French rabbi and scholar renowned for his comprehensive commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
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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.
Moses und Aron
Moses und Aron is an unfinished twelve-tone opera by Arnold Schoenberg that explores the biblical story of Moses and Aaron and the tension between divine idea and its imperfect expression.
- 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: Matan Torah Target entity description: Matan Torah is the Jewish term for the divine giving of the Torah to the Israelites, traditionally understood to have occurred at Mount Sinai.
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A.
Moses
Moses is a central prophet and leader in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally credited with leading the Israelites out of Egypt and receiving the Ten Commandments from God.
-
B.
the Sayer of the Law
The Sayer of the Law is a beast-man on H.G. Wells’s Island of Doctor Moreau who leads the other creatures in reciting the prohibitive laws that enforce their fragile humanity.
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C.
Rashi
Rashi was an influential 11th-century French rabbi and scholar renowned for his comprehensive commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
-
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.
Moses und Aron
Moses und Aron is an unfinished twelve-tone opera by Arnold Schoenberg that explores the biblical story of Moses and Aaron and the tension between divine idea and its imperfect expression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious concept
ⓘ
event in Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Har Sinai
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Israelites ⓘ |
| celebratedOn | Shavuot ⓘ |
| centralTo | Judaism ⓘ |
| commemoratedByPractice |
all-night Torah study on Shavuot
ⓘ
reading of the Ten Commandments on Shavuot ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Book of Exodus
ⓘ
Exodus 19 ⓘ Exodus 20 ⓘ
linked to:
Exodus 20:1–17
Parashat Yitro ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| hasHebrewName |
מתן תורה
ⓘ
linked to:
Matan Torah
|
| hasLiteralMeaning | giving of the Torah ⓘ |
| includes |
giving of the Written Torah
ⓘ
revelation of the Ten Commandments ⓘ |
| involves |
God speaking to Israel
ⓘ
Moses as mediator ⓘ smoke on Mount Sinai ⓘ sound of the shofar ⓘ thunder and lightning at Sinai ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Aaron
ⓘ
God of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
the LORD
Moses ⓘ entire people of Israel ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalThemeOf | Shavuot ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Exodus from Egypt
ⓘ
journey through the wilderness to Sinai ⓘ |
| refersTo | divine giving of the Torah ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Sinai covenant
ⓘ
linked to:
Mosaic covenant
Torah from Heaven ⓘ revelation at Sinai ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
foundational event of Jewish law
ⓘ
moment of national revelation ⓘ origin of halakha ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
613 mitzvot (in traditional counting)
ⓘ
Jewish commandments ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Jewish mysticism
ⓘ
Jewish philosophy ⓘ Midrash ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| theologicallyAssociatedWith | giving of the Oral Torah ⓘ |
| timeInTradition |
after counting of the Omer
ⓘ
fifty days after the Exodus ⓘ |
| understoodAs | covenant between God and Israel ⓘ |
| viewedAs | unique national revelation in Jewish thought ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Matan Torah Description of subject: Matan Torah is the Jewish term for the divine giving of the Torah to the Israelites, traditionally understood to have occurred at Mount Sinai.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Matan Torah