Hadad
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Hadad is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Ishmael and an eponymous ancestor of an Ishmaelite clan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hadad canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10724331 — 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: Hadad Context triple: [Mishma, sibling, Hadad]
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A.
Atra-hasis
Atra-hasis is a legendary wise man and flood hero from ancient Mesopotamian mythology, best known from the Akkadian Atra-Hasis Epic that recounts a great deluge sent by the gods.
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B.
Esh-baal
Esh-baal is a biblical figure, a son of King Saul who briefly ruled as king over Israel in opposition to David after Saul’s death.
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C.
Sadalmelik
Sadalmelik is a bright yellow supergiant star in the constellation Aquarius, traditionally known as one of the constellation’s principal stars.
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D.
Shapash
Shapash is the Phoenician sun goddess, often depicted as a powerful celestial deity associated with light, justice, and guidance among the gods and humans.
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E.
Tarḫunna
Tarḫunna is the chief storm god of the Hittite pantheon, associated with thunder, rain, and kingship.
- 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: Hadad Target entity description: Hadad is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Ishmael and an eponymous ancestor of an Ishmaelite clan.
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A.
Atra-hasis
Atra-hasis is a legendary wise man and flood hero from ancient Mesopotamian mythology, best known from the Akkadian Atra-Hasis Epic that recounts a great deluge sent by the gods.
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B.
Esh-baal
Esh-baal is a biblical figure, a son of King Saul who briefly ruled as king over Israel in opposition to David after Saul’s death.
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C.
Sadalmelik
Sadalmelik is a bright yellow supergiant star in the constellation Aquarius, traditionally known as one of the constellation’s principal stars.
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D.
Shapash
Shapash is the Phoenician sun goddess, often depicted as a powerful celestial deity associated with light, justice, and guidance among the gods and humans.
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E.
Tarḫunna
Tarḫunna is the chief storm god of the Hittite pantheon, associated with thunder, rain, and kingship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ishmaelite patriarch
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | Ishmaelite clan named after Hadad ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Genesis 25 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ishmaelite tribes
ⓘ
linked to:
Ishmaelites
|
| category |
Biblical people in Genesis
ⓘ
Children of Ishmael ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | patriarchal period ⓘ |
| describedAs | son of Ishmael ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ishmaelites ⓘ |
| father | Ishmael ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genealogicalListType | table of nations-style genealogy ⓘ |
| grandfather | Abraham ⓘ |
| grandmother | Hagar ⓘ |
| hasNameForm |
הֲדָר (Hadar) in Hebrew Masoretic Text
ⓘ
Ἀδάρ (Adar) in Septuagint tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| nameVariant | Hadar ⓘ |
| notableFor | being listed among the twelve sons of Ishmael ⓘ |
| numberInList | one of the twelve princes of Ishmael ⓘ |
| regionAssociated |
northwestern Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Arabia
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| role | eponymous ancestor of an Ishmaelite clan ⓘ |
| scripturalRole | genealogical figure ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Adbeel
ⓘ
Dumah ⓘ Jetur ⓘ Kedar ⓘ Kedemah ⓘ Massa ⓘ Mibsam ⓘ Mishma ⓘ Naphish ⓘ Nebaioth ⓘ Tema ⓘ |
| sourceTextType | priestly genealogy in Genesis ⓘ |
| tribalTitle | prince of a tribe ⓘ |
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: Hadad Description of subject: Hadad is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Ishmael and an eponymous ancestor of an Ishmaelite clan.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.