Jaredites
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The Jaredites are an ancient civilization described in the Book of Mormon as migrating to and inhabiting the Americas long before the Nephites and Lamanites, ultimately destroying themselves through internal conflict.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jaredites canonical | 2 |
| Jaredites (indirectly, via narrative connections) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1968829 — 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.
Target entity: Jaredites Context triple: [Book of Mormon, containsAccountOf, Jaredites]
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A.
Nephites
The Nephites are a prominent ancient people in the Book of Mormon narrative, depicted as a civilization descended from the prophet Lehi’s family in the Americas and central to the book’s religious and historical themes.
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B.
Lamanites
The Lamanites are a people described in the Book of Mormon as descendants of Laman who frequently oppose the Nephites and play a central role in the narrative’s religious and cultural conflicts.
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C.
Moabites
The Moabites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Dead Sea, frequently depicted in the Hebrew Bible as neighbors and adversaries of Israel.
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D.
Moabite
Moabite is an ancient Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the Moabite people east of the Dead Sea, known primarily from a small corpus of inscriptions such as the Mesha Stele.
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E.
Lehi
Lehi was a radical Zionist paramilitary organization in Mandatory Palestine known for its militant struggle against British rule and controversial tactics during the 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jaredites Target entity description: The Jaredites are an ancient civilization described in the Book of Mormon as migrating to and inhabiting the Americas long before the Nephites and Lamanites, ultimately destroying themselves through internal conflict.
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A.
Nephites
The Nephites are a prominent ancient people in the Book of Mormon narrative, depicted as a civilization descended from the prophet Lehi’s family in the Americas and central to the book’s religious and historical themes.
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B.
Lamanites
The Lamanites are a people described in the Book of Mormon as descendants of Laman who frequently oppose the Nephites and play a central role in the narrative’s religious and cultural conflicts.
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C.
Moabites
The Moabites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Dead Sea, frequently depicted in the Hebrew Bible as neighbors and adversaries of Israel.
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D.
Moabite
Moabite is an ancient Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the Moabite people east of the Dead Sea, known primarily from a small corpus of inscriptions such as the Mesha Stele.
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E.
Lehi
Lehi was a radical Zionist paramilitary organization in Mandatory Palestine known for its militant struggle against British rule and controversial tactics during the 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civilization
ⓘ
people in the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| associatedDoctrine | God’s guidance in migration to a promised land ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
The Tower of Babel
ⓘ
surface form:
Tower of Babel
|
| associatedWith | LDS scripture ⓘ |
| conflictWith | secret combinations (as described in Book of Mormon) ⓘ |
| covenantTheme | blessings in the promised land conditioned on righteousness ⓘ |
| culturalMemory | known to Nephites through the 24 plates ⓘ |
| culturalRole | example of a fallen nation in Latter-day Saint teachings ⓘ |
| describedIn | Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
civil war
ⓘ
internal conflict ⓘ |
| finalBattleLocationTradition |
Hill Cumorah
ⓘ
surface form:
hill Ramah (identified with Cumorah in some Latter-day Saint traditions)
|
| finalSurvivorTradition | Coriantumr ⓘ |
| geographicStatus | location in the Americas not specified in the text ⓘ |
| governedBy | kings ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Coriantumr
ⓘ
Ether ⓘ Jared ⓘ the brother of Jared ⓘ |
| language | language not confounded at the Tower of Babel (according to Book of Mormon) ⓘ |
| ledBy |
Jared
ⓘ
the brother of Jared ⓘ |
| mainSource |
Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Ether
|
| mentionedBy |
Moroni
ⓘ
surface form:
Moroni (Book of Mormon editor)
|
| migratedTo | Americas ⓘ |
| migrationMode | barges across the ocean (according to Book of Mormon) ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
warning against pride and wickedness
ⓘ
warning against secret combinations ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jared (Book of Mormon figure) ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Old World ⓘ |
| populationTrajectory | grew to a large nation then declined ⓘ |
| preceded |
Lamanites
ⓘ
Nephites ⓘ |
| prophetAmong |
Ether
ⓘ
the brother of Jared ⓘ |
| recordKeptOn | 24 gold plates ⓘ |
| recordTranslatedBy |
Mosiah
ⓘ
surface form:
Mosiah II (according to Book of Mormon)
|
| religiousStatus | considered historical by many Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Latter-day Saint movement churches
ⓘ
surface form:
Latter-day Saint movement
|
| roleInNarrative | provide a prior-cycle example before Nephite history ⓘ |
| scholarlyConsensus | not accepted as historical by mainstream secular scholarship ⓘ |
| scripturalBook |
Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Ether
|
| scripturalGenre | narrative history (religious text) ⓘ |
| scripturalLanguage | translated into English by Joseph Smith (according to Latter-day Saint belief) ⓘ |
| timeframeAccordingToBelievers | ancient pre-Nephite era in the Americas ⓘ |
| ultimateFate | complete destruction as a nation ⓘ |
| viewWithinLDSApologetics | sometimes linked to ancient American civilizations ⓘ |
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Subject: Jaredites Description of subject: The Jaredites are an ancient civilization described in the Book of Mormon as migrating to and inhabiting the Americas long before the Nephites and Lamanites, ultimately destroying themselves through internal conflict.
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