Berechiah
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Berechiah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the priestly and prophetic lineage associated with the prophet Zechariah.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Berechiah canonical | 2 |
| Barachiah | 1 |
| בֶּרֶכְיָה | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2220891 — 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: Berechiah Context triple: [Zechariah, father, Berechiah]
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A.
Eleazar
Eleazar is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally associated with religious and historical figures.
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B.
Eleazar ben Ya'ir
Eleazar ben Ya'ir was a 1st-century Jewish Zealot leader best known for commanding the Sicarii rebels at Masada during the First Jewish–Roman War.
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C.
Shephatiah
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Shmuel
Shmuel is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Samuel, commonly used in Jewish religious and cultural contexts.
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E.
Eleazar the priest
Eleazar the priest is a biblical high priest of Israel, son of Aaron, who helped lead and oversee the distribution of the Promised Land after Joshua’s conquests.
- 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: Berechiah Target entity description: Berechiah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the priestly and prophetic lineage associated with the prophet Zechariah.
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A.
Eleazar
Eleazar is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally associated with religious and historical figures.
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B.
Eleazar ben Ya'ir
Eleazar ben Ya'ir was a 1st-century Jewish Zealot leader best known for commanding the Sicarii rebels at Masada during the First Jewish–Roman War.
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C.
Shephatiah
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Shmuel
Shmuel is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Samuel, commonly used in Jewish religious and cultural contexts.
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E.
Eleazar the priest
Eleazar the priest is a biblical high priest of Israel, son of Aaron, who helped lead and oversee the distribution of the Promised Land after Joshua’s conquests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appearsInContext |
genealogical lists
ⓘ
prophetic lineage descriptions ⓘ |
| associatedWith | prophet Zechariah ⓘ |
| associatedWithTextualTradition |
Masoretic Text
ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ Vulgate ⓘ |
| culturalSphere |
Ancient Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Israel
|
| describedAs | father of the prophet Zechariah in biblical tradition ⓘ |
| etymology | Hebrew name meaning "Yahweh blesses" or "blessed of the LORD" ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | minor biblical character ⓘ |
| hasLineageRole | link in priestly-prophetic genealogy ⓘ |
| hasNameType | theophoric name ⓘ |
| hasOccupationInTradition | member of priestly-prophetic family ⓘ |
| hasRoleInTradition | figure in priestly and prophetic lineage ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalSignificance | example of Yahwistic personal name in prophetic lineage ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| nameInEnglish | Berechiah self-link ⓘ |
| nameInHebrew |
Berechiah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
בֶּרֶכְיָה
|
| nameVariant |
Berechiah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Barachiah
Barachias ⓘ Berechias ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
prophet Zechariah
ⓘ
surface form:
Zechariah son of Berechiah
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | biblical era ⓘ |
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: Berechiah Description of subject: Berechiah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the priestly and prophetic lineage associated with the prophet Zechariah.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Zechariah
this entity surface form:
בֶּרֶכְיָה
this entity surface form:
Barachiah