Judah son of Jacob

E93726

biblical figure eponymous ancestor patriarch son of Jacob

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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Judah	28
Judah son of Jacob canonical	4
Judah (probable)	1
Judah (traditionally)	1
Judah (tribal ancestor)	1
Judah, son of Jacob and Leah	1
Yehudah	1
יהודה בן יעקב ורחל-לאה (באמצעות לאה)	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]

A. Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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.
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.
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.
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.

A. Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ 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

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tribe of Judah → namedAfter → Judah son of Jacob ⓘ

Tribe of Judah → eponymousAncestor → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Tribe of Judah → hebrewName → Yehudah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Judas Iscariot → nameDerivedFrom → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Ethan the Ezrahite → associatedWithTribe → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Blessing of Moses → addressesTribe → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Joseph and His Brothers → featuresCharacter → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Leah → motherOf → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Jebus → associatedWithTribe → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Zechariah → associatedWithPlace → Judah ⓘ

subject linked to: prophet Zechariah

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Zerubbabel → governedTerritory → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Zerubbabel → associatedWithPlace → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Israel → hasChild → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

King of Judah → appliesToJurisdiction → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Jekonias → kingdom → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Reuben → sibling → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Levi → sibling → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Gad → brother → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Gad → halfBrother → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Naphtali → sibling → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Issachar → sibling → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Asher → halfBrotherOf → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Zebulun → sibling → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Mattaniah → monarchOf → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Simeon → sibling → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Jehoiakim → birthPlace → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Jehoiakim → deathPlace → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Rachel → auntOf → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Rachel → stepmotherOf → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Coniah → kingdom → Judah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Yehuda → associatedWithFigure → Judah son of Jacob ⓘ

Ioudas → refersToBiblicalFigure → Judah son of Jacob ⓘ

Ioudas → linkedToTribalPatriarch → Judah, son of Jacob and Leah ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Ioudas → biblicalTribeEponym → Judah (tribal ancestor) ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Shallum → tribalAffiliation → Judah (probable) ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Benaiah → associatedWithTribe → Judah (traditionally) ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Judah → namedAfter → Judah son of Jacob ⓘ

שבט יהודה → מוצא מ → יהודה בן יעקב ורחל-לאה (באמצעות לאה) ⓘ

linked to: Judah son of Jacob

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Referenced by (38)

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