Meir ibn Gabbai
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Meir ibn Gabbai was a prominent 16th-century Spanish Kabbalist and rabbinic scholar known for his influential mystical works that systematized and defended Kabbalistic theology.
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| Meir ibn Gabbai canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19723290 — 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: Meir ibn Gabbai Context triple: [Spanish Kabbalah, associatedWithFigure, Meir ibn Gabbai]
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A.
Meir Yaari
Meir Yaari was an Israeli socialist-Zionist leader and long-time head of the left-wing Mapam party, influential in shaping the kibbutz movement and early Israeli politics.
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B.
Rabbi Joseph ibn Migash
Rabbi Joseph ibn Migash was a prominent 12th-century Spanish Talmudic scholar and halakhic authority, renowned as one of the leading successors to the great Andalusian rabbinic tradition.
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C.
Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah
Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah was an 11th-century Andalusian Jewish grammarian and lexicographer renowned for pioneering systematic Hebrew grammar and comparative Semitic linguistics.
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D.
Meir Zarchi
Meir Zarchi is an Israeli-American filmmaker best known for writing and directing the controversial 1978 exploitation horror film "I Spit on Your Grave."
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E.
Rabbi Nissim Gaon
Rabbi Nissim Gaon was an 11th-century North African Talmudic scholar and head of the Kairouan yeshiva, renowned for his halakhic rulings and commentaries that influenced later authorities such as Isaac Alfasi.
- 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: Meir ibn Gabbai Target entity description: Meir ibn Gabbai was a prominent 16th-century Spanish Kabbalist and rabbinic scholar known for his influential mystical works that systematized and defended Kabbalistic theology.
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A.
Meir Yaari
Meir Yaari was an Israeli socialist-Zionist leader and long-time head of the left-wing Mapam party, influential in shaping the kibbutz movement and early Israeli politics.
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B.
Rabbi Joseph ibn Migash
Rabbi Joseph ibn Migash was a prominent 12th-century Spanish Talmudic scholar and halakhic authority, renowned as one of the leading successors to the great Andalusian rabbinic tradition.
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C.
Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah
Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah was an 11th-century Andalusian Jewish grammarian and lexicographer renowned for pioneering systematic Hebrew grammar and comparative Semitic linguistics.
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D.
Meir Zarchi
Meir Zarchi is an Israeli-American filmmaker best known for writing and directing the controversial 1978 exploitation horror film "I Spit on Your Grave."
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E.
Rabbi Nissim Gaon
Rabbi Nissim Gaon was an 11th-century North African Talmudic scholar and head of the Kairouan yeshiva, renowned for his halakhic rulings and commentaries that influenced later authorities such as Isaac Alfasi.
- F. None of above. chosen
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