tribe of Ephraim
E105702
The tribe of Ephraim was one of the leading tribes of ancient Israel, descended from Joseph’s son Ephraim and historically associated with central highland territory and significant political and religious influence.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tribe of Ephraim | 17 |
| tribe of Ephraim canonical | 11 |
| land of Ephraim | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T899344 — 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: tribe of Ephraim Context triple: [Book of Judges, featuresTribe, tribe of Ephraim]
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A.
Tribe of Reuben
The Tribe of Reuben was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s eldest son Reuben and settled east of the Jordan River.
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B.
Tribe of Benjamin
The Tribe of Benjamin was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, historically located between Judah and the northern tribes and known for producing Israel’s first king, Saul.
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C.
Tribe of Simeon
The Tribe of Simeon was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Simeon son of Jacob, and allotted territory in the southern part of ancient Israel.
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D.
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions)
The Tribe of Naftali is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s son Naphtali and associated with the northern Galilean region.
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E.
Tribe of Dan
The Tribe of Dan was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s son Dan and associated with territory in the coastal region of ancient Canaan.
- 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: tribe of Ephraim Target entity description: The tribe of Ephraim was one of the leading tribes of ancient Israel, descended from Joseph’s son Ephraim and historically associated with central highland territory and significant political and religious influence.
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A.
Tribe of Reuben
The Tribe of Reuben was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s eldest son Reuben and settled east of the Jordan River.
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B.
Tribe of Benjamin
The Tribe of Benjamin was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, historically located between Judah and the northern tribes and known for producing Israel’s first king, Saul.
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C.
Tribe of Simeon
The Tribe of Simeon was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Simeon son of Jacob, and allotted territory in the southern part of ancient Israel.
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D.
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions)
The Tribe of Naftali is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s son Naphtali and associated with the northern Galilean region.
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E.
Tribe of Dan
The Tribe of Dan was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s son Dan and associated with territory in the coastal region of ancient Canaan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Israelite tribe
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ biblical tribe ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Israel
Mount Ephraim ⓘ Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| bordersWith |
Tribe of Benjamin
ⓘ
Tribe of Dan ⓘ Tribe of Issachar ⓘ Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ |
| capitalInPeriod | Samaria ⓘ |
| collectiveNameFor | Northern Kingdom of Israel in prophetic literature ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Tribe of Gilead
ⓘ
Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| deity |
YHWH
ⓘ
surface form:
Yahweh
|
| descendedFrom | Ephraim ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Israelites ⓘ |
| exiledBy |
Assyria
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Assyrian Empire
|
| exileEvent |
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian conquest of the Northern Kingdom of Israel
|
| father |
Ephraim
ⓘ
Ephraimites ⓘ Manasseh ⓘ descendants forming the Tribe of Ephraim ⓘ |
| genealogicalGroup | children of Joseph ⓘ |
| groupedWith |
House of Jacob
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Joseph
|
| includes |
tribe of Ephraim
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central highlands of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Hosea
ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
Books of Kings ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| militaryReputation | noted for warriors in biblical narratives ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ephraim ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
leading tribe in the Northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
rival of the Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| religiousCenter | Shiloh ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | location of the tabernacle at Shiloh for a time ⓘ |
| sonOf | Joseph ⓘ |
| statusAfter722BCE | part of the so‑called Ten Lost Tribes ⓘ |
| symbolicRole | symbol of the northern tribes ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
Bethel
ⓘ
Shechem ⓘ Shiloh ⓘ |
| traditionalSymbol | ox ⓘ |
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: tribe of Ephraim Description of subject: The tribe of Ephraim was one of the leading tribes of ancient Israel, descended from Joseph’s son Ephraim and historically associated with central highland territory and significant political and religious influence.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book of Judges
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
subject surface form:
Samuel
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
land of Ephraim
subject surface form:
House of Joseph
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
subject surface form:
House of Joseph
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
subject surface form:
Tribe of Benjamin
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim