Manasseh
E152129
Manasseh is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Joseph’s son Manasseh and associated with territory on both sides of the Jordan River.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manasseh canonical | 13 |
| Manasseh son of Joseph | 3 |
| Eastern Manasseh | 1 |
| Western Manasseh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1309264 — 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: Manasseh Context triple: [Blessing of Moses, addressesTribe, Manasseh]
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A.
Manasseh, king of Judah
Manasseh, king of Judah, was a biblical monarch known for his long reign, notorious idolatry and later repentance as recounted in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Josiah
Josiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his religious reforms and efforts to restore the worship of Yahweh.
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C.
King of Judah
The King of Judah was the monarchic ruler of the ancient southern Hebrew kingdom of Judah, centered in Jerusalem, during the period of the divided monarchy and subsequent vassalage to foreign empires.
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D.
Jekonias
Jekonias is an alternate name for Jehoiachin, a king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
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E.
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim was a king of Judah in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE, known from the Hebrew Bible for his troubled reign under Egyptian and then Babylonian domination.
- 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: Manasseh Target entity description: Manasseh is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Joseph’s son Manasseh and associated with territory on both sides of the Jordan River.
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A.
Manasseh, king of Judah
Manasseh, king of Judah, was a biblical monarch known for his long reign, notorious idolatry and later repentance as recounted in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Josiah
Josiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his religious reforms and efforts to restore the worship of Yahweh.
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C.
King of Judah
The King of Judah was the monarchic ruler of the ancient southern Hebrew kingdom of Judah, centered in Jerusalem, during the period of the divided monarchy and subsequent vassalage to foreign empires.
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D.
Jekonias
Jekonias is an alternate name for Jehoiachin, a king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
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E.
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim was a king of Judah in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE, known from the Hebrew Bible for his troubled reign under Egyptian and then Babylonian domination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical tribe
ⓘ
Tribe of Israel ⓘ |
| ancestralReligion | Yahwism ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Gideon
ⓘ
Jair ⓘ Machir ⓘ |
| associatedWithKingdom |
Northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
|
| borders |
Tribe of Asher
ⓘ
tribe of Ephraim ⓘ
surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
Tribe of Gad ⓘ Tribe of Issachar ⓘ Tribe of Naphtali ⓘ |
| descentFrom |
Jacob
ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ Manasseh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Manasseh son of Joseph
Rachel ⓘ |
| eponymousAncestor |
Manasseh
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Manasseh son of Joseph
|
| groupedWith |
House of Jacob
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Joseph
|
| hasCapitalCityTradition |
Samaria
ⓘ
surface form:
Samaria (in later northern kingdom context)
|
| hasHalfTribe |
Manasseh
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Manasseh
Manasseh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western Manasseh
|
| languageTradition | Hebrew ⓘ |
| laterHistoricalStatus | one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
Book of Numbers ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| namedAfter |
Manasseh
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Manasseh son of Joseph
|
| pairedWith |
tribe of Ephraim
ⓘ
surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
|
| partOf |
Israelites
ⓘ
Twelve Tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| receivesBlessingFrom | Jacob ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ |
| sharesAncestryGroup | House of Joseph ⓘ |
| territoryLocatedIn |
central highlands of Canaan
ⓘ
region of Bashan ⓘ region of Gilead ⓘ |
| territoryLocatedOn |
east bank of the Jordan River
ⓘ
west bank of the Jordan River ⓘ |
| traditionalEthnogenesisPeriod | Iron Age Levant ⓘ |
| tribalCampPosition | west side of the Tabernacle ⓘ |
| tribalSymbolTradition | palm tree ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Manasseh Description of subject: Manasseh is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Joseph’s son Manasseh and associated with territory on both sides of the Jordan River.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joseph
this entity surface form:
Manasseh son of Joseph
this entity surface form:
Manasseh son of Joseph
this entity surface form:
Eastern Manasseh
this entity surface form:
Western Manasseh
this entity surface form:
Manasseh son of Joseph
subject surface form:
Joseph