Deborah
E109288
Deborah is a prominent biblical prophetess and judge of Israel known for her leadership and role in delivering the Israelites from Canaanite oppression.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deborah canonical | 32 |
| Deborah (biblical figure) | 1 |
| Débora | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T899328 — 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: Deborah Context triple: [Book of Judges, featuresCharacter, Deborah]
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A.
Miriam
Miriam is a prominent biblical figure known as the sister of Moses and Aaron and as a prophetess during the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
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B.
Miryam
Miryam is the Hebrew form of the name of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christian tradition.
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C.
Susanna
Susanna is a deuterocanonical addition to the Book of Daniel, telling the story of a virtuous woman falsely accused of adultery and vindicated by the prophet Daniel.
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D.
Tessie
Tessie is a Boston Red Sox mascot character, often depicted as a green monster and associated with Wally the Green Monster.
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E.
Ruth
Ruth is a supporting character in the comedy Western film "A Million Ways to Die in the West," known for being a devout Christian prostitute engaged to the protagonist's best friend.
- 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: Deborah Target entity description: Deborah is a prominent biblical prophetess and judge of Israel known for her leadership and role in delivering the Israelites from Canaanite oppression.
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A.
Miriam
Miriam is a prominent biblical figure known as the sister of Moses and Aaron and as a prophetess during the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
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B.
Miryam
Miryam is the Hebrew form of the name of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christian tradition.
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C.
Susanna
Susanna is a deuterocanonical addition to the Book of Daniel, telling the story of a virtuous woman falsely accused of adultery and vindicated by the prophet Daniel.
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D.
Tessie
Tessie is a Boston Red Sox mascot character, often depicted as a green monster and associated with Wally the Green Monster.
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E.
Ruth
Ruth is the given name of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the pioneering U.S. Supreme Court Justice and prominent advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
female leader ⓘ judge of Israel ⓘ prophetess ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Judges
ⓘ
surface form:
Judges 4
Judges 5 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Barak
ⓘ
Jabin, king of Canaan ⓘ
surface form:
Jabin
Jael ⓘ Sisera ⓘ YHWH ⓘ
surface form:
Yahweh
|
| battleLocation |
Kishon River
ⓘ
Mount Tabor ⓘ |
| calledBarakFrom |
Kedesh
ⓘ
surface form:
Kedesh in Naphtali
|
| commandedBarakToMuster | ten thousand men ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Israelites ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| heldCourtUnder |
Peniel
ⓘ
surface form:
palm of Deborah
|
| honorificTitle | mother in Israel ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaboration with Barak
ⓘ
leading Israel against Canaanite oppression ⓘ Song of Deborah ⓘ
surface form:
the Song of Deborah
|
| languageContext |
Hebrew
ⓘ
surface form:
Biblical Hebrew
|
| leadsTo | forty years of peace in Israel ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Judges
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
|
| nameMeaning | bee in Hebrew ⓘ |
| opponent |
Jabin, king of Canaan
ⓘ
surface form:
Jabin king of Canaan
Sisera ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
between Ramah and Bethel
ⓘ
Mount Ephraim ⓘ
surface form:
hill country of Ephraim
|
| role |
judge of the Israelites
ⓘ
military leader ⓘ prophetess of Yahweh ⓘ |
| scripturalBook | Judges ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus |
canonical figure in the Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
canonical figure in the Old Testament ⓘ |
| speaksIn | Song of Deborah ⓘ |
| spouse | Lappidoth ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
courage
ⓘ
faithfulness to God ⓘ female leadership in Abrahamic religions ⓘ |
| textualUnit | Song of Deborah ⓘ |
| timePeriod | era of the Judges ⓘ |
| treeAssociatedWith | palm of Deborah ⓘ |
| tribe | tribe of Ephraim ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Deborah Description of subject: Deborah is a prominent biblical prophetess and judge of Israel known for her leadership and role in delivering the Israelites from Canaanite oppression.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book of Judges
subject surface form:
Tribe of Naftali
this entity surface form:
Deborah (biblical figure)
subject surface form:
Debi Mazar