Judah son of Jacob
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Judah son of Jacob is a prominent biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and the ancestral figure from whom the Tribe of Judah and the royal Davidic line are traditionally believed to descend.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Judah | 28 |
| Judah son of Jacob canonical | 2 |
| Yehudah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T742207 — 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: Judah son of Jacob Context triple: [Tribe of Judah, namedAfter, Judah son of Jacob]
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A.
Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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B.
Naphtali
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
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C.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
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D.
Joseph
Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
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E.
Joseph
Joseph is the given name of the French mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, known for developing Fourier analysis and Fourier series.
- 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: Judah son of Jacob Target entity description: Judah son of Jacob is a prominent biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and the ancestral figure from whom the Tribe of Judah and the royal Davidic line are traditionally believed to descend.
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A.
Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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B.
Naphtali
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
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C.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
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D.
Joseph
Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
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E.
Joseph
Joseph is the given name of the French mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, known for developing Fourier analysis and Fourier series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
eponymous ancestor ⓘ patriarch ⓘ son of Jacob ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
David
ⓘ
Davidic line ⓘ
linked to:
King Davidic dynasty
House of David ⓘ
linked to:
King Davidic dynasty
kings of Judah ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Messianic lineage in Christian tradition
ⓘ
Messianic lineage in Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| biblicalBookChapter |
Genesis 29
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Genesis 37 ⓘ Genesis 38 ⓘ Genesis 43 ⓘ Genesis 44 ⓘ Genesis 46 ⓘ Genesis 49 ⓘ |
| birthOrder | fourth son of Jacob and Leah ⓘ |
| blessingReceived | Genesis 49:8–12 blessing from Jacob ⓘ |
| category |
Tribal patriarchs of Israel
ⓘ
Twelve sons of Jacob ⓘ |
| child |
Er
ⓘ
Onan ⓘ Perez ⓘ Shelah ⓘ Zerah ⓘ |
| eponymOf | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Judah
ⓘ
linked to:
Yehuda
|
| grandparent |
Isaac
ⓘ
Rebekah ⓘ |
| greatGrandparent |
Abraham
ⓘ
Sarah ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| laterKingdomNamedAfterTribe | Kingdom of Judah ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | praise ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| moralRecognition | acknowledged Tamar as more righteous than himself ⓘ |
| nameFormInEnglishTradition |
Judah
ⓘ
linked to:
Yehuda
|
| nameFormInGreek | Ioudas ⓘ |
| nameFormInLatin |
Judas
ⓘ
linked to:
Judas Iscariot
|
| narrativeRole |
central figure in the story of Tamar
ⓘ
interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt ⓘ offered himself as surety for Benjamin ⓘ proposed selling Joseph instead of killing him ⓘ |
| parent |
Jacob
ⓘ
Leah ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Asher son of Jacob
ⓘ
linked to:
Asher
Benjamin son of Jacob ⓘ Dan son of Jacob ⓘ Gad son of Jacob ⓘ Issachar son of Jacob ⓘ
linked to:
Issachar
Joseph son of Jacob ⓘ Levi son of Jacob ⓘ Naphtali son of Jacob ⓘ
linked to:
Naphtali
Reuben son of Jacob ⓘ
linked to:
Reuben
Simeon son of Jacob ⓘ
linked to:
Simeon
Zebulun son of Jacob ⓘ
linked to:
זְבֻלוּן
|
| spouseOrPartner |
Shua’s daughter
ⓘ
Tamar ⓘ |
| symbolAssociated |
lion
ⓘ
scepter ⓘ |
| tribalAncestorOf | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| tribalTerritoryLaterIncluded |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Judah son of Jacob Description of subject: Judah son of Jacob is a prominent biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and the ancestral figure from whom the Tribe of Judah and the royal Davidic line are traditionally believed to descend.
Referenced by (31)
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