Jebusites
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The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jebusites canonical | 12 |
| Banu Qurayza | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T617616 — 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.
Target entity: Jebusites Context triple: [Canaan, associatedPeople, Jebusites]
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Edomite
Edomite was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Edomites in the region south of the Kingdom of Judah.
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B.
Ishmaelites
The Ishmaelites are a group in biblical and later traditions regarded as the descendants of Ishmael, often associated with nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert.
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C.
Moabite
Moabite is an ancient Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the Moabite people east of the Dead Sea, known primarily from a small corpus of inscriptions such as the Mesha Stele.
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D.
Essenes
The Essenes were an ascetic Jewish sect of the Second Temple period, often linked to the Dead Sea Scrolls and known for their communal lifestyle, strict purity laws, and apocalyptic beliefs.
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E.
Zealots
The Zealots were a radical Jewish political and religious movement in the late Second Temple period that advocated armed resistance against Roman rule in Judea.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jebusites Target entity description: The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
Edomite
Edomite was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Edomites in the region south of the Kingdom of Judah.
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B.
Ishmaelites
The Ishmaelites are a group in biblical and later traditions regarded as the descendants of Ishmael, often associated with nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert.
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C.
Moabite
Moabite is an ancient Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the Moabite people east of the Dead Sea, known primarily from a small corpus of inscriptions such as the Mesha Stele.
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D.
Essenes
The Essenes were an ascetic Jewish sect of the Second Temple period, often linked to the Dead Sea Scrolls and known for their communal lifestyle, strict purity laws, and apocalyptic beliefs.
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E.
Zealots
The Zealots were a radical Jewish political and religious movement in the late Second Temple period that advocated armed resistance against Roman rule in Judea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canaanite people
ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | not clearly identifiable in material record ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Araunah the Jebusite
ⓘ
Araunah the Jebusite ⓘ
surface form:
Ornan the Jebusite
|
| associatedWithCity | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| biblicalCityName | Jebus ⓘ |
| biblicalReference |
1 Chronicles 11
ⓘ
2 Samuel 5 ⓘ |
| capitalCity |
Jebus
ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient peoples of the Near East
ⓘ
Canaanite tribes ⓘ Peoples of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Israelites
ⓘ
King David ⓘ |
| cultSite |
Temple Mount
ⓘ
surface form:
Jerusalem high place
|
| describedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| ethnicity |
Canaanites
ⓘ
surface form:
Canaanite
|
| etymologyProposed | possibly derived from root meaning ‘to tread’ or ‘to trample’ ⓘ |
| event | conquest of Jerusalem by David ⓘ |
| fate | gradual assimilation into Israelite population ⓘ |
| fortification | stronghold of Zion ⓘ |
| geographicalArea | southern Levant ⓘ |
| knownFor | pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Northwest Semitic
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Semitic languages
|
| laterTradition | sometimes linked with pre-Israelite Jerusalem priesthood ⓘ |
| mentionedInBook |
Divrei Hayamim
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Chronicles
Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Kings
Books of Samuel ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Samuel
Book of Zechariah ⓘ |
| neighboringPeoples |
Amorites
ⓘ
Canaanites ⓘ Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Hittites
Hivites ⓘ Israelites ⓘ Perizzites ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | city-state centered on Jebus ⓘ |
| possibleOrigin | local Canaanite population of hill country ⓘ |
| region | Canaan ⓘ |
| religion | Canaanite religion ⓘ |
| roleInBible | inhabitants of Jerusalem before Davidic monarchy ⓘ |
| statusAfterConquest | incorporated into Israelite kingdom ⓘ |
| territoryType | hill-country city-state ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age I
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Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
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Subject: Jebusites Description of subject: The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (13)
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