Moses
E11297
Moses is a central prophet and leader in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally credited with leading the Israelites out of Egypt and receiving the Ten Commandments from God.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moses canonical | 249 |
| Moshe | 10 |
| Prophet Musa (Moses) | 7 |
| Prophet Musa | 6 |
| Prophet Moses | 4 |
| Mūsā | 3 |
| Moises | 1 |
| Moses (as an old man) | 1 |
| Moses (biblical figure, as depicted in film) | 1 |
| Moses (biblical figure, via Mount Sinai tradition) | 1 |
| Moses in The Ten Commandments | 1 |
| Moses the Lawgiver | 1 |
| Moses the man of God | 1 |
| Moses – The Prophet | 1 |
| Moshe Rabbenu | 1 |
| Musa (Moses) | 1 |
| Theodore Roberts as Moses | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35309 — 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: Moses Context triple: [Judaism, hasKeyFigure, Moses]
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A.
Abraham
Abraham is the given name of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States who led the country through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
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B.
Abraham
Abraham is a foundational patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, revered as the ancestor of the Israelites and a central figure in Jewish religious tradition.
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C.
Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: Moses Target entity description: Moses is a central prophet and leader in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally credited with leading the Israelites out of Egypt and receiving the Ten Commandments from God.
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A.
Abraham
Abraham is a foundational patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, revered as the ancestor of the Israelites and a central figure in Jewish religious tradition.
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B.
Abraham
Abraham is the given name of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States who led the country through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
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C.
Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (84)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Torah figure
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ founder figure ⓘ prophet ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Book of Exodus
ⓘ
surface form:
Exodus
Parting of the Sea of Reeds ⓘ Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ ten plagues of Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
Ten Plagues of Egypt
|
| associatedWithPeople |
Aaron
ⓘ
Jethro ⓘ Joshua ⓘ Korah ⓘ Miriam ⓘ Pharaoh ⓘ Zipporah ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Egypt
ⓘ
Haran ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Goshen
Midian ⓘ Mount Sinai ⓘ Plains of Moab ⓘ Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Wilderness of Sinai
|
| attributedAuthorship |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ Five Books of Moses ⓘ
surface form:
Pentateuch
Psalm 90 ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| birthContext | born under Pharaoh’s decree to kill Hebrew male infants ⓘ |
| burialTradition | buried by God in an unknown grave ⓘ |
| covenantRole | mediator of the Sinai covenant ⓘ |
| deathPlaceTradition |
Mount Nebo
ⓘ
land of Moab ⓘ |
| earlyLifeEvent |
placed in a basket on the Nile
ⓘ
raised in Pharaoh’s household ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
brother of Aaron
ⓘ
brother of Miriam ⓘ husband of Zipporah ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Moses
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Moshe Rabbenu
our teacher ⓘ |
| keyMiracle |
bringing water from a rock
ⓘ
burning bush encounter ⓘ healing from bronze serpent ⓘ staff turning into a serpent ⓘ |
| knownFor |
confronting Pharaoh
ⓘ
establishing Israelite law ⓘ guiding Israelites in the wilderness ⓘ leading the Exodus from Egypt ⓘ parting the Red Sea ⓘ receiving the Ten Commandments ⓘ receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai ⓘ |
| legalContribution |
establishment of ritual and civil laws for Israel
ⓘ
promulgation of the Ten Commandments ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hadith literature
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Quran ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| nameInHebrew |
Moses
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Moshe
|
| parentage |
son of Amram
ⓘ
son of Jochebed ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageContext |
Hebrew
ⓘ
surface form:
Biblical Hebrew
|
| quranicName | Musa ⓘ |
| quranicStatus | one of the most frequently mentioned prophets in the Quran ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Druze ⓘ
surface form:
Druze faith
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ |
| role |
lawgiver
ⓘ
leader of the Israelites ⓘ mediator of the covenant ⓘ prophet of God ⓘ |
| scriptureRole |
central figure of the Book of Exodus
ⓘ
major figure in the Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ major figure in the Book of Numbers ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
model of prophetic leadership
ⓘ
symbol of law and covenant ⓘ symbol of liberation ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation | Tribe of Levi ⓘ |
| veneration |
revered as a prophet in Christianity
ⓘ
revered as a prophet in Islam ⓘ revered as a prophet in Judaism ⓘ |
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: Moses Description of subject: Moses is a central prophet and leader in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally credited with leading the Israelites out of Egypt and receiving the Ten Commandments from God.
Referenced by (290)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Moshe Rabbenu
this entity surface form:
Moshe
subject surface form:
Ten Plagues of Egypt
this entity surface form:
Theodore Roberts as Moses
subject surface form:
Book of Joshua
this entity surface form:
Moshe
this entity surface form:
Prophet Musa (Moses)
this entity surface form:
Prophet Moses
this entity surface form:
Prophet Musa
this entity surface form:
Prophet Musa (Moses)
this entity surface form:
Prophet Musa
this entity surface form:
Prophet Musa
this entity surface form:
Prophet Musa