Zebulun

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biblical figure eponymous ancestor son of Jacob

Zebulun is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Zebulun.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Zevulun 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure ⓘ
eponymous ancestor ⓘ
son of Jacob ⓘ
associatedTribeActivity seafaring ⓘ
trade ⓘ
associatedWithBlessing Deuteronomy 33:18 ⓘ
Genesis 49:13 ⓘ
associatedWithTribeTerritory Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Galilee region
birthOrderAmongSonsOfJacob tenth ⓘ
birthOrderAmongSonsOfLeah sixth ⓘ
canonicalStatus figure in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
culturalContext Ancient Israel ⓘ
etymologyTraditionalMeaning dwelling ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Zabulon ⓘ
Zebulon ⓘ
Zebulun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zevulun

זְבֻלוּן ⓘ
halfSibling Asher ⓘ
Benjamin ⓘ
Dan ⓘ
Gad ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ
Naphtali ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn Divrei Hayamim ⓘ
surface form: Book of 1 Chronicles

Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Judges ⓘ
surface form: Book of Judges

Book of Numbers ⓘ
parent Jacob ⓘ
Leah ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInTradition patriarch of an Israelite tribe ⓘ
sibling Dinah ⓘ
Issachar ⓘ
Judah son of Jacob ⓘ
surface form: Judah

Levi ⓘ
Reuben ⓘ
Simeon ⓘ
tribalAncestorOf Tribe of Zebulun ⓘ
veneratedIn Christianity ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rachel → auntOf → Zebulun ⓘ
Gad → brother → Zebulun ⓘ
Jacob → father → Zebulun ⓘ
Zebulun → givenName → Zebulun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zevulun
Gad → halfBrother → Zebulun ⓘ
Asher → halfBrotherOf → Zebulun ⓘ
Israel → hasChild → Zebulun ⓘ
Leah → motherOf → Zebulun ⓘ
Issachar → sibling → Zebulun ⓘ
Levi → sibling → Zebulun ⓘ
Naphtali → sibling → Zebulun ⓘ
Reuben → sibling → Zebulun ⓘ
Simeon → sibling → Zebulun ⓘ
Rachel → stepmotherOf → Zebulun ⓘ