Chebar canal
E81800
The Chebar canal is an ancient waterway in Babylonia traditionally identified as the place where the prophet Ezekiel received his visions during the Jewish exile.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chebar canal canonical | 1 |
| Kebar Canal | 1 |
| Royal Canal of Nebuchadnezzar II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T651961 — 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: Chebar canal Context triple: [Book of Ezekiel, associatedWithLocation, Chebar canal]
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A.
Emperor’s Canal
Emperor’s Canal is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its elegant 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s UNESCO-listed canal belt.
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B.
Griboyedov Canal
Griboyedov Canal is a historic waterway in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its picturesque embankments and proximity to major landmarks such as the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood.
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C.
Suez
Suez is an Egyptian port city on the northern end of the Gulf of Suez, serving as a key gateway between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
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D.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.
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E.
Rhine–Herne Canal
The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
- 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: Chebar canal Target entity description: The Chebar canal is an ancient waterway in Babylonia traditionally identified as the place where the prophet Ezekiel received his visions during the Jewish exile.
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A.
Emperor’s Canal
Emperor’s Canal is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its elegant 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s UNESCO-listed canal belt.
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B.
Griboyedov Canal
Griboyedov Canal is a historic waterway in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its picturesque embankments and proximity to major landmarks such as the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood.
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C.
Suez
Suez is an Egyptian port city on the northern end of the Gulf of Suez, serving as a key gateway between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
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D.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.
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E.
Rhine–Herne Canal
The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient waterway
ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Ezekiel 1
ⓘ
Ezekiel 10 ⓘ Book of Ezekiel ⓘ
surface form:
Ezekiel 3
Ezekiel 43 ⓘ |
| associatedCity |
Babylon
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylon (alternative proposal)
Nippur ⓘ
surface form:
Nippur (traditional scholarly proposal)
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Babylonian exile
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian exile of the Jews
|
| associatedWithPeople | Judean exiles ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Ezekiel ⓘ |
| describedAs | place where the prophet Ezekiel received visions ⓘ |
| functionInAntiquity |
irrigation canal
ⓘ
transportation waterway ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book of Ezekiel ⓘ |
| possibleModernCorrelation |
Chebar canal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kebar Canal
Chebar canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Canal of Nebuchadnezzar II
Damietta branch of the Nile ⓘ
surface form:
Shatt en-Nil
|
| religiousTextContext |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | canonical in Jewish and Christian traditions ⓘ |
| textualRole | setting for prophetic visions ⓘ |
| theologicalSignificance | symbol of God’s presence in exile ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 6th century BCE (approximate, during exile) ⓘ |
| traditionalIdentification | location of Ezekiel’s inaugural vision ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chebar canal Description of subject: The Chebar canal is an ancient waterway in Babylonia traditionally identified as the place where the prophet Ezekiel received his visions during the Jewish exile.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kebar Canal
this entity surface form:
Royal Canal of Nebuchadnezzar II