Tubal

E319254

Tubal is a biblical people or region often identified with ancient Anatolian tribes and mentioned alongside Gog and Magog in prophetic texts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tubal canonical 3
Tubal (Latinized form) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical people
biblical region
appearsInContextOf eschatological prophecies
prophetic texts
associatedPeriod Iron Age
surface form: Iron Age Near East
associatedWith Asia Minor
Gog of the land of Magog
surface form: Gog

Gog of the land of Magog
surface form: Magog

Meshech
citedIn 1 Chronicles 1
Ezekiel 27
Ezekiel 32
Ezekiel 38
Ezekiel 39
Genesis 10
describedAs descendants of Japheth
engagedIn trade in slaves and bronze (per Ezekiel 27:13)
genealogicalRelation grandson of Noah
son of Japheth
grouping Japheth
surface form: Japhethite nations
hasInterpretation historical Anatolian polity
symbolic end-times nation
hasVariantSpelling Thubal
Tubal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tubal (Latinized form)
identifiedWith Tabal
Tibarenoi
ancient Anatolian tribes
languageOfName Hebrew
listedAmong Table of Nations
locatedIn Anatolia
mentionedIn Book of Ezekiel
Book of Genesis
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
nameForm תֻבָל
possibleCapital Tabal kingdom centers in central Anatolia
regionType northern nation relative to Israel
relatedConcept Gog of the land of Magog
surface form: Gog and Magog

Meshech
surface form: Meshech and Tubal
religiousTextCategory biblical nation
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
roleInText nation in the far north
trading partner
warrior nation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meshech appearsWith Tubal
Tubal hasVariantSpelling Tubal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tubal (Latinized form)
Japheth parentOf Tubal