Penuel
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Penuel is the biblical place where Jacob wrestled with a divine being and received the name Israel, marking a pivotal moment in his spiritual transformation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Penuel canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9532312 — 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: Penuel Context triple: [Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, setIn, Penuel]
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A.
Kedesh
Kedesh was an ancient city in the territory of the Israelite tribe of Naphtali, known as a Levitical city of refuge in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Shechem
Shechem was an important ancient city in the central highlands of Canaan, serving as a significant political and religious center in biblical times.
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C.
Anathoth
Anathoth is an ancient Levitical town in the territory of Benjamin, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and traditionally associated with the prophet Jeremiah.
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D.
Sha'ar Shechem
Sha'ar Shechem is the Hebrew name for Damascus Gate, one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, notable for its large stone archway and bustling marketplace.
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E.
Yokneam Illit
Yokneam Illit is a city in northern Israel known for its high-tech industrial parks and rapid development from a small town into a regional technology hub.
- 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: Penuel Target entity description: Penuel is the biblical place where Jacob wrestled with a divine being and received the name Israel, marking a pivotal moment in his spiritual transformation.
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A.
Kedesh
Kedesh was an ancient city in the territory of the Israelite tribe of Naphtali, known as a Levitical city of refuge in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Shechem
Shechem was an important ancient city in the central highlands of Canaan, serving as a significant political and religious center in biblical times.
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C.
Anathoth
Anathoth is an ancient Levitical town in the territory of Benjamin, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and traditionally associated with the prophet Jeremiah.
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D.
Sha'ar Shechem
Sha'ar Shechem is the Hebrew name for Damascus Gate, one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, notable for its large stone archway and bustling marketplace.
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E.
Yokneam Illit
Yokneam Illit is a city in northern Israel known for its high-tech industrial parks and rapid development from a small town into a regional technology hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient settlement
ⓘ
biblical place ⓘ |
| afterEventJacobSaid | I have seen God face to face ⓘ |
| alsoSpelled | Peniel ⓘ |
| associatedWithBodyPart | Jacob’s hip ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Jacob wrestling with a divine being
ⓘ
Jacob’s name changed to Israel ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Jacob ⓘ |
| associatedWithPractice | Israelites not eating the sinew of the thigh ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
divine blessing after struggle
ⓘ
identity as Israel ⓘ struggle with God ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of the biblical narrative of the patriarchs ⓘ |
| centralFigureInNarrative | Jacob ⓘ |
| connectedToName |
Israel (as Jacob’s new name)
ⓘ
linked to:
יעקב
|
| describedInChapter | Genesis 32 ⓘ |
| functionedAs | fortified city in the northern kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| governedBy | Jeroboam I (as a fortified city) ⓘ |
| hasLaterBiblicalReference | Book of Judges ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificanceIn |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic biblical tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfEvent | divine-human wrestling encounter ⓘ |
| inBookOfJudges |
a town that refused aid to Gideon
ⓘ
a town whose tower was destroyed by Gideon ⓘ |
| isSiteOf |
Jacob’s encounter with God
ⓘ
Jacob’s spiritual transformation ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn | region east of the Jordan River ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Jabbok River
ⓘ
linked to:
Jabbok
|
| meaningOfName | face of God ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Kings 12:25
ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| relatedBiblicalVerse | Genesis 32:24–32 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
covenant identity of Israel
ⓘ
theophany ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
Mahanaim
ⓘ
Succoth ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
meeting point between human and divine
ⓘ
seeing God and living ⓘ transformation through struggle ⓘ |
| traditionHolds | Jacob left Penuel limping ⓘ |
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: Penuel Description of subject: Penuel is the biblical place where Jacob wrestled with a divine being and received the name Israel, marking a pivotal moment in his spiritual transformation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.