Peninnah
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Peninnah is a biblical figure, one of Elkanah’s wives, known for provoking and taunting Hannah over her childlessness in the First Book of Samuel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peninnah canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5024366 — 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: Peninnah Context triple: [Hannah, mockedBy, Peninnah]
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A.
Avigail
Avigail is a feminine given name, commonly used in Hebrew, that corresponds to the name Abigail.
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B.
Shelomith
Shelomith is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a member of King Rehoboam’s family lineage.
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C.
Mahalath
Mahalath is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of King Rehoboam’s wives.
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D.
Zeruiah
Zeruiah is a woman mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the sister of King David and the mother of several of his prominent military commanders, including Joab.
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E.
Elisheba
Elisheba is a Hebrew given name of biblical origin, traditionally understood to mean “God is my oath” or “God is satisfaction.”
- 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: Peninnah Target entity description: Peninnah is a biblical figure, one of Elkanah’s wives, known for provoking and taunting Hannah over her childlessness in the First Book of Samuel.
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A.
Avigail
Avigail is a feminine given name, commonly used in Hebrew, that corresponds to the name Abigail.
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B.
Shelomith
Shelomith is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a member of King Rehoboam’s family lineage.
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C.
Mahalath
Mahalath is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of King Rehoboam’s wives.
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D.
Zeruiah
Zeruiah is a woman mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the sister of King David and the mother of several of his prominent military commanders, including Joab.
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E.
Elisheba
Elisheba is a Hebrew given name of biblical origin, traditionally understood to mean “God is my oath” or “God is satisfaction.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition |
Christian exegesis
ⓘ
Jewish exegesis ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Ephraim
ⓘ
Shiloh ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | annual pilgrimages to Shiloh ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Samuel (indirectly, through Hannah and Elkanah)
ⓘ
linked to:
Elkanah
|
| canonicalStatus |
canonical character in Christian Old Testament
ⓘ
canonical character in Jewish Bible ⓘ |
| chapterMentioned | 1 Samuel 1 ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Hannah ⓘ |
| coWife | Hannah ⓘ |
| familyRelation | co-wife of Hannah ⓘ |
| genreContext | Deuteronomistic history ⓘ |
| hasChildrenWith | Elkanah ⓘ |
| hasRoleInText |
First Book of Samuel
ⓘ
linked to:
1 Samuel
|
| husband | Elkanah ⓘ |
| knownFor |
provoking Hannah
ⓘ
taunting Hannah about her childlessness ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| moralPortrayal | depicted negatively for provoking Hannah ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | foil to Hannah ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | several sons and daughters ⓘ |
| relationshipToHannah | rival wife ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Israelite worship at the sanctuary in Shiloh ⓘ |
| religiousLiteratureType | narrative ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalBook | 1 Samuel ⓘ |
| sourceLanguage |
Biblical Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| spouse | Elkanah ⓘ |
| textualSource | Masoretic Text ⓘ |
| timePeriod | biblical period of the judges ⓘ |
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: Peninnah Description of subject: Peninnah is a biblical figure, one of Elkanah’s wives, known for provoking and taunting Hannah over her childlessness in the First Book of Samuel.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.