Levi son of Jacob
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Levi son of Jacob is a biblical patriarch regarded as the ancestor of the Levites, the Israelite tribe traditionally associated with religious and priestly duties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Levi son of Jacob canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4405660 — 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: Levi son of Jacob Context triple: [Judah son of Jacob, sibling, Levi son of Jacob]
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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.
Judah son of Jacob
Judah son of Jacob is a prominent biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and the ancestral figure from whom the Tribe of Judah and the royal Davidic line are traditionally believed to descend.
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C.
Yosef
Yosef is a Hebrew given name of biblical origin, best known from the patriarch Joseph and widely used in Jewish communities.
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D.
Binyamin
Binyamin is a figure in Islamic and biblical tradition known as the younger brother of the prophet Yusuf (Joseph).
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E.
Naphtali
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
- 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: Levi son of Jacob Target entity description: Levi son of Jacob is a biblical patriarch regarded as the ancestor of the Levites, the Israelite tribe traditionally associated with religious and priestly duties.
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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.
Judah son of Jacob
Judah son of Jacob is a prominent biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and the ancestral figure from whom the Tribe of Judah and the royal Davidic line are traditionally believed to descend.
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C.
Yosef
Yosef is a Hebrew given name of biblical origin, best known from the patriarch Joseph and widely used in Jewish communities.
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D.
Binyamin
Binyamin is a figure in Islamic and biblical tradition known as the younger brother of the prophet Yusuf (Joseph).
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E.
Naphtali
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical patriarch
ⓘ
human ⓘ tribal ancestor ⓘ |
| associatedWithRole |
priestly duties
ⓘ
religious service ⓘ |
| child |
Gershon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kohath NERFINISHED ⓘ Merari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coParticipantInEvent | Simeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| curseOrProphecy | Jacob’s prophecy of dispersion in Israel ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandchild |
Amram
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hebron NERFINISHED ⓘ Izhar NERFINISHED ⓘ Libni NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahli NERFINISHED ⓘ Mushi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimei NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzziel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| mother | Leah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | joined ⓘ |
| notableDescendant |
Aaron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aaronic priests NERFINISHED ⓘ Levitical priests ⓘ Miriam NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | violence at Shechem ⓘ |
| positionInBirthOrder | third son of Jacob ⓘ |
| religion |
Judaism
ⓘ
ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| sibling |
Asher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gad NERFINISHED ⓘ Issachar NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ Naphtali NERFINISHED ⓘ Reuben NERFINISHED ⓘ Simeon NERFINISHED ⓘ Zebulun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | unidentified wife ⓘ |
| traditionalBurialPlace | Tomb of the Patriarchs (Hebron, by tradition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tribalAncestorOf |
Levites
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tribe of Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Levi son of Jacob Description of subject: Levi son of Jacob is a biblical patriarch regarded as the ancestor of the Levites, the Israelite tribe traditionally associated with religious and priestly duties.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.