Eleazar ben Ya'ir
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Eleazar ben Ya'ir was a 1st-century Jewish Zealot leader best known for commanding the Sicarii rebels at Masada during the First Jewish–Roman War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eleazar ben Ya'ir canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T337395 — 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: Eleazar ben Ya'ir Context triple: [Jewish–Roman wars, opposedByLeader, Eleazar ben Ya'ir]
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A.
Shlomo
Shlomo is the Hebrew name for King Solomon, the biblical monarch renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
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B.
Simon bar Giora
Simon bar Giora was a prominent Jewish rebel leader during the First Jewish–Roman War, known for commanding revolutionary forces in Jerusalem before its destruction by the Romans in 70 CE.
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C.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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D.
Baruch
Baruch is a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Baruch ben Neriah, the scribe and companion of the prophet Jeremiah.
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E.
Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo was a preeminent 16th-century Sephardic rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.
- 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: Eleazar ben Ya'ir Target entity description: Eleazar ben Ya'ir was a 1st-century Jewish Zealot leader best known for commanding the Sicarii rebels at Masada during the First Jewish–Roman War.
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A.
Shlomo
Shlomo is the Hebrew name for King Solomon, the biblical monarch renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
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B.
Simon bar Giora
Simon bar Giora was a prominent Jewish rebel leader during the First Jewish–Roman War, known for commanding revolutionary forces in Jerusalem before its destruction by the Romans in 70 CE.
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C.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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D.
Baruch
Baruch is a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Baruch ben Neriah, the scribe and companion of the prophet Jeremiah.
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E.
Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo was a preeminent 16th-century Sephardic rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1st-century Jew
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Jewish rebel leader ⓘ Sicarii leader ⓘ Zealot ⓘ |
| approximateDeathDate | c. 73–74 CE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Masada
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surface form:
Fortress of Masada
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| associatedWithEvent | Siege of Masada ⓘ |
| basedIn | Masada ⓘ |
| commanded | Jewish rebels at Masada fortress ⓘ |
| conflict |
Jewish–Roman wars
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surface form:
First Jewish–Roman War
|
| country | Judea ⓘ |
| culture | Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| deathCause | mass suicide of Masada defenders (according to Josephus) ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Masada ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | ancient historical figure ⓘ |
| historicity | known primarily from a single literary source ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
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surface form:
Josephus' writings
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| language |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| led | Sicarii rebels at Masada ⓘ |
| legacy |
figure in modern Israeli national memory
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symbol of Jewish resistance ⓘ |
| movement |
Zealots
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surface form:
Jewish Zealots
Zealots ⓘ
surface form:
Sicarii
|
| notableFor |
commanding the Sicarii at Masada
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leadership during the First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ |
| occupation | military leader ⓘ |
| opponent |
Lucius Flavius Silva
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Roman Empire ⓘ |
| region | Judean Desert ⓘ |
| relative | Jair ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| role | commander of the Masada defenders ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
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surface form:
The Jewish War
|
| timePeriod | 1st century CE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Eleazar ben Ya'ir Description of subject: Eleazar ben Ya'ir was a 1st-century Jewish Zealot leader best known for commanding the Sicarii rebels at Masada during the First Jewish–Roman War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.