Micah
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Micah is a minor biblical figure in the Book of Judges known for establishing a private shrine and hiring a Levite as his personal priest, illustrating the religious disorder of the period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Micah canonical | 5 |
| Micah the prophet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T899340 — 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: Micah Context triple: [Book of Judges, featuresCharacter, Micah]
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A.
Myles
Myles is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with figures such as Mayflower military leader Myles Standish.
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B.
Jared
Jared is the given name of Jared Diamond, an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
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C.
Caleb
Caleb is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning "devotion" or "whole-hearted," commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Gavin
Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Jason Hudson
Jason Hudson was the brother of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, tragically murdered in a widely publicized 2008 family shooting in Chicago.
- 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: Micah Target entity description: Micah is a minor biblical figure in the Book of Judges known for establishing a private shrine and hiring a Levite as his personal priest, illustrating the religious disorder of the period.
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A.
Myles
Myles is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with figures such as Mayflower military leader Myles Standish.
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B.
Jared
Jared is the given name of Jared Diamond, an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
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C.
Caleb
Caleb is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning "devotion" or "whole-hearted," commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Gavin
Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Jason Hudson
Jason Hudson was the brother of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, tragically murdered in a widely publicized 2008 family shooting in Chicago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
minor biblical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Judges
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| associatedWithTribe | Ephraim ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of Deuteronomistic history narrative ⓘ |
| connectedEvent |
migration of the Danites
ⓘ
theft of his idol and priest by men of Dan ⓘ |
| consequence | loss of his shrine to the tribe of Dan ⓘ |
| cultObjects |
carved image
ⓘ
ephod ⓘ metal image ⓘ teraphim ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Book of Micah
ⓘ
surface form:
Micah the prophet (Book of Micah)
|
| employs | a Levite as personal priest ⓘ |
| expectation | believes the LORD will do him good because he has a Levite as priest ⓘ |
| familyRelation | son of a woman who owned eleven hundred shekels of silver ⓘ |
| hires | a wandering Levite from Bethlehem in Judah ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | prelude to the story of the Danite sanctuary at Dan ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | "Who is like Yahweh?" or "Who is like the LORD?" ⓘ |
| narrativeSection |
Judges
ⓘ
surface form:
Judges 17
Judges 18 ⓘ |
| notableAct |
returned the stolen silver to his mother
ⓘ
stole eleven hundred shekels of silver from his mother ⓘ used silver to make an idol ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | hill country of Ephraim ⓘ |
| priestRelation | treats the Levite as a son ⓘ |
| religiousContext | period before the establishment of the monarchy in Israel ⓘ |
| religiousPractice |
established a household sanctuary
ⓘ
made an ephod ⓘ made teraphim (household idols) ⓘ |
| religiousRole | founder of a private shrine ⓘ |
| religiousTransgression |
use of images in worship
ⓘ
violation of exclusive worship of Yahweh ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Judges 17:1–13
ⓘ
Judges 18:1–31 ⓘ |
| textualMottoContext | "In those days there was no king in Israel" ⓘ |
| themeIllustrated |
everyone doing what was right in his own eyes
ⓘ
lack of centralized worship ⓘ religious disorder in the period of the judges ⓘ syncretistic worship in Israel ⓘ |
| worshipLocation | house of Micah ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Micah Description of subject: Micah is a minor biblical figure in the Book of Judges known for establishing a private shrine and hiring a Levite as his personal priest, illustrating the religious disorder of the period.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book of Judges
this entity surface form:
Micah the prophet