Tribe of Naphtali
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Levitical city
ancient Israelite tribe
biblical judge
biblical patriarch
biblical tribe
city of refuge
The Tribe of Naphtali was one of the ancient Israelite tribes traditionally descended from Naphtali, a son of Jacob, and associated with a territory in the northern region of the Land of Israel.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tribe of Naphtali canonical | 17 |
| tribe of Naphtali | 6 |
| blessing of Naphtali | 1 |
| family of Naphtali | 1 |
| sons of Naphtali | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1269760 — 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: Tribe of Naphtali Context triple: [Twelve Tribes of Israel, hasMember, Tribe of Naphtali]
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A.
Tribe of Benjamin
The Tribe of Benjamin was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, historically located between Judah and the northern tribes and known for producing Israel’s first king, Saul.
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B.
Tribe of Reuben
The Tribe of Reuben was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s eldest son Reuben and settled east of the Jordan River.
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C.
Tribe of Simeon
The Tribe of Simeon was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Simeon son of Jacob, and allotted territory in the southern part of ancient Israel.
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D.
Tribe of Dan
The Tribe of Dan was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s son Dan and associated with territory in the coastal region of ancient Canaan.
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E.
Tribe of Levi
The Tribe of Levi is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally designated for religious duties and priestly service in the Hebrew Bible.
- 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: Tribe of Naphtali Target entity description: The Tribe of Naphtali was one of the ancient Israelite tribes traditionally descended from Naphtali, a son of Jacob, and associated with a territory in the northern region of the Land of Israel.
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A.
Tribe of Benjamin
The Tribe of Benjamin was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, historically located between Judah and the northern tribes and known for producing Israel’s first king, Saul.
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B.
Tribe of Reuben
The Tribe of Reuben was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s eldest son Reuben and settled east of the Jordan River.
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C.
Tribe of Simeon
The Tribe of Simeon was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Simeon son of Jacob, and allotted territory in the southern part of ancient Israel.
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D.
Tribe of Dan
The Tribe of Dan was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s son Dan and associated with territory in the coastal region of ancient Canaan.
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E.
Tribe of Levi
The Tribe of Levi is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally designated for religious duties and priestly service in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Levitical city
ⓘ
ancient Israelite tribe ⓘ biblical judge ⓘ biblical patriarch ⓘ biblical tribe ⓘ city of refuge ⓘ |
| allotmentRecordedIn | Joshua 19 ⓘ |
| allottedBy | Joshua ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Judge Barak ⓘ |
| associatedWithNewTestamentReference | Matthew 4:13–15 ⓘ |
| associatedWithProphecy | Isaiah 9:1–2 ⓘ |
| blessingRecordedIn |
Deuteronomy 33:23
ⓘ
Genesis 49:21 ⓘ |
| borders |
Tribe of Asher
ⓘ
Tribe of Issachar ⓘ Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ
surface form:
Tribe of Manasseh (west of Jordan)
Tribe of Zebulun ⓘ |
| deportation | Assyrian exile ⓘ |
| deportationBy |
Assyria
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Assyrian Empire
|
| deportationEventMentionedIn | 2 Kings 15:29 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Israelites ⓘ |
| father | Jacob ⓘ |
| hasPart | Tribe of Naphtali self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| laterDesignation | part of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Kings
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of 1 Kings
Book of 2 Kings ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Isaiah ⓘ Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
Book of Numbers ⓘ |
| militaryEventMentionedIn |
Battle against Sisera
ⓘ
surface form:
Judges 4
Judges 5 ⓘ |
| militaryRole | participated in Deborah and Barak’s victory over Sisera ⓘ |
| mother | Bilhah ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Naphtali ⓘ |
| notableCityInTerritory |
Kedesh
ⓘ
surface form:
Kedesh in Naphtali
|
| partOf | Twelve Tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| regionInRomanPeriod | Galilee ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| sacredText |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| son | Naphtali ⓘ |
| symbolInBlessings | hind let loose ⓘ |
| territory |
northern Land of Israel
ⓘ
region of Galilee ⓘ |
| traditionalAncestor | Naphtali ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Tribe of Naphtali Description of subject: The Tribe of Naphtali was one of the ancient Israelite tribes traditionally descended from Naphtali, a son of Jacob, and associated with a territory in the northern region of the Land of Israel.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
tribe of Naphtali
subject surface form:
Land of Zebulun
subject surface form:
Twelve Tribes of Israel
subject surface form:
Jacob
this entity surface form:
sons of Naphtali
this entity surface form:
tribe of Naphtali
this entity surface form:
tribe of Naphtali
this entity surface form:
blessing of Naphtali
this entity surface form:
tribe of Naphtali