Shammua
E680786
Shammua is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, known primarily as one of the sons of David.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shammua canonical | 2 |
| Shammua ben David | 2 |
| שַׁמּוּעַ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7687743 — 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: Shammua Context triple: [Shobab, sibling, Shammua]
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A.
Shemariah
Shemariah is a biblical figure mentioned in genealogical records as a descendant within the line associated with Mahalath.
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B.
Shammah
Shammah is a lesser-known son of Jesse mentioned in the Bible, traditionally recognized as one of King David’s older brothers.
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C.
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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D.
Shamerim
Shamerim is the name the Samaritan community uses for themselves, reflecting their identity as the true preservers or guardians of the ancient Israelite tradition.
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E.
Meroz
Meroz is a place or clan mentioned in the biblical Book of Judges, remembered for being cursed for failing to aid Israel in battle.
- 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: Shammua Target entity description: Shammua is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, known primarily as one of the sons of David.
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A.
Shemariah
Shemariah is a biblical figure mentioned in genealogical records as a descendant within the line associated with Mahalath.
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B.
Shammah
Shammah is a lesser-known son of Jesse mentioned in the Bible, traditionally recognized as one of King David’s older brothers.
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C.
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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D.
Shamerim
Shamerim is the name the Samaritan community uses for themselves, reflecting their identity as the true preservers or guardians of the ancient Israelite tradition.
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E.
Meroz
Meroz is a place or clan mentioned in the biblical Book of Judges, remembered for being cursed for failing to aid Israel in battle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appearsInBook |
1 Chronicles
ⓘ
2 Samuel ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
1 Chronicles 14
ⓘ
2 Samuel 5 ⓘ |
| belongsToTribe | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| birthOrderWithinFamily | first son of David and Bathsheba ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | canonical biblical character ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
ancient Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Israel
|
| hasFather | David ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasNameForm | Shammua ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Shammua ben David
ⓘ
linked to:
Shammua
Shimea ⓘ |
| hasOriginalScriptForm |
שַׁמּוּעַ
ⓘ
linked to:
Shammua
|
| hasReligion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| hasRoleInText | member of Davidic royal family ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Nathan
ⓘ
Shobab ⓘ Solomon ⓘ |
| isSonOf |
Bathsheba
ⓘ
David ⓘ |
| listedAmong | sons of David born in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| livedIn | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| recordedInGenealogy | genealogies of the house of David ⓘ |
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: Shammua Description of subject: Shammua is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, known primarily as one of the sons of David.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shammua
linked to: Shammua
linked to: Shammua