Tribe of Judah
E15267
The Tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally associated with leadership, the Davidic monarchy, and the lineage from which Jewish and Christian messianic expectations arise.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tribe of Judah canonical | 53 |
| tribe of Judah | 5 |
| Judah | 3 |
| Genealogy of David | 2 |
| House of David | 2 |
| House of Saul | 1 |
| Israelite from Judah | 1 |
| Israelite tribes | 1 |
| Judahite | 1 |
| Judah’s family | 1 |
| People of Judah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T133539 — 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: Tribe of Judah Context triple: [Judea, namedAfter, Tribe of Judah]
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A.
scribes of Judah
The scribes of Judah were literate officials and scholars from the kingdom of Judah who preserved, edited, and transmitted religious and legal traditions, especially during and after the Babylonian exile.
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B.
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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C.
Gurians
Gurians are a regional Georgian ethnic group from the historical province of Guria in western Georgia, known for their distinct dialect, folklore, and cultural traditions.
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D.
Canaan
Canaan is the ancient Near Eastern land traditionally associated with the biblical Promised Land, encompassing parts of modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and surrounding areas.
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E.
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.
- 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: Tribe of Judah Target entity description: The Tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally associated with leadership, the Davidic monarchy, and the lineage from which Jewish and Christian messianic expectations arise.
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A.
scribes of Judah
The scribes of Judah were literate officials and scholars from the kingdom of Judah who preserved, edited, and transmitted religious and legal traditions, especially during and after the Babylonian exile.
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B.
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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C.
Gurians
Gurians are a regional Georgian ethnic group from the historical province of Guria in western Georgia, known for their distinct dialect, folklore, and cultural traditions.
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D.
Canaan
Canaan is the ancient Near Eastern land traditionally associated with the biblical Promised Land, encompassing parts of modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and surrounding areas.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Near Eastern ethnic group
ⓘ
biblical tribe ⓘ tribe of Israel ⓘ |
| ancestorDescribedAs | fourth son of Jacob ⓘ |
| ancestorMother | Leah ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
King Davidic dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Davidic monarchy
King Davidic dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
House of David
kingship over Israel ⓘ leadership in Israel ⓘ messianic lineage ⓘ royal scepter prophecy in Genesis 49:10 ⓘ Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
surface form:
southern Kingdom of Judah
southern kingdom after division of united monarchy ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Tribe of Benjamin
ⓘ
Tribe of Dan ⓘ Tribe of Reuben ⓘ Tribe of Simeon ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Christian messianic expectations
ⓘ
Jewish messianic expectations ⓘ |
| epithet | Lion of Judah ⓘ |
| eponymousAncestor |
Judah son of Jacob
ⓘ
surface form:
Judah
|
| hebrewName |
Judah son of Jacob
ⓘ
surface form:
Yehudah
|
| languageContext | Hebrew Bible Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Exodus
ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
Book of Numbers ⓘ Books of Kings ⓘ 1 Samuel ⓘ
surface form:
Books of Samuel
|
| messianicFigureAssociated |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus of Nazareth
Messiah ⓘ
surface form:
Messiah ben David
|
| namedAfter | Judah son of Jacob ⓘ |
| partOf | Twelve Tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| postExilicIdentity | source of term Jew ⓘ |
| producedDynasty |
King Davidic dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Davidic line
|
| producedKing |
David
ⓘ
Rehoboam ⓘ King Solomon ⓘ
surface form:
Solomon
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInConquestNarrative | leading tribe in Book of Joshua ⓘ |
| roleInJudges | first tribe sent to fight in Judges 1 ⓘ |
| sacredText |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| symbol | lion ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
Hebron ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ southern hill country of ancient Israel ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tribe of Judah Description of subject: The Tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally associated with leadership, the Davidic monarchy, and the lineage from which Jewish and Christian messianic expectations arise.
Referenced by (71)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Judah
this entity surface form:
House of David
this entity surface form:
House of David
this entity surface form:
Israelite tribes
this entity surface form:
Judah
subject surface form:
Book of Judges
this entity surface form:
tribe of Judah
this entity surface form:
House of Saul
this entity surface form:
Judahite
this entity surface form:
People of Judah
subject surface form:
Shfela
subject surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Genealogy of David
this entity surface form:
tribe of Judah
this entity surface form:
Israelite from Judah
this entity surface form:
tribe of Judah
subject surface form:
Tribe of Benjamin
subject surface form:
Tribe of Benjamin