Eretz HaKodesh

E131616

Hebrew term religious geographic concept

Eretz HaKodesh is a Hebrew term referring to the Holy Land, traditionally identified with the biblical Land of Israel, revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Land of Israel	106
land of Israel	5
biblical Land of Israel	2
Eretz HaKodesh canonical	1
Eretz Yisrael Hashlema	1
Eretz Zion	1
Land of Israel (biblical)	1
Land of Israel (historic)	1
Land of Israel has central religious significance	1
the Land of Israel	1
the land of Israel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T992790 — 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: Eretz HaKodesh
Context triple: [Holy Land, alsoKnownAs, Eretz HaKodesh]

A. Keren Hayesod
Keren Hayesod is a central fundraising organization for Israel and the Jewish people worldwide, supporting immigration, settlement, and social development projects in partnership with major Zionist institutions.
B. סִיוָן
סִיוָן הוא השם העברי לחודש השלישי בלוח השנה העברי, שבו חל לרוב חג השבועות.
C. Judea
Judea was an ancient region in the Levant, centered around Jerusalem, that served as a major cultural and religious heartland for the Jewish people and the early development of Christianity.
D. land of Moriah
The land of Moriah is the biblical region traditionally associated with Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac and later identified with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
E. Samaria
Samaria is a historical region in the central highlands of ancient Israel and the West Bank, known as the capital area of the northern Kingdom of Israel and a significant biblical and archaeological site.
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: Eretz HaKodesh
Target entity description: Eretz HaKodesh is a Hebrew term referring to the Holy Land, traditionally identified with the biblical Land of Israel, revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

A. Keren Hayesod
Keren Hayesod is a central fundraising organization for Israel and the Jewish people worldwide, supporting immigration, settlement, and social development projects in partnership with major Zionist institutions.
B. סִיוָן
סִיוָן הוא השם העברי לחודש השלישי בלוח השנה העברי, שבו חל לרוב חג השבועות.
C. Judea
Judea was an ancient region in the Levant, centered around Jerusalem, that served as a major cultural and religious heartland for the Jewish people and the early development of Christianity.
D. land of Moriah
The land of Moriah is the biblical region traditionally associated with Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac and later identified with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
E. Samaria
Samaria is a historical region in the central highlands of ancient Israel and the West Bank, known as the capital area of the northern Kingdom of Israel and a significant biblical and archaeological site.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew term ⓘ religious geographic concept ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
category	Holy places in Christianity ⓘ Holy places in Islam ⓘ Holy places in Judaism ⓘ
componentMeaning	Eretz means land ⓘ Ha is the definite article the ⓘ Kodesh means holy ⓘ
hasComponent	Eretz ⓘ Ha ⓘ Kodesh ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	pilgrimage destination ⓘ
hasHolinessType	geographical holiness ⓘ
hasLanguage	Hebrew ⓘ
hasPilgrimageSites	Bethlehem ⓘ Hebron ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Nazareth ⓘ
hasReligiousStatus	sacred land ⓘ
hasScript	Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
hasTheologicalSignificance	central to Jewish covenantal theology ⓘ important in Christian salvation history ⓘ significant in Islamic sacred geography ⓘ
linkedToConcept	Eretz HaKodesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: biblical Land of Israel promised land ⓘ
linkedToFigure	Abrahamic religions ⓘ surface form: Abrahamic traditions
meaning	Holy Land ⓘ
mentionedInContext	Jewish diaspora liturgy ⓘ Zionist discourse ⓘ
overlapsModernTerritory	Palestinian territories ⓘ Israel ⓘ surface form: State of Israel
refersTo	Holy Land ⓘ Eretz HaKodesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Land of Israel
relatedTerm	Israel ⓘ surface form: Eretz Yisrael
religiousFunction	object of longing in Jewish prayer ⓘ
sacredTo	Christianity ⓘ surface form: Christians Jews ⓘ Muslims ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Hebrew-speaking Jews ⓘ
usedInScriptureTradition	Jewish liturgy ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ

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