Ezion-geber
E521046
Ezion-geber was an ancient Red Sea port city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, serving as a key maritime hub for trade and shipping in the region of Edom.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ezion-geber canonical | 1 |
| Ezion-geber (Ezion Geber) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5446451 — 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: Ezion-geber Context triple: [Edom, hasPort, Ezion-geber]
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A.
Riblah
Riblah was an ancient town in Syria that served as a strategic military and administrative headquarters, notably used by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar during the final conquest of Judah.
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B.
Shushan
Shushan is the ancient Persian royal city traditionally identified as the capital where the events of the biblical Book of Esther take place.
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C.
Valley of Rephaim
The Valley of Rephaim is an ancient valley southwest of Jerusalem mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally associated with battles and the territory of the Philistines.
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D.
Gush Dan
Gush Dan is the densely populated metropolitan area centered around Tel Aviv on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, encompassing numerous surrounding cities and suburbs.
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E.
Ayalon Valley
Ayalon Valley is a historically significant valley in central Israel, known as a strategic route and the site of numerous ancient battles.
- 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: Ezion-geber Target entity description: Ezion-geber was an ancient Red Sea port city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, serving as a key maritime hub for trade and shipping in the region of Edom.
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A.
Riblah
Riblah was an ancient town in Syria that served as a strategic military and administrative headquarters, notably used by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar during the final conquest of Judah.
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B.
Shushan
Shushan is the ancient Persian royal city traditionally identified as the capital where the events of the biblical Book of Esther take place.
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C.
Valley of Rephaim
The Valley of Rephaim is an ancient valley southwest of Jerusalem mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally associated with battles and the territory of the Philistines.
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D.
Gush Dan
Gush Dan is the densely populated metropolitan area centered around Tel Aviv on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, encompassing numerous surrounding cities and suburbs.
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E.
Ayalon Valley
Ayalon Valley is a historically significant valley in central Israel, known as a strategic route and the site of numerous ancient battles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient port city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ biblical location ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
King Jehoshaphat
ⓘ
linked to:
Jehoshaphat
King Solomon ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople |
Edomites
ⓘ
linked to:
Edomite
Israelites ⓘ |
| countryToday | Jordan ⓘ |
| economy |
long-distance trade
ⓘ
metals trade ⓘ |
| function |
maritime trade hub
ⓘ
shipping port ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ezion-gaber
ⓘ
Ezion-geber (Ezion Geber) ⓘ
linked to:
Ezion-geber
|
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arabah
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabah Valley
Edom ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Elath
ⓘ
Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Red Sea ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ First Book of Kings ⓘ
linked to:
1 Kings
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
Second Book of Chronicles ⓘ
linked to:
2 Chronicles
|
| nearModernCity |
Aqaba
ⓘ
Eilat ⓘ |
| portType | sea port ⓘ |
| possibleModernLocation | Tell el-Kheleifeh ⓘ |
| region |
Transjordan
ⓘ
southern Levant ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInBiblicalNarrative |
royal naval base of Solomon
ⓘ
staging point in Israelite journeys ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
access to Red Sea trade routes
ⓘ
gateway to Indian Ocean trade ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Iron Age ⓘ |
| transportMode | seafaring ships ⓘ |
| usedFor |
trade in exotic goods
ⓘ
trade in gold ⓘ trade with Ophir ⓘ |
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: Ezion-geber Description of subject: Ezion-geber was an ancient Red Sea port city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, serving as a key maritime hub for trade and shipping in the region of Edom.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ezion-geber