Cush (son of Ham)
E1036298
Cush (son of Ham) is a biblical figure listed in the Book of Genesis as a son of Ham and grandson of Noah, traditionally associated with the ancestors of peoples in the regions of Ethiopia and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cush (son of Ham) canonical | 2 |
| the Cushite | 1 |
| חָם (Ham) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13378609 — 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: Cush (son of Ham) Context triple: [Cush, genealogicalAncestor, Cush (son of Ham)]
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A.
Agag
Agag is a biblical figure known as a king of the Amalekites who was defeated and executed by the prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Japheth
Japheth is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of Noah’s three sons and an ancestor of various peoples in post-flood genealogies.
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C.
Shem
Shem is a biblical figure regarded as one of Noah’s sons and traditionally considered an ancestor of the Semitic peoples.
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D.
Qarun
Qarun is a wealthy and arrogant figure mentioned in the Qur’an, known for his immense riches and subsequent destruction due to pride and ingratitude.
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E.
Yaphit
Yaphit is a gelatinous, shape-shifting engineer serving aboard the exploratory spaceship in the science-fiction TV series "The Orville."
- 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: Cush (son of Ham) Target entity description: Cush (son of Ham) is a biblical figure listed in the Book of Genesis as a son of Ham and grandson of Noah, traditionally associated with the ancestors of peoples in the regions of Ethiopia and surrounding areas.
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A.
Agag
Agag is a biblical figure known as a king of the Amalekites who was defeated and executed by the prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Japheth
Japheth is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of Noah’s three sons and an ancestor of various peoples in post-flood genealogies.
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C.
Shem
Shem is a biblical figure regarded as one of Noah’s sons and traditionally considered an ancestor of the Semitic peoples.
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D.
Qarun
Qarun is a wealthy and arrogant figure mentioned in the Qur’an, known for his immense riches and subsequent destruction due to pride and ingratitude.
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E.
Yaphit
Yaphit is a gelatinous, shape-shifting engineer serving aboard the exploratory spaceship in the science-fiction TV series "The Orville."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ patriarch ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Genesis 10 ⓘ |
| appearsInSection | genealogy of the sons of Noah ⓘ |
| associatedWithColorTerm | dark-skinned peoples (traditional interpretation) ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Cush (biblical land)
ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ Nubia ⓘ Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
|
| category |
Book of Genesis people
ⓘ
Noachide ⓘ |
| describedAs |
grandson of Noah
ⓘ
son of Ham ⓘ |
| ethnonymDerivedFrom |
Cushites
ⓘ
linked to:
Nubians
|
| genealogicalGenerationAfter |
Ham
ⓘ
Noah ⓘ |
| genealogicalRole | eponymous ancestor of the land of Cush ⓘ |
| hasFather | Ham ⓘ |
| hasGrandfather | Noah ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Canaan
ⓘ
Mizraim ⓘ
linked to:
Egypt
Put ⓘ |
| hasSon |
Havilah
ⓘ
Nimrod ⓘ Raamah ⓘ Sabtah ⓘ Sabteca ⓘ Seba ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| listedIn | Table of Nations ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| nameInHebrew | כּוּשׁ ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInText | progenitor of nations ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | antediluvian-descended figure ⓘ |
| timeFrame | post-Flood generation in biblical chronology ⓘ |
| traditionallyRegardedAsAncestorOf |
Cushites
ⓘ
linked to:
Nubians
peoples of Ethiopia ⓘ peoples south of Egypt ⓘ |
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: Cush (son of Ham) Description of subject: Cush (son of Ham) is a biblical figure listed in the Book of Genesis as a son of Ham and grandson of Noah, traditionally associated with the ancestors of peoples in the regions of Ethiopia and surrounding areas.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.