Naphtali
E65104
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naphtali canonical | 54 |
| Land of Naphtali | 1 |
| Naphtali son of Jacob | 1 |
| land of Naphtali | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T519448 — 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: Naphtali Context triple: [Jacob, father, Naphtali]
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A.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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B.
Shlomo
Shlomo is the Hebrew name for King Solomon, the biblical monarch renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
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C.
Yoshua
Yoshua is a male given name most notably borne by Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering Canadian computer scientist and deep learning researcher.
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D.
Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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E.
Keturah
Keturah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible known as a later wife or concubine of Abraham, through whom several Arabian tribes are traditionally traced.
- 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: Naphtali Target entity description: Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
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A.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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B.
Shlomo
Shlomo is the Hebrew name for King Solomon, the biblical monarch renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
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C.
Yoshua
Yoshua is a male given name most notably borne by Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering Canadian computer scientist and deep learning researcher.
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D.
Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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E.
Keturah
Keturah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible known as a later wife or concubine of Abraham, through whom several Arabian tribes are traditionally traced.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
eponymous ancestor ⓘ patriarch ⓘ son of Jacob ⓘ |
| associatedTribe | Tribe of Naphtali ⓘ |
| associatedTribeTerritory |
Galilee region
ⓘ
linked to:
Galilee
|
| birthOrderAmongSonsOfJacob | sixth ⓘ |
| birthOrderAmongSonsOfJacobWithBilhah | second ⓘ |
| birthOrderAmongSonsOfJacobWithLeahAndBilhah | fifth ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paddan-aram ⓘ |
| category |
Tribal patriarchs of Israel
ⓘ
Twelve sons of Jacob ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| father |
Guni
ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ Jahzeel ⓘ Jezer ⓘ Shillem ⓘ |
| givenName | Naphtali ⓘ |
| grandfather | Isaac ⓘ |
| greatGrandfather | Abraham ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| mother | Bilhah ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | my wrestling ⓘ |
| parent |
Guni
ⓘ
Jahzeel ⓘ Jezer ⓘ Shillem ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Asher
ⓘ
Benjamin ⓘ Dan ⓘ Gad ⓘ Issachar ⓘ Joseph ⓘ Judah ⓘ
linked to:
Judah son of Jacob
Levi ⓘ Reuben ⓘ Simeon ⓘ Zebulun ⓘ |
| tribalAncestorOf | Tribe of Naphtali ⓘ |
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: Naphtali Description of subject: Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
Referenced by (57)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions)
subject linked to:
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions)
linked to: Naphtali
subject linked to:
Tribe of Naphtali
subject linked to:
patriarch Jacob
linked to: Naphtali
subject linked to:
interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt
linked to: Naphtali