Kadesh
E384301
Kadesh is an ancient site in the biblical wilderness narrative, associated with key events during the Israelites’ desert wanderings.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kadesh canonical | 10 |
| Kadesh-barnea | 3 |
| Kadesh (on the Orontes) | 1 |
| Kadesh on the Orontes (probable identification) | 1 |
| Qadesh (Kadesh) | 1 |
| wilderness of Kadesh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3745186 — 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: Kadesh Context triple: [Miriam, buriedAt, Kadesh]
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A.
Dender
The Dender is a river in Belgium that flows through Wallonia and Flanders before joining the Scheldt near the city of Dendermonde.
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B.
Karkemish
Karkemish was an important ancient Near Eastern city-state on the Euphrates River, serving as a key political and commercial center for successive empires including the Hittites and later the Neo-Assyrians.
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C.
Ḫarrānu
Ḫarrānu is the Akkadian name for the ancient Mesopotamian city of Harran, a major commercial and religious center known especially for its association with the moon god Sin.
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D.
Madayya
Madayya was a poet who served in the royal court of the Vijayanagara emperor Sri Krishnadevaraya.
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E.
Hamath
Hamath is an ancient city of Syria, frequently mentioned in Near Eastern and biblical sources, located at the site of modern Hama on the Orontes River.
- 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: Kadesh Target entity description: Kadesh is an ancient site in the biblical wilderness narrative, associated with key events during the Israelites’ desert wanderings.
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A.
Dender
The Dender is a river in Belgium that flows through Wallonia and Flanders before joining the Scheldt near the city of Dendermonde.
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B.
Karkemish
Karkemish was an important ancient Near Eastern city-state on the Euphrates River, serving as a key political and commercial center for successive empires including the Hittites and later the Neo-Assyrians.
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C.
Ḫarrānu
Ḫarrānu is the Akkadian name for the ancient Mesopotamian city of Harran, a major commercial and religious center known especially for its association with the moon god Sin.
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D.
Madayya
Madayya was a poet who served in the royal court of the Vijayanagara emperor Sri Krishnadevaraya.
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E.
Hamath
Hamath is an ancient city of Syria, frequently mentioned in Near Eastern and biblical sources, located at the site of modern Hama on the Orontes River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient site
ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ wilderness encampment ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kadesh-barnea
ⓘ
linked to:
Kadesh
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Israel’s request to pass through Edomite territory
ⓘ
Miriam’s burial ⓘ Miriam’s death ⓘ Moses striking the rock to bring forth water ⓘ Moses’ failure to sanctify God before the people ⓘ divine decree that Moses would not enter the Promised Land ⓘ rebellion of the Israelites after the spies’ report ⓘ refusal of passage by the king of Edom ⓘ sending of the twelve spies into Canaan ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Aaron
ⓘ
Israelites ⓘ Miriam ⓘ Moses ⓘ |
| borderOf |
Canaan
ⓘ
Edom ⓘ wilderness of Paran ⓘ |
| category |
Biblical places in the Sinai and Negev
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible geography ⓘ Stations of the Exodus ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Kadesh-barnea
ⓘ
linked to:
Kadesh
oasis settlement ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Hebrew root meaning holy or sacred ⓘ |
| hasRole |
major encampment during 40 years in the wilderness
ⓘ
staging point for entry into Canaan ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Negev region
ⓘ
linked to:
נגב
southern Levant ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
wilderness of Zin ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to:
Psalms
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| narrativeFunction |
testing place for Israel’s faith
ⓘ
turning point in the Exodus journey ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleIn |
Exodus narrative
ⓘ
Israelite wilderness wanderings ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites’ wilderness wanderings
|
| timePeriod | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| uncertainLocation |
border region of Israel and Egypt
ⓘ
modern-day northern Sinai Peninsula ⓘ |
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: Kadesh Description of subject: Kadesh is an ancient site in the biblical wilderness narrative, associated with key events during the Israelites’ desert wanderings.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kadesh
linked to: Kadesh
linked to: Kadesh
subject linked to:
גְּרָר (Hebrew: Gerar)
linked to: Kadesh
subject linked to:
Hittite king Suppiluliuma I
linked to: Kadesh
linked to: Kadesh
subject linked to:
Kingdom of Kadesh