Rabbi Shmuel ben Meir
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Rabbi Shmuel ben Meir, known as the Rashbam, was a prominent 12th-century French rabbi and biblical commentator, renowned for his peshat-focused (plain-sense) interpretations of the Torah and Talmud and as a grandson of Rashi.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| R. Shmuel ben Meir | 1 |
| Rabbi Jacob ben Meir | 1 |
| Rabbi Shmuel ben Meir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15797034 — 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: Rabbi Shmuel ben Meir Context triple: [Rashbam, fullName, Rabbi Shmuel ben Meir]
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A.
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak, known by the acronym Rashi, was an 11th-century French rabbi and one of Judaism’s most influential biblical and Talmudic commentators.
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B.
Shmuel of Nehardea
Shmuel of Nehardea was a leading early Babylonian Talmudic sage renowned for his expertise in civil law and astronomy and for heading the academy in Nehardea.
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C.
Rabbi Meir
Rabbi Meir was a prominent 2nd-century Talmudic sage and leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva, renowned for his sharp intellect and extensive legal teachings in the Mishnah.
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D.
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever was a leading 19th-century Orthodox rabbi and early Zionist pioneer who helped lay the ideological and organizational foundations of religious Zionism.
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E.
Rabbi Eliezer ben Shammua
Rabbi Eliezer ben Shammua was a prominent 2nd-century Tannaic sage of the Mishnah, known as one of the leading disciples who helped transmit and preserve the teachings of Rabbi Akiva after the Bar Kokhba revolt.
- 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: Rabbi Shmuel ben Meir Target entity description: Rabbi Shmuel ben Meir, known as the Rashbam, was a prominent 12th-century French rabbi and biblical commentator, renowned for his peshat-focused (plain-sense) interpretations of the Torah and Talmud and as a grandson of Rashi.
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A.
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak, known by the acronym Rashi, was an 11th-century French rabbi and one of Judaism’s most influential biblical and Talmudic commentators.
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B.
Shmuel of Nehardea
Shmuel of Nehardea was a leading early Babylonian Talmudic sage renowned for his expertise in civil law and astronomy and for heading the academy in Nehardea.
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C.
Rabbi Meir
Rabbi Meir was a prominent 2nd-century Talmudic sage and leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva, renowned for his sharp intellect and extensive legal teachings in the Mishnah.
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D.
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever was a leading 19th-century Orthodox rabbi and early Zionist pioneer who helped lay the ideological and organizational foundations of religious Zionism.
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E.
Rabbi Eliezer ben Shammua
Rabbi Eliezer ben Shammua was a prominent 2nd-century Tannaic sage of the Mishnah, known as one of the leading disciples who helped transmit and preserve the teachings of Rabbi Akiva after the Bar Kokhba revolt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
R. Shmuel ben Meir
this entity surface form:
Rabbi Jacob ben Meir