Elijah de Vidas
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Elijah de Vidas was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi of the Safed Kabbalistic circle, best known for his influential ethical-kabbalistic work "Reshit Chochmah."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elijah de Vidas canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5727106 — 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: Elijah de Vidas Context triple: [Safed Kabbalah, associatedWith, Elijah de Vidas]
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A.
Elijah Shaw
Elijah Shaw was an influential 19th-century Baptist minister and benefactor whose leadership and support were instrumental in the founding and early development of Shaw University, one of the oldest historically Black universities in the United States.
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B.
Elijah Hicks
Elijah Hicks is an American football safety who has played in the National Football League.
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C.
Elijah Hewson
Elijah Hewson is an Irish singer and guitarist best known as the frontman of the rock band Inhaler and the son of U2’s lead vocalist Bono.
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D.
Elijah Wright
Elijah Wright is known as the son of British actress and singer Carmen Ejogo.
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E.
Ezekiel Jones
Ezekiel Jones is a charming, tech-savvy master thief and one of the main Librarians in the fantasy adventure TV series "The Librarians."
- 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: Elijah de Vidas Target entity description: Elijah de Vidas was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi of the Safed Kabbalistic circle, best known for his influential ethical-kabbalistic work "Reshit Chochmah."
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A.
Elijah Shaw
Elijah Shaw was an influential 19th-century Baptist minister and benefactor whose leadership and support were instrumental in the founding and early development of Shaw University, one of the oldest historically Black universities in the United States.
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B.
Elijah Hicks
Elijah Hicks is an American football safety who has played in the National Football League.
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C.
Elijah Hewson
Elijah Hewson is an Irish singer and guitarist best known as the frontman of the rock band Inhaler and the son of U2’s lead vocalist Bono.
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D.
Elijah Wright
Elijah Wright is known as the son of British actress and singer Carmen Ejogo.
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E.
Ezekiel Jones
Ezekiel Jones is a charming, tech-savvy master thief and one of the main Librarians in the fantasy adventure TV series "The Librarians."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kabbalist
ⓘ
author ⓘ book ⓘ ethical-kabbalistic work ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ottoman Palestine
ⓘ
Safed mystics ⓘ |
| author | Elijah de Vidas ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| era | post-medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish ethics
ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ mysticism ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish ethics
ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ ethical literature ⓘ kabbalistic literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Jewish devotional practice
ⓘ
ethical study in yeshivot ⓘ |
| hasWork | Reshit Chochmah ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jewish ethical writers
ⓘ
Musar movement ⓘ later Musar literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Isaac Luria
ⓘ
Moses Cordovero ⓘ
linked to:
Moshe Cordovero
Zohar ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ethical conduct
ⓘ
fear of God ⓘ love of God ⓘ spiritual refinement ⓘ |
| memberOf | Safed Kabbalistic circle ⓘ |
| movement |
Lurianic Kabbalah
ⓘ
linked to:
Lurianic school of Safed
|
| notableFor | integrating ethics with Kabbalah ⓘ |
| notableWork | Reshit Chochmah ⓘ |
| occupation |
rabbi
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Safed ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| tradition |
Sephardi Judaism
ⓘ
linked to:
Sephardi Jews
|
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
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Input
Subject: Elijah de Vidas Description of subject: Elijah de Vidas was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi of the Safed Kabbalistic circle, best known for his influential ethical-kabbalistic work "Reshit Chochmah."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.