Kohath
E328026
Kohath is a key ancestral figure in the Hebrew Bible, known as one of Levi’s sons and the forefather of the Kohathite priestly clan from which Moses and Aaron descended.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kohath canonical | 8 |
| Kohathites | 2 |
| קְהָת | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3098989 — 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: Kohath Context triple: [Levi, descendant, Kohath]
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A.
Issachar
Issachar is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar.
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B.
Libnah
Libnah was a woman of the royal family of Judah, known primarily as the wife of King Josiah and the mother of King Zedekiah.
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C.
Mappah
Mappah is a halachic work by Rabbi Moshe Isserles that supplements and adapts the Shulchan Aruch to Ashkenazi Jewish legal customs.
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D.
Korah
Korah is a biblical figure known for leading a rebellion against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
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E.
Peleg
Peleg is a retired whaling captain and part-owner of the ship Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
- 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: Kohath Target entity description: Kohath is a key ancestral figure in the Hebrew Bible, known as one of Levi’s sons and the forefather of the Kohathite priestly clan from which Moses and Aaron descended.
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A.
Issachar
Issachar is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar.
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B.
Libnah
Libnah was a woman of the royal family of Judah, known primarily as the wife of King Josiah and the mother of King Zedekiah.
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C.
Mappah
Mappah is a halachic work by Rabbi Moshe Isserles that supplements and adapts the Shulchan Aruch to Ashkenazi Jewish legal customs.
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D.
Korah
Korah is a biblical figure known for leading a rebellion against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
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E.
Peleg
Peleg is a retired whaling captain and part-owner of the ship Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Levite
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ patriarch ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 133 years ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Aaron
ⓘ
Kohathites ⓘ
linked to:
Kohath
Miriam ⓘ Moses ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Levitical priesthood
ⓘ
linked to:
Aaronic priesthood
tabernacle service ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Canaan ⓘ |
| category |
Book of Exodus people
ⓘ
Book of Genesis people ⓘ Tribe of Levi ⓘ |
| clan |
Kohathite clan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribe of Levi
|
| deathPlace | Egypt ⓘ |
| descendant |
Elkanah
ⓘ
Korah ⓘ Samuel ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| father | Levi ⓘ |
| functionOfDescendants | carrying sacred objects of the tabernacle ⓘ |
| grandfather |
Israel
ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ |
| greatGrandfather | Isaac ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Exodus
ⓘ
linked to:
Exodus
Book of Genesis ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Torah ⓘ |
| nameInHebrewScript |
קְהָת
ⓘ
linked to:
Kohath
|
| nameVariant | Qehat ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ |
| roleInTradition | ancestor of Levitical clan ⓘ |
| scripturalGenealogy |
Levi–Kohath–Amram–Aaron
ⓘ
linked to:
Amram
Levi–Kohath–Amram–Moses ⓘ
linked to:
Amram
|
| scripturalReference |
Exodus 6:16–20
ⓘ
Genesis 46:11 ⓘ Numbers 3:17 ⓘ Numbers 4:1–20 ⓘ |
| son |
Amram
ⓘ
Hebron ⓘ Izhar ⓘ Uzziel ⓘ |
| spouse | unnamed wife ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Levi ⓘ |
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: Kohath Description of subject: Kohath is a key ancestral figure in the Hebrew Bible, known as one of Levi’s sons and the forefather of the Kohathite priestly clan from which Moses and Aaron descended.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.