Machir
E466899
Machir is a biblical tribal group or clan associated with the descendants of Manasseh, noted in the Hebrew Bible for its role in Israelite warfare and settlement east of the Jordan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Machir canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4760924 — 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: Machir Context triple: [Song of Deborah, mentionsTribe, Machir]
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A.
Coracholan
Coracholan is an indigenous language of western Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Cora people in the Nayarit region.
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B.
Guilaki
Guilaki is an alternative name for the Gilaki language spoken by the Gilak people of northern Iran, primarily in the Gilan province along the Caspian Sea.
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C.
Mawteni
Mawteni is an alternative Romanized spelling of "Mawtini," the famous Arabic patriotic poem and anthem widely associated with Palestinian and Iraqi national identity.
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D.
Sibhaca
Sibhaca is a vigorous traditional Swazi dance characterized by high kicking, rhythmic stomping, and powerful group performances often accompanied by chanting and drumming.
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E.
Curunír
Curunír is the original Quenya name of Saruman, a powerful but ultimately corrupted wizard in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
- 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: Machir Target entity description: Machir is a biblical tribal group or clan associated with the descendants of Manasseh, noted in the Hebrew Bible for its role in Israelite warfare and settlement east of the Jordan.
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A.
Coracholan
Coracholan is an indigenous language of western Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Cora people in the Nayarit region.
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B.
Guilaki
Guilaki is an alternative name for the Gilaki language spoken by the Gilak people of northern Iran, primarily in the Gilan province along the Caspian Sea.
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C.
Mawteni
Mawteni is an alternative Romanized spelling of "Mawtini," the famous Arabic patriotic poem and anthem widely associated with Palestinian and Iraqi national identity.
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D.
Sibhaca
Sibhaca is a vigorous traditional Swazi dance characterized by high kicking, rhythmic stomping, and powerful group performances often accompanied by chanting and drumming.
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E.
Curunír
Curunír is the original Quenya name of Saruman, a powerful but ultimately corrupted wizard in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical tribal group
ⓘ
clan ⓘ group of Manassites ⓘ |
| ancestor | Machir son of Manasseh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
land of Bashan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
land of Gilead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | half-tribe of Manasseh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eponymousFrom | Machir son of Manasseh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genealogicalContext | descendants of Joseph ⓘ |
| knownFor |
military strength
ⓘ
warrior reputation ⓘ |
| languageContext | Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Joshua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | tribe of Manasseh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivedTerritoryFrom |
Joshua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTextContext | Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| roleIn |
Israelite settlement east of the Jordan
ⓘ
Israelite warfare ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Israelite tribe ⓘ |
| tribalTerritoryIncludes |
Bashan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gilead 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: Machir Description of subject: Machir is a biblical tribal group or clan associated with the descendants of Manasseh, noted in the Hebrew Bible for its role in Israelite warfare and settlement east of the Jordan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Manasseh