Hannah

E112936

Hannah is a biblical figure in the Book of 1 Samuel known for her fervent prayer for a child and as the mother of the prophet Samuel.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hannah canonical 22

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
person in the Hebrew Bible
appearsInChapter 1 Samuel
surface form: 1 Samuel 1

1 Samuel 2
associatedWith Shiloh
brings Samuel to Eli at Shiloh
coWifeOf Peninnah
dedicates Samuel to the LORD
describedAs barren before the birth of Samuel
ethnicIdentity Israelites
surface form: Israelite
hasChild Samuel
unnamed daughter
unnamed son
influences Samuel’s dedication to prophetic service
knownFor fervent prayer for a child
song of praise in 1 Samuel 2
vow to dedicate her son to the LORD
languageOfName Hebrew
literaryType character in Deuteronomistic history
makes a little robe for Samuel each year
makesVowIn 1 Samuel 1
mentionedIn 1 Samuel
surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
mockedBy Peninnah
nameMeaning grace
praysAt sanctuary at Shiloh
praysBefore Eli
surface form: Eli the priest
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam (as a traditional figure often identified with the mother of Mary)
Judaism
roleInNarrative example of faithful prayer
mother of the prophet Samuel
singsIn 1 Samuel 2
songParallels themes later echoed in the Magnificat
spouse Elkanah
themeIllustrated God’s care for the lowly and barren
reversal of fortunes
visits Samuel annually
vowsTo give her son to the LORD all the days of his life
have no razor come upon her son’s head
weeps because of her barrenness
worships YHWH
surface form: the LORD (YHWH)

How these facts were elicited

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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: Hannah
Description of subject: Hannah is a biblical figure in the Book of 1 Samuel known for her fervent prayer for a child and as the mother of the prophet Samuel.

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1 Samuel centralFigure Hannah
Hannah Arendt givenName Hannah
Hannah Chaplin givenName Hannah
Hannah More givenName Hannah
Hannah Hull givenName Hannah
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible mother Hannah
subject surface form: Samuel
Channah isVariantOf Hannah
Hannah givenName Hannah
Anna hasRelatedName Hannah
Hannah Apthorp givenName Hannah
Hannah Fry givenName Hannah
Hannah Callowhill givenName Hannah
subject surface form: Hannah Callowhill Penn
Hannah Ball givenName Hannah
Anne isVariantOf Hannah
Anne isCognateWith Hannah