land of Midian
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The land of Midian is a region mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally located in northwestern Arabia and known as the homeland of the Midianites and the place where Moses fled from Egypt and encountered God at the burning bush.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Midian | 1 |
| Midianite region | 1 |
| land of Midian canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12208695 — 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: land of Midian Context triple: [Reuel, associatedWith, land of Midian]
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A.
land of Moab
The land of Moab is an ancient region east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan, historically inhabited by the Moabites and frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Land of Canaan
The Land of Canaan is the ancient Near Eastern region traditionally regarded in the Hebrew Bible as the divinely promised homeland of the Israelites and a central setting for much of biblical history.
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C.
The Desert
"The Desert" is a luminous 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Sanford Robinson Gifford, exemplifying the Hudson River School’s atmospheric treatment of light and expansive natural vistas.
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D.
Tihama
Tihama is a hot, low-lying coastal plain along the Red Sea, primarily in western Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia.
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E.
Al-Ahqaf
Al-Ahqaf is the 46th chapter of the Qur’an, known for addressing themes of monotheism, prophecy, and the fate of past nations such as the people of ‘Ad.
- 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: land of Midian Target entity description: The land of Midian is a region mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally located in northwestern Arabia and known as the homeland of the Midianites and the place where Moses fled from Egypt and encountered God at the burning bush.
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A.
land of Moab
The land of Moab is an ancient region east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan, historically inhabited by the Moabites and frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Land of Canaan
The Land of Canaan is the ancient Near Eastern region traditionally regarded in the Hebrew Bible as the divinely promised homeland of the Israelites and a central setting for much of biblical history.
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C.
The Desert
"The Desert" is a luminous 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Sanford Robinson Gifford, exemplifying the Hudson River School’s atmospheric treatment of light and expansive natural vistas.
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D.
Tihama
Tihama is a hot, low-lying coastal plain along the Red Sea, primarily in western Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia.
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E.
Al-Ahqaf
Al-Ahqaf is the 46th chapter of the Qur’an, known for addressing themes of monotheism, prophecy, and the fate of past nations such as the people of ‘Ad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: land of Midian