wilderness of Edom
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The wilderness of Edom is a barren desert region associated with the ancient kingdom of Edom, located south of the Dead Sea and often mentioned in biblical narratives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| wilderness of Edom canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21641326 — 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: wilderness of Edom Context triple: [War with Moab, hasLocation, wilderness of Edom]
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A.
wilderness of Judea
The wilderness of Judea is a rugged, sparsely populated desert region east of Jerusalem and along the Dead Sea, historically associated with prophets, ascetics, and early Christian events.
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B.
wilderness of Paran
The wilderness of Paran is a desert region in the Sinai or northwestern Arabian area mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a place of wandering and settlement.
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C.
Wilderness of Beersheba
The Wilderness of Beersheba is a desert region in the southern part of ancient Israel, associated in the Bible with Hagar and Ishmael’s wandering and divine encounter.
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D.
desolation of Esau’s mountains
The desolation of Esau’s mountains refers to the prophetic depiction in Malachi of Edom’s lands as permanently ruined and under divine judgment, symbolizing God’s rejection of Esau’s descendants.
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E.
wilderness of Shur
The wilderness of Shur is a desert region to the northeast of Egypt mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as an early staging area for the Israelites’ post-Exodus wanderings.
- 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: wilderness of Edom Target entity description: The wilderness of Edom is a barren desert region associated with the ancient kingdom of Edom, located south of the Dead Sea and often mentioned in biblical narratives.
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A.
wilderness of Judea
The wilderness of Judea is a rugged, sparsely populated desert region east of Jerusalem and along the Dead Sea, historically associated with prophets, ascetics, and early Christian events.
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B.
wilderness of Paran
The wilderness of Paran is a desert region in the Sinai or northwestern Arabian area mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a place of wandering and settlement.
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C.
Wilderness of Beersheba
The Wilderness of Beersheba is a desert region in the southern part of ancient Israel, associated in the Bible with Hagar and Ishmael’s wandering and divine encounter.
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D.
desolation of Esau’s mountains
The desolation of Esau’s mountains refers to the prophetic depiction in Malachi of Edom’s lands as permanently ruined and under divine judgment, symbolizing God’s rejection of Esau’s descendants.
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E.
wilderness of Shur
The wilderness of Shur is a desert region to the northeast of Egypt mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as an early staging area for the Israelites’ post-Exodus wanderings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.