Elah (as named in the biblical text)
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Elah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the father of Hoshea, the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elah (as named in the biblical text) canonical | 1 |
| ʾElāh (transliterated from Hebrew) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3718932 — 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: Elah (as named in the biblical text) Context triple: [Hoshea, father, Elah (as named in the biblical text)]
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A.
אֵלִיָּהוּ
אֵלִיָּהוּ is the Hebrew name of the biblical prophet Elijah, a major figure in the Hebrew Bible known for his miracles and defense of monotheism.
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B.
Shelomith
Shelomith is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a member of King Rehoboam’s family lineage.
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C.
Naamah the Ammonite
Naamah the Ammonite is a biblical figure known as the Ammonite wife of King Solomon and the mother of King Rehoboam of Judah.
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D.
Bethuel
Bethuel is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the father of Laban and Rebekah and a descendant of Abraham’s family line.
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E.
Shealtiel
Shealtiel is a biblical figure known primarily as a descendant of King Jehoiachin and an ancestor of Zerubbabel in the Davidic royal line.
- 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: Elah (as named in the biblical text) Target entity description: Elah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the father of Hoshea, the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
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A.
אֵלִיָּהוּ
אֵלִיָּהוּ is the Hebrew name of the biblical prophet Elijah, a major figure in the Hebrew Bible known for his miracles and defense of monotheism.
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B.
Shelomith
Shelomith is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a member of King Rehoboam’s family lineage.
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C.
Naamah (traditional Jewish identification)
Naamah (in traditional Jewish identification) is a woman mentioned in rabbinic and later Jewish sources as Noah’s wife and the mother who, alongside him, helped repopulate the world after the Flood.
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D.
Naamah the Ammonite
Naamah the Ammonite is a biblical figure known as the Ammonite wife of King Solomon and the mother of King Rehoboam of Judah.
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E.
Bethuel
Bethuel is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the father of Laban and Rebekah and a descendant of Abraham’s family line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | biblical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| citedIn |
2 Kings 15:30
ⓘ
2 Kings 17:1 ⓘ |
| describedAs | father of Hoshea ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Hoshea ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
ʾElāh (transliterated from Hebrew)
ⓘ
linked to:
Elah (as named in the biblical text)
|
| hasRoleIn | history of the northern kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | figure known only from biblical text ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| mentionedInBook |
2 Kings
ⓘ
linked to:
Book of 2 Kings
|
| mentionedInChapter |
2 Kings 15
ⓘ
2 Kings 17 ⓘ |
| nameInScripture |
Elah
ⓘ
linked to:
Elah Valley
|
| notableFor | being father of the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalContext | monarchy of Israel ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 8th century BCE (approximate, by association with Hoshea) ⓘ |
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: Elah (as named in the biblical text) Description of subject: Elah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the father of Hoshea, the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Elah (as named in the biblical text)
linked to: Elah (as named in the biblical text)