Book of Malachi
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The Book of Malachi is a short prophetic book in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that delivers God’s rebukes and promises of future restoration to post-exilic Israel.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book of Malachi canonical | 5 |
| Malachi 1:6–14 (rebuke of defective sacrifices) | 1 |
| Malachi 2:10–16 (teaching on faithlessness and divorce) | 1 |
| Malachi 2:1–9 (rebuke of priests) | 1 |
| Malachi 3:1 | 1 |
| ספר מלאכי | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T934645 — 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: Book of Malachi Context triple: [The Twelve Minor Prophets, containsWork, Book of Malachi]
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A.
Book of Zechariah
The Book of Zechariah is an Old Testament prophetic book that combines apocalyptic visions, calls to repentance, and messianic expectations addressed to the post-exilic community of Judah.
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B.
Book of Obadiah
The Book of Obadiah is a brief Old Testament prophetic book that delivers a judgment oracle against Edom and affirms God’s ultimate justice for Israel.
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C.
Book of Zephaniah
The Book of Zephaniah is an Old Testament prophetic book that warns of the coming "day of the Lord" while calling Judah to repentance and promising eventual restoration.
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D.
Book of Haggai
The Book of Haggai is a short Old Testament prophetic book in the Hebrew Bible that records the messages of the prophet Haggai urging the returned Jewish exiles to rebuild the Jerusalem Temple.
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E.
The Twelve Minor Prophets
The Twelve Minor Prophets are a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, traditionally grouped together as a single unit.
- 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: Book of Malachi Target entity description: The Book of Malachi is a short prophetic book in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that delivers God’s rebukes and promises of future restoration to post-exilic Israel.
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A.
Book of Zechariah
The Book of Zechariah is an Old Testament prophetic book that combines apocalyptic visions, calls to repentance, and messianic expectations addressed to the post-exilic community of Judah.
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B.
Book of Obadiah
The Book of Obadiah is a brief Old Testament prophetic book that delivers a judgment oracle against Edom and affirms God’s ultimate justice for Israel.
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C.
Book of Zephaniah
The Book of Zephaniah is an Old Testament prophetic book that warns of the coming "day of the Lord" while calling Judah to repentance and promising eventual restoration.
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D.
Book of Haggai
The Book of Haggai is a short Old Testament prophetic book in the Hebrew Bible that records the messages of the prophet Haggai urging the returned Jewish exiles to rebuild the Jerusalem Temple.
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E.
The Twelve Minor Prophets
The Twelve Minor Prophets are a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, traditionally grouped together as a single unit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Testament book
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book of the Bible ⓘ book of the Neviim ⓘ prophetic book ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| attributedAuthor | Malachi ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | canonical ⓘ |
| closingPosition | last book in most Christian Old Testament canons ⓘ |
| containsProphecyAbout |
coming of Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord
ⓘ
coming of the Lord to his temple ⓘ messenger who prepares the way of the Lord ⓘ |
| criticizesGroup | priests of Judah ⓘ |
| criticizesPractice |
divorce
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mixed marriages ⓘ offering blemished sacrifices ⓘ withholding tithes ⓘ |
| genre |
oracular discourse
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prophecy ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
after return from Babylonian exile
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post-exilic period ⓘ |
| keyVerse |
Book of Malachi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Malachi 3:1
Malachi 3:10 ⓘ Malachi ⓘ
surface form:
Malachi 4:5
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| language | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | my messenger ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ
surface form:
Twelve Minor Prophets
|
| positionInHebrewBible | last book of the Neviim ⓘ |
| positionInMinorProphets | twelfth ⓘ |
| positionInOldTestament | last book of the Prophets in Christian ordering ⓘ |
| primaryAudience |
Second Temple Judaism
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surface form:
post-exilic Israel
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| promises |
blessing for faithful tithing
ⓘ
coming of a refining messenger ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Jerusalem
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Judah ⓘ |
| structureFeature | series of disputations between God and Israel ⓘ |
| theme |
God’s love for Israel
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covenant faithfulness ⓘ day of the Lord ⓘ divine judgment ⓘ future restoration ⓘ improper worship ⓘ marital unfaithfulness ⓘ priestly corruption ⓘ purification of the priesthood ⓘ social injustice ⓘ tithes and offerings ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Malachi 1:6–14 (rebuke of defective sacrifices)
this entity surface form:
Malachi 2:1–9 (rebuke of priests)
this entity surface form:
Malachi 2:10–16 (teaching on faithlessness and divorce)
this entity surface form:
ספר מלאכי
this entity surface form:
Malachi 3:1