Judah son of Jacob

E93726

biblical figure eponymous ancestor patriarch son of Jacob

Judah son of Jacob is a prominent biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and the ancestral figure from whom the Tribe of Judah and the royal Davidic line are traditionally believed to descend.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Judah	28
Judah son of Jacob canonical	2
Yehudah	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T742207 — 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: Judah son of Jacob
Context triple: [Tribe of Judah, namedAfter, Judah son of Jacob]

A. Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
B. Naphtali
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
C. Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
D. Joseph
Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
E. Joseph
Joseph is the given name of the French mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, known for developing Fourier analysis and Fourier series.
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: Judah son of Jacob
Target entity description: Judah son of Jacob is a prominent biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and the ancestral figure from whom the Tribe of Judah and the royal Davidic line are traditionally believed to descend.

A. Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
B. Naphtali
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
C. Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
D. Joseph
Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
E. Joseph
Joseph is the given name of the French mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, known for developing Fourier analysis and Fourier series.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ eponymous ancestor ⓘ patriarch ⓘ son of Jacob ⓘ
ancestorOf	David ⓘ King Davidic dynasty ⓘ surface form: Davidic line King Davidic dynasty ⓘ surface form: House of David kings of Judah ⓘ
associatedWith	Messianic lineage in Christian tradition ⓘ Messianic lineage in Jewish tradition ⓘ
biblicalBookChapter	Genesis 29 ⓘ Genesis 37 ⓘ Genesis 38 ⓘ Genesis 43 ⓘ Genesis 44 ⓘ Genesis 46 ⓘ Genesis 49 ⓘ
birthOrder	fourth son of Jacob and Leah ⓘ
blessingReceived	Genesis 49:8–12 blessing from Jacob ⓘ
category	Tribal patriarchs of Israel ⓘ Twelve sons of Jacob ⓘ
child	Er ⓘ Onan ⓘ Perez ⓘ Shelah ⓘ Zerah ⓘ
eponymOf	Tribe of Judah ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Yehuda ⓘ surface form: Judah
grandparent	Isaac ⓘ Rebekah ⓘ
greatGrandparent	Abraham ⓘ Sarah ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
laterKingdomNamedAfterTribe	Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
meaningOfName	praise ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
moralRecognition	acknowledged Tamar as more righteous than himself ⓘ
nameFormInEnglishTradition	Yehuda ⓘ surface form: Judah
nameFormInGreek	Ioudas ⓘ
nameFormInLatin	Judas Iscariot ⓘ surface form: Judas
narrativeRole	central figure in the story of Tamar ⓘ interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt ⓘ offered himself as surety for Benjamin ⓘ proposed selling Joseph instead of killing him ⓘ
parent	Jacob ⓘ Leah ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
sibling	Asher ⓘ surface form: Asher son of Jacob Benjamin son of Jacob ⓘ Dan son of Jacob ⓘ Gad son of Jacob ⓘ Issachar ⓘ surface form: Issachar son of Jacob Joseph son of Jacob ⓘ Levi son of Jacob ⓘ Naphtali ⓘ surface form: Naphtali son of Jacob Reuben ⓘ surface form: Reuben son of Jacob Simeon ⓘ surface form: Simeon son of Jacob זְבֻלוּן ⓘ surface form: Zebulun son of Jacob
spouseOrPartner	Shua’s daughter ⓘ Tamar ⓘ
symbolAssociated	lion ⓘ scepter ⓘ
tribalAncestorOf	Tribe of Judah ⓘ
tribalTerritoryLaterIncluded	Bethlehem ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ

How these facts were elicited