Moab son of Lot

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Moab son of Lot is a biblical figure described in the Book of Genesis as the progenitor of the Moabite people, traditionally associated with the region east of the Dead Sea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Moab (son of Lot) 1
Moab son of Lot canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure ⓘ
eponymous ancestor ⓘ
person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
ancestorOf King Balak of Moab ⓘ
linked to: king of Moab
appearsIn genealogical lists of nations in biblical tradition ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Moabite nation ⓘ
linked to: Moabites
associatedWithRegion land of Moab ⓘ
region east of the Dead Sea ⓘ
birthContext after destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ⓘ
conceivedIn incestuous union of Lot and his elder daughter ⓘ
culturalCategory founder figure in ancient Near Eastern ethnogenesis narratives ⓘ
describedIn Book of Genesis ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
ethnicProgenitorOf Moabite people ⓘ
linked to: Moabites
father Lot ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Moab ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus canonical figure in Jewish and Christian Bibles ⓘ
hasDescendantsRegion Transjordan plateau ⓘ
east of the Dead Sea ⓘ
east of the Jordan River ⓘ
hasEthnicRole forefather of a rival but related people to Israel ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
hasLineageType Lotite lineage ⓘ
hasNameEtymology Hebrew root meaning "from father" or "of his father" ⓘ
hasNameMeaningTradition "from my father" (traditional Jewish exegesis) ⓘ
hasPatrilinealDescentFrom Terah (through Lot and Abraham’s family line) ⓘ
hasSibling Ben-Ammi ⓘ
mentionedInChapter Genesis 19 ⓘ
moralEvaluationInText origin story presented as shameful or problematic in many interpretations ⓘ
mother Lot’s elder daughter ⓘ
narrativeFunction explains origin of Moabites in relation to Israel ⓘ
progenitorOf Moabites ⓘ
relatedAs half-brother of Ben-Ammi ⓘ
relatedTo Abraham (as great-nephew through Lot) ⓘ
linked to: Abram
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islamic tradition (as a figure from earlier scripture) ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInTradition ancestor of a neighboring nation to Israel ⓘ
scripturalStatus non-Israelite ancestor figure ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

land of Moab → ancestralFigure → Moab son of Lot ⓘ
Moab → biblicalAncestor → Moab (son of Lot) ⓘ
linked to: Moab son of Lot