Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev)
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Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev) is a masculine given name, famously borne by the biblical figure Caleb, one of the twelve spies sent by Moses in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2870897 — 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: Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev) Context triple: [Caleb, etymologyRoot, Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev)]
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A.
Nethanel
Nethanel is a biblical figure mentioned as one of the sons in Jesse’s family line, associated with the ancestry of King David.
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B.
Ze'ev
Ze'ev is a Hebrew given name meaning "wolf," commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide.
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C.
Yariv
Yariv is a Hebrew surname most notably associated with Amnon Yariv, a prominent physicist and pioneer in optoelectronics and photonics.
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D.
Reuel
Reuel is a biblical figure identified as another name for Jethro, the Midianite priest and father-in-law of Moses.
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E.
Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
- 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: Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev) Target entity description: Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev) is a masculine given name, famously borne by the biblical figure Caleb, one of the twelve spies sent by Moses in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
Nethanel
Nethanel is a biblical figure mentioned as one of the sons in Jesse’s family line, associated with the ancestry of King David.
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B.
Ze'ev
Ze'ev is a Hebrew given name meaning "wolf," commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide.
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C.
Yariv
Yariv is a Hebrew surname most notably associated with Amnon Yariv, a prominent physicist and pioneer in optoelectronics and photonics.
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D.
Reuel
Reuel is a biblical figure identified as another name for Jethro, the Midianite priest and father-in-law of Moses.
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E.
Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew masculine given name
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ given name ⓘ theophoric name ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Abrahamic religions ⓘ |
| category |
Hebrew masculine given names
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Jewish given names ⓘ |
| etymologyPossibility | related to Hebrew word for "dog" (כֶּלֶב) ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Caleb
ⓘ
Kalev (Latvian/Estonian form) ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| notableBearer |
Caleb
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surface form:
Caleb son of Jephunneh
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| originPeriod | Biblical period ⓘ |
| role | one of the twelve spies sent by Moses ⓘ |
| script | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| transliteration |
Caleb
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Kalev ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christianity
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Israel ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Hebrew
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surface form:
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Hebrew
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| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
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: Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev) Description of subject: Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev) is a masculine given name, famously borne by the biblical figure Caleb, one of the twelve spies sent by Moses in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.