פּוֹטִיפַר
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פּוֹטִיפַר is the Hebrew name for Potiphar, the Egyptian official in the biblical Book of Genesis who employed Joseph and whose wife falsely accused him.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| פּוֹטִיפַר canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9111342 — 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: פּוֹטִיפַר Context triple: [Potiphar, nameForm, פּוֹטִיפַר]
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A.
Politzer
Politzer is a surname most notably associated with H. David Politzer, the American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate recognized for his work on quantum chromodynamics.
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B.
Emmerson
Emmerson is a masculine given name most prominently associated with Zimbabwean politician Emmerson Mnangagwa, the country's president.
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C.
Big Daddy Pollitt
Big Daddy Pollitt is the domineering, wealthy Southern patriarch whose failing health and strained family relationships drive much of the conflict in Tennessee Williams' play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
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D.
Jack Potter
Jack Potter is the central character of Stephen Crane's short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," a small-town marshal whose secret marriage disrupts the expectations of his rough Western community.
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E.
Harry Boot
Harry Boot was a British physicist best known for co-inventing the cavity magnetron, a key technology in the development of radar during World War II.
- 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: פּוֹטִיפַר Target entity description: פּוֹטִיפַר is the Hebrew name for Potiphar, the Egyptian official in the biblical Book of Genesis who employed Joseph and whose wife falsely accused him.
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A.
Politzer
Politzer is a surname most notably associated with H. David Politzer, the American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate recognized for his work on quantum chromodynamics.
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B.
Emmerson
Emmerson is a masculine given name most prominently associated with Zimbabwean politician Emmerson Mnangagwa, the country's president.
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C.
Big Daddy Pollitt
Big Daddy Pollitt is the domineering, wealthy Southern patriarch whose failing health and strained family relationships drive much of the conflict in Tennessee Williams' play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
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D.
Jack Potter
Jack Potter is the central character of Stephen Crane's short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," a small-town marshal whose secret marriage disrupts the expectations of his rough Western community.
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E.
Harry Boot
Harry Boot was a British physicist best known for co-inventing the cavity magnetron, a key technology in the development of radar during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptian official
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biblical figure ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appearsInText |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| appearsInWork | Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Egypt ⓘ |
| employerOf | Joseph ⓘ |
| employs | Joseph as household servant ⓘ |
| entrustsHouseholdTo | Joseph ⓘ |
| era | patriarchal period (biblical chronology) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus |
canonical character in the Christian Old Testament
ⓘ
canonical character in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasNameForm |
Potiphar
ⓘ
פּוֹטִיפַר ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | military officer ⓘ |
| hasRole |
captain of the guard
ⓘ
court official of Pharaoh ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | wife of Potiphar ⓘ |
| hasTitleInHebrewText | שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים (captain of the guard) ⓘ |
| imprisons | Joseph ⓘ |
| mentionedInChapter |
Genesis 37
ⓘ
Genesis 39 ⓘ |
| narrativeEvent |
Joseph prospers in his house
ⓘ
wife falsely accuses Joseph of attempted rape ⓘ |
| nationality | Egyptian ⓘ |
| owns | household in Egypt ⓘ |
| partOfTradition | Joseph narrative ⓘ |
| purchases | Joseph ⓘ |
| purchasesFrom | Ishmaelites ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition (as a figure related to Joseph/Yusuf) ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| servesRuler | Pharaoh ⓘ |
| sourceTextLanguage | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: פּוֹטִיפַר Description of subject: פּוֹטִיפַר is the Hebrew name for Potiphar, the Egyptian official in the biblical Book of Genesis who employed Joseph and whose wife falsely accused him.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.