שִׁלֹה
E779357
שִׁלֹה is an ancient biblical city in the central highlands of Canaan, traditionally known as the early religious and cultic center of Israel where the Tabernacle and Ark of the Covenant were housed before the First Temple was built in Jerusalem.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| שִׁלֹה canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9129215 — 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: שִׁלֹה Context triple: [Shiloh, nameInHebrew, שִׁלֹה]
-
A.
Shlomtzion
Shlomtzion is the Hebrew name of Salome Alexandra, a 1st-century BCE Hasmonean queen of Judea known for her pious rule and support of the Pharisees.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Yishai
Yishai is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Jesse, known as the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
-
D.
Ashalim
Ashalim is a small community settlement in Israel’s Negev desert, known for its nearby large-scale solar power plants and desert research and tourism activities.
-
E.
Sh’Diah
Sh’Diah is a track by Kanye West from his 2021 album "Donda," noted for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric production.
- 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: שִׁלֹה Target entity description: שִׁלֹה is an ancient biblical city in the central highlands of Canaan, traditionally known as the early religious and cultic center of Israel where the Tabernacle and Ark of the Covenant were housed before the First Temple was built in Jerusalem.
-
A.
Shlomtzion
Shlomtzion is the Hebrew name of Salome Alexandra, a 1st-century BCE Hasmonean queen of Judea known for her pious rule and support of the Pharisees.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Yishai
Yishai is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Jesse, known as the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
-
D.
Ashalim
Ashalim is a small community settlement in Israel’s Negev desert, known for its nearby large-scale solar power plants and desert research and tourism activities.
-
E.
Sh’Diah
Sh’Diah is a track by Kanye West from his 2021 album "Donda," noted for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ biblical city ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavations |
conducted in 20th century
ⓘ
conducted in 21st century ⓘ |
| archaeologicalFinds |
Iron Age remains
ⓘ
cultic installations ⓘ fortifications ⓘ storage jars ⓘ |
| category |
Archaeological sites in the West Bank
ⓘ
Biblical places ⓘ Former religious capitals of Israel ⓘ |
| country | State of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
location of national religious festivals
ⓘ
place where land was allotted to Israelite tribes ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfSanctuary | Tabernacle ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canaan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central highlands of Canaan ⓘ region of Ephraim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Jeremiah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ First Book of Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Hannah’s prayer for a son
ⓘ
calling of the prophet Samuel ⓘ |
| notableFigureAssociated |
Eli the priest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hannah NERFINISHED ⓘ Hophni (son of Eli) NERFINISHED ⓘ Phinehas (son of Eli) NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfOccupation |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ |
| preceded | First Temple in Jerusalem as central sanctuary ⓘ |
| precededBy | Israelite encampment at Gilgal ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation |
West Bank
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near modern Shiloh (Khirbet Seilun) ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
location of the Ark of the Covenant
ⓘ
site of the Tabernacle ⓘ |
| role |
cultic center of Israelite tribes
ⓘ
early religious center of Israel ⓘ |
| statusInJeremiah | example of destroyed sanctuary ⓘ |
| symbolism | warning of divine judgment in prophetic literature ⓘ |
| timeAsReligiousCenter |
early monarchy period
ⓘ
period of Judges ⓘ |
| transliteration | Shiloh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tribalAssociation | tribe of Ephraim ⓘ |
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: שִׁלֹה Description of subject: שִׁלֹה is an ancient biblical city in the central highlands of Canaan, traditionally known as the early religious and cultic center of Israel where the Tabernacle and Ark of the Covenant were housed before the First Temple was built in Jerusalem.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.