מְפִיבֹשֶׁת
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מְפִיבֹשֶׁת is a biblical figure, the disabled son of Jonathan and grandson of King Saul, known for receiving kindness and protection from King David.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| מְפִיבֹשֶׁת canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4904697 — 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: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת Context triple: [Mephibosheth, hebrewName, מְפִיבֹשֶׁת]
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A.
Malchi-shua
Malchi-shua was one of King Saul’s sons, a Hebrew prince mentioned in the Bible who died alongside his father in battle against the Philistines.
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B.
Malchuyot
Malchuyot is the section of the Rosh Hashanah liturgy that focuses on proclaiming God’s kingship and sovereignty over the world.
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C.
Shfela
Shfela is a lowland region in central Israel characterized by rolling hills and fertile valleys between the coastal plain and the Judean Mountains.
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D.
Moresheth
Moresheth is an ancient town in the Judean lowlands, traditionally identified as the hometown of the biblical prophet Micah.
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E.
Nehushta
Nehushta is a biblical figure known as the mother of King Jehoiachin of Judah, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
- 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: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת Target entity description: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת is a biblical figure, the disabled son of Jonathan and grandson of King Saul, known for receiving kindness and protection from King David.
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A.
Malchi-shua
Malchi-shua was one of King Saul’s sons, a Hebrew prince mentioned in the Bible who died alongside his father in battle against the Philistines.
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B.
Malchuyot
Malchuyot is the section of the Rosh Hashanah liturgy that focuses on proclaiming God’s kingship and sovereignty over the world.
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C.
Shfela
Shfela is a lowland region in central Israel characterized by rolling hills and fertile valleys between the coastal plain and the Judean Mountains.
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D.
Moresheth
Moresheth is an ancient town in the Judean lowlands, traditionally identified as the hometown of the biblical prophet Micah.
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E.
Nehushta
Nehushta is a biblical figure known as the mother of King Jehoiachin of Judah, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| accidentOccurredDuring | flight after news of Saul and Jonathan’s deaths ⓘ |
| ageAtAccident | five years old ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Merib-baal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
care for the disabled
ⓘ
covenant loyalty ⓘ royal mercy ⓘ |
| ateRegularlyAtTableOf | King David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalBookChapter |
1 Chronicles 8
ⓘ
1 Chronicles 9 ⓘ 2 Samuel 16 ⓘ 2 Samuel 19 ⓘ 2 Samuel 4 ⓘ 2 Samuel 9 ⓘ |
| causeOfDisability | fall in childhood ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Hebrew Bible
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Israelite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Jonathan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherDiedAt | battle of Gilboa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | מְפִיבֹשֶׁת NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfatherDiedAt | battle of Gilboa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDisability | lameness ⓘ |
| lamenessAffects | both feet ⓘ |
| landRestoredBy | King David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landsPreviouslyBelongedTo | Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageContext | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| livedDuringReignOf | King David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Chronicles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2 Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInEnglishTransliteration | Mephibosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInHebrew | מְפִיבֹשֶׁת ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Meribbaal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameVariantAttestedIn |
1 Chronicles 8:34
ⓘ
1 Chronicles 9:40 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being disabled yet honored at the royal table
ⓘ
being the son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul ⓘ |
| nurse | unnamed nurse ⓘ |
| offspring | Mica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedBy | King David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivedKindnessFrom | King David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceGrantedBy | King David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedBy | Ziba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ZibaRole | servant of Saul’s house ⓘ |
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: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת Description of subject: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת is a biblical figure, the disabled son of Jonathan and grandson of King Saul, known for receiving kindness and protection from King David.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.