לֵוִי
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לֵוִי is a Hebrew given name and biblical figure, traditionally recognized as the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the Levite tribe of Israel.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| לֵוִי canonical | 2 |
| לוי | 2 |
| Levi (son of Jacob) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3098966 — 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: לֵוִי Context triple: [Levi, nameInHebrew, לֵוִי]
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A.
Levite of Ephraim
The Levite of Ephraim is a biblical figure in the Book of Judges whose tragic journey with his concubine leads to a brutal crime and a subsequent civil war in Israel.
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B.
Lev
Lev is the Russian given name of the renowned writer Leo Tolstoy, under which he was known in his native language.
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C.
אֵלִיָּהוּ
אֵלִיָּהוּ is the Hebrew name of the biblical prophet Elijah, a major figure in the Hebrew Bible known for his miracles and defense of monotheism.
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D.
Berechiah
Berechiah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the priestly and prophetic lineage associated with the prophet Zechariah.
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E.
Shmuel
Shmuel is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Samuel, commonly used in Jewish religious and cultural contexts.
- 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: לֵוִי Target entity description: לֵוִי is a Hebrew given name and biblical figure, traditionally recognized as the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the Levite tribe of Israel.
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A.
Levite of Ephraim
The Levite of Ephraim is a biblical figure in the Book of Judges whose tragic journey with his concubine leads to a brutal crime and a subsequent civil war in Israel.
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B.
Lev
Lev is the Russian given name of the renowned writer Leo Tolstoy, under which he was known in his native language.
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C.
אֵלִיָּהוּ
אֵלִיָּהוּ is the Hebrew name of the biblical prophet Elijah, a major figure in the Hebrew Bible known for his miracles and defense of monotheism.
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D.
Berechiah
Berechiah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the priestly and prophetic lineage associated with the prophet Zechariah.
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E.
Shmuel
Shmuel is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Samuel, commonly used in Jewish religious and cultural contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew given name
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Genesis 29
ⓘ
Genesis 34 ⓘ Genesis 35 ⓘ Genesis 46 ⓘ Genesis 49 ⓘ |
| associatedWithRole | priestly service in Israel (through descendants) ⓘ |
| category | Patriarchs and matriarchs in the Bible ⓘ |
| child |
Gershon
ⓘ
Kohath ⓘ Merari ⓘ |
| descendant |
Aaron
ⓘ
Miriam ⓘ Moses ⓘ |
| eponymOf |
Tribe of Levi
ⓘ
surface form:
Levites
|
| ethnicGroup | Israelites ⓘ |
| father | Jacob ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenNameUsage |
Christian communities
ⓘ
Jewish communities ⓘ |
| halfSibling |
Asher
ⓘ
Benjamin ⓘ Dan ⓘ Gad ⓘ Joseph ⓘ Naphtali ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | possibly “joined” or “attached” in Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| mother | Leah ⓘ |
| nameInEnglish | Levi ⓘ |
| nameInHebrew | לֵוִי self-link ⓘ |
| positionAmongSiblings | third son of Jacob ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Dinah
ⓘ
Issachar ⓘ Judah ⓘ Reuben ⓘ Simeon ⓘ Zebulun ⓘ |
| spouse | unidentified wife (according to biblical text) ⓘ |
| timeframe | patriarchal period in biblical narrative ⓘ |
| tribalAncestorOf | Tribe of Levi ⓘ |
| tribe | Israel ⓘ |
| variantForm |
Levy
ⓘ
surface form:
Levie
Levy ⓘ |
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: לֵוִי Description of subject: לֵוִי is a Hebrew given name and biblical figure, traditionally recognized as the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the Levite tribe of Israel.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Levi (son of Jacob)