ephod
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An ephod is a ceremonial priestly garment from ancient Israelite religious practice, traditionally worn by the high priest and associated with oracular consultation and sacred service.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ephod canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9129279 — 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: ephod Context triple: [Exodus 28, mentionsGarment, ephod]
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A.
Thummim
Thummim is a sacred object in ancient Israelite religion, traditionally paired with the Urim and used by priests for divinatory consultation of God's will.
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B.
Nadab
Nadab was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known as the son and short-reigning royal heir of Jeroboam I.
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C.
Nadab
Nadab is a biblical figure, the eldest son of Aaron who served as a priest during the Israelites’ wilderness period.
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D.
Echephron
Echephron is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the sons of the wise Pylian king Nestor.
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E.
Shield of David
Shield of David is another name for the Star of David, the hexagram symbol widely recognized as a central emblem of Judaism and Jewish identity.
- 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: ephod Target entity description: An ephod is a ceremonial priestly garment from ancient Israelite religious practice, traditionally worn by the high priest and associated with oracular consultation and sacred service.
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A.
Thummim
Thummim is a sacred object in ancient Israelite religion, traditionally paired with the Urim and used by priests for divinatory consultation of God's will.
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B.
Nadab
Nadab was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known as the son and short-reigning royal heir of Jeroboam I.
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C.
Nadab
Nadab is a biblical figure, the eldest son of Aaron who served as a priest during the Israelites’ wilderness period.
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D.
Echephron
Echephron is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the sons of the wise Pylian king Nestor.
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E.
Shield of David
Shield of David is another name for the Star of David, the hexagram symbol widely recognized as a central emblem of Judaism and Jewish identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ceremonial garment
ⓘ
priestly vestment ⓘ religious artifact ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Urim and Thummim
ⓘ
linked to:
Thummim
breastpiece of judgment ⓘ oracular consultation ⓘ sacred service ⓘ |
| category |
Biblical objects
ⓘ
Jewish religious clothing ⓘ |
| decoratedWith |
engraved names of the tribes of Israel
ⓘ
onyx stones ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Book of 1 Samuel
ⓘ
linked to:
1 Samuel
Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Judges ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| function |
divinatory consultation
ⓘ
mediation between priest and God ⓘ symbol of priestly authority ⓘ |
| hasPart |
settings of stones
ⓘ
shoulder pieces ⓘ skillfully woven waistband ⓘ |
| language |
Biblical Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| languageName | אֵפוֹד ⓘ |
| material |
blue yarn
ⓘ
fine linen ⓘ gold ⓘ purple yarn ⓘ scarlet yarn ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Samuel 23
ⓘ
Exodus 28 ⓘ Exodus 39 ⓘ Judges 8 ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine guidance
ⓘ
holiness ⓘ remembrance of the tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
First Temple period
ⓘ
Iron Age Levant ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Tabernacle
ⓘ
Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| wornBy |
Aaron
ⓘ
high priest of Israel ⓘ successors of Aaron ⓘ |
| wornOver | tunic ⓘ |
| wornWith |
breastplate
ⓘ
robe of the ephod ⓘ sash ⓘ turban ⓘ |
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: ephod Description of subject: An ephod is a ceremonial priestly garment from ancient Israelite religious practice, traditionally worn by the high priest and associated with oracular consultation and sacred service.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.