Lamech
E402263
Lamech is a biblical patriarch mentioned in the Book of Genesis as part of the antediluvian genealogy leading to Noah.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lamech canonical | 7 |
| Lamech lived 777 years | 1 |
| Lamech named his son Noah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3963826 — 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: Lamech Context triple: [Enoch, grandfather, Lamech]
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A.
Tubal-cain
Tubal-cain is the main human antagonist in the 2014 biblical epic film "Noah," portrayed as a ruthless king who opposes Noah and embodies violent, corrupt humanity.
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B.
Enosh
Enosh is a biblical figure recognized as a grandson of Adam and an early patriarch in the Book of Genesis.
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C.
Peleg
Peleg is a retired whaling captain and part-owner of the ship Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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D.
Jokshan
Jokshan is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as one of the sons of Abraham by his wife Keturah.
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E.
Japheth
Japheth is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of Noah’s three sons and an ancestor of various peoples in post-flood genealogies.
- 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: Lamech Target entity description: Lamech is a biblical patriarch mentioned in the Book of Genesis as part of the antediluvian genealogy leading to Noah.
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A.
Tubal-cain
Tubal-cain is the main human antagonist in the 2014 biblical epic film "Noah," portrayed as a ruthless king who opposes Noah and embodies violent, corrupt humanity.
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B.
Enosh
Enosh is a biblical figure recognized as a grandson of Adam and an early patriarch in the Book of Genesis.
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C.
Peleg
Peleg is a retired whaling captain and part-owner of the ship Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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D.
Jokshan
Jokshan is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as one of the sons of Abraham by his wife Keturah.
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E.
Japheth
Japheth is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of Noah’s three sons and an ancestor of various peoples in post-flood genealogies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antediluvian figure
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ patriarch ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Masoretic Text
ⓘ
Septuagint genealogy of Genesis 5 ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Genesis 5 ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
divine judgment by the Flood
ⓘ
human longevity before the Flood ⓘ |
| belongsToGenealogy | Sethite genealogy ⓘ |
| categorizedAs |
Genesis patriarch
ⓘ
pre-Flood patriarch ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Noah ⓘ |
| grandsonOf | Enoch ⓘ |
| greatGrandsonOf | Jared ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Noah
ⓘ
other sons and daughters ⓘ |
| hasGenealogicalRole | ancestor of Noah ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Unnamed wife (mother of Noah) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| livedInPeriod | antediluvian era ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| namesMeaningExplainedBy | relief from toil ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition (as ancestor of Nuh/Noah) ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | link between Enoch and Noah ⓘ |
| sonOf | Methuselah ⓘ |
| speaksAbout | Noah’s future role ⓘ |
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: Lamech Description of subject: Lamech is a biblical patriarch mentioned in the Book of Genesis as part of the antediluvian genealogy leading to Noah.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lamech
linked to: Lamech