Nahum the Elkoshite
E523602
Nahum the Elkoshite is a Hebrew prophet known from the Old Testament for his oracle proclaiming the downfall of the Assyrian city of Nineveh.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nahum | 3 |
| Nahum the Elkoshite canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5467063 — 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: Nahum the Elkoshite Context triple: [Book of Nahum, attributedTo, Nahum the Elkoshite]
-
A.
Nahum King
Nahum King was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the community of Kings Valley, Oregon, was named.
-
B.
Jeremiah of Libnah
Jeremiah of Libnah was an Israelite man known primarily as the father of Hamutal, who became queen and mother of kings in the Kingdom of Judah.
-
C.
Mordo Nahum
Mordo Nahum is a fictional character appearing in the work "The Truce," known for his role within its narrative.
-
D.
Prophet Nathan
Prophet Nathan was a biblical prophet during the reign of King David, known for confronting the king over his sin with Bathsheba and for playing a key role in the succession of Solomon.
-
E.
Ezekiel
Ezekiel is a major Hebrew prophet known for his vivid apocalyptic visions and central role in the biblical Book of Ezekiel.
- 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: Nahum the Elkoshite Target entity description: Nahum the Elkoshite is a Hebrew prophet known from the Old Testament for his oracle proclaiming the downfall of the Assyrian city of Nineveh.
-
A.
Nahum King
Nahum King was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the community of Kings Valley, Oregon, was named.
-
B.
Jeremiah of Libnah
Jeremiah of Libnah was an Israelite man known primarily as the father of Hamutal, who became queen and mother of kings in the Kingdom of Judah.
-
C.
Mordo Nahum
Mordo Nahum is a fictional character appearing in the work "The Truce," known for his role within its narrative.
-
D.
Prophet Nathan
Prophet Nathan was a biblical prophet during the reign of King David, known for confronting the king over his sin with Bathsheba and for playing a key role in the succession of Solomon.
-
E.
Ezekiel
Ezekiel is a major Hebrew prophet known for his vivid apocalyptic visions and central role in the biblical Book of Ezekiel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew prophet
ⓘ
prophet of Yahweh ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Nineveh ⓘ |
| associatedEmpire |
Assyrian Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Assyria
|
| associatedPlace | Elkosh ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Yahweh
ⓘ
linked to:
Adonai
|
| bookAttributed | Book of Nahum ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | Minor Prophet ⓘ |
| category |
Minor Prophets of the Old Testament
ⓘ
linked to:
The Twelve Minor Prophets
|
| epithet | the Elkoshite ⓘ |
| genreOfBook | prophetic oracle ⓘ |
| knownFor |
oracle against Nineveh
ⓘ
proclaiming the downfall of Nineveh ⓘ prophecy of judgment on Assyria ⓘ |
| languageContext | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetic prophecy ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Nahum
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| name |
Nahum
ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Nahum
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| role | prophet ⓘ |
| scripturalCanon |
Catholic Old Testament
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholic biblical canon
Jewish Tanakh ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Orthodox Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Septuagint
Protestant Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| subjectOf | Book of Nahum ⓘ |
| textualSource |
Masoretic Text
ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ |
| themeOfProphecy |
comfort for Judah
ⓘ
destruction of Nineveh ⓘ divine judgment ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Neo-Assyrian period (approximate)
ⓘ
linked to:
Assyrian period
|
| veneratedIn |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
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: Nahum the Elkoshite Description of subject: Nahum the Elkoshite is a Hebrew prophet known from the Old Testament for his oracle proclaiming the downfall of the Assyrian city of Nineveh.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nahum the Elkoshite
linked to: Nahum the Elkoshite