Makkot
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Makkot is a Talmudic tractate in the order of Nezikin that primarily deals with judicial punishments such as lashes, false witnesses, and cities of refuge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Makkot canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10736488 — 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: Makkot Context triple: [Seder Nezikin, includesTractate, Makkot]
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A.
Zeruah
Zeruah is a woman mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the mother of Jeroboam I, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
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B.
Plugot Mahatz
Plugot Mahatz was the elite strike-force units of the Palmach, the Haganah’s commando arm in pre-state Israel.
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C.
Tzomet
Tzomet was a right-wing nationalist political party in Israel founded and led by former general Rafael Eitan, known for its hardline security stance and secular outlook.
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D.
Sforno
Sforno is the acronym for Rabbi Ovadia ben Jacob Sforno, a prominent 16th-century Italian rabbi, biblical commentator, and philosopher known for his concise and rational commentary on the Torah and other biblical books.
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E.
Meskel
Meskel is a major Ethiopian Christian festival, especially celebrated by the Amhara people, commemorating the finding of the True Cross with large bonfires, processions, and communal feasting.
- 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: Makkot Target entity description: Makkot is a Talmudic tractate in the order of Nezikin that primarily deals with judicial punishments such as lashes, false witnesses, and cities of refuge.
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A.
Zeruah
Zeruah is a woman mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the mother of Jeroboam I, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
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B.
Plugot Mahatz
Plugot Mahatz was the elite strike-force units of the Palmach, the Haganah’s commando arm in pre-state Israel.
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C.
Tzomet
Tzomet was a right-wing nationalist political party in Israel founded and led by former general Rafael Eitan, known for its hardline security stance and secular outlook.
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D.
Sforno
Sforno is the acronym for Rabbi Ovadia ben Jacob Sforno, a prominent 16th-century Italian rabbi, biblical commentator, and philosopher known for his concise and rational commentary on the Torah and other biblical books.
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E.
Meskel
Meskel is a major Ethiopian Christian festival, especially celebrated by the Amhara people, commemorating the finding of the True Cross with large bonfires, processions, and communal feasting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Talmudic tractate
ⓘ
tractate of the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ |
| basedOnBiblicalSource |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Sanhedrin (Talmudic tractate)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tractate Sanhedrin
|
| commentedOnBy |
Maimonides (Rambam)
ⓘ
linked to:
Maimonides
Rabbi Obadiah of Bertinoro ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Ovadia of Bertinoro
Rashi ⓘ Tosafot ⓘ
linked to:
Baalei Tosafot
later Acharonim ⓘ |
| dealsWith |
laws of arei miklat
ⓘ
laws of edim zomemim ⓘ laws of flogging ⓘ laws of perjury ⓘ |
| discusses |
conditions for declaring witnesses false
ⓘ
distinction between intentional and unintentional killing ⓘ geographical and legal status of cities of refuge ⓘ maximum number of lashes (39) ⓘ medical fitness of the defendant for lashes ⓘ punishment of false witnesses with the penalty they sought to impose ⓘ qualification of judges for flogging cases ⓘ role of the High Priest in release from cities of refuge ⓘ |
| halakhicCategory |
civil and criminal law
ⓘ
penal law ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Babylonian Talmud Makkot
ⓘ
Jerusalem Talmud Makkot ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud Yerushalmi
Mishnah Makkot ⓘ |
| hebrewName | מכות ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Halakha ⓘ |
| numberOfMishnahChapters | 3 ⓘ |
| orderNumberInNezikin | fifth or sixth (depending on tradition) ⓘ |
| partOf | Order of Nezikin ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| studiedIn | yeshiva curriculum ⓘ |
| subject |
cities of refuge
ⓘ
corporal punishment in Jewish law ⓘ court procedure ⓘ exile to a city of refuge ⓘ false witnesses ⓘ judicial punishments ⓘ lashes ⓘ testimony in Jewish law ⓘ unintentional manslaughter ⓘ |
| tradition | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Makkot Description of subject: Makkot is a Talmudic tractate in the order of Nezikin that primarily deals with judicial punishments such as lashes, false witnesses, and cities of refuge.
Referenced by (2)
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