deitydb: entities: 38 rows where entity_class = "scriptural-figure" and tradition = "Israelite/Second Temple"

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

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entity_id: {'description': 'Stable identifier (e.g. ENT_GRK_ZEUS, ENT_EGY_OSIRIS, ENT_ISL_MUSA)'}
canonical_name: {'description': 'Primary English name used in the database'}
greek_name: {'description': 'Greek-script name, where applicable'}
tradition: {'description': 'Religious or cultural tradition of origin'}
entity_class: {'description': 'Controlled top-level kind (19 values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, ruler, prophet, sage, saint, scriptural-figure, abstraction, collective, realm, ritual, title, object) — recommended for filtering by kind'}
entity_type: {'description': 'Granular free-text type descriptor (894 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category: {'description': 'Broader functional category (146 values — recommended for filtering)'}
primary_domains: {'description': 'Primary divine domains, comma-separated'}
evidence_confidence: {'description': 'Sourcing quality: A = direct primary-text attestation; B = strong secondary; C = inference; D = speculative'}
chthonic_flag: {'description': 'True if this entity has underworld or chthonic associations'}
serpent_flag: {'description': 'True if this entity has serpent or dragon associations'}
short_note: {'description': 'Scholarly description with source citations'}

38 rows where entity_class = "scriptural-figure" and tradition = "Israelite/Second Temple"

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entity_id ▼	canonical_name	tradition	entity_type	category	primary_domains	cult_scope	evidence_confidence	review_status	inclusion_basis	earth_association_score	short_note	entity_class
ENT_ENOCH	Enoch	Israelite/Second Temple	Patriarch/visionary figure	Holy Figure	ascent; heavenly journey; scribal wisdom; transformation	Biblical/Second Temple/Jewish mystical	A	candidate_verified_name	biblical visionary figure	1	Biblical patriarch and heavenly visionary associated with Enochic and Hekhalot traditions.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_ABEL	Abel	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Primeval figure	shepherding; accepted sacrifice; the first death	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Second son of Adam and Eve, a keeper of sheep whose offering was favored and who was slain by his brother Cain.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_ABRAHAM	Abraham	Israelite/Second Temple	Patriarch	Biblical patriarch	covenant; faith; the binding of Isaac; father of nations	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	First of the patriarchs, called from Ur, recipient of the covenant, father of Ishmael by Hagar and Isaac by Sarah.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_ABSALOM	Absalom	Israelite/Second Temple	Villain	Rebel prince	rebellion against David; the usurpation; death in the oak	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic backbone deepening (v1.72.0)	0	Handsome son of David who rose in rebellion to seize the throne and was killed by Joab after his hair caught in an oak.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_BALAAM	Balaam	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Mesopotamian diviner	divination; the speaking donkey; blessing instead of cursing Israel	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic backbone deepening (v1.72.0)	0	Mesopotamian seer hired by Balak of Moab to curse Israel who, restrained by Yahweh and his speaking donkey, blessed them instead.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_BENJAMIN	Benjamin	Israelite/Second Temple	Patriarch	Eponym of the tribe of Benjamin	youngest son of Jacob; tribal ancestor	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Youngest son of Jacob and Rachel, born at her death, ancestor of the tribe of Benjamin and of King Saul.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_BOAZ	Boaz	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Kinsman-redeemer	the kinsman-redeemer; the marriage to Ruth; ancestor of David	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic backbone deepening (v1.72.0)	0	Wealthy Bethlehemite who acted as kinsman-redeemer, married Ruth, and became the great-grandfather of King David.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_CAIN	Cain	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Primeval figure	firstborn of humanity; agriculture; fratricide	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Firstborn son of Adam and Eve, a tiller of the ground who murdered his brother Abel and was marked and exiled.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_DEBORAH	Deborah	Israelite/Second Temple	Judge	Prophetess and judge	prophecy; judgeship; the victory over Sisera	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Prophetess and judge who summoned Barak and celebrated the defeat of Sisera in the Song of Deborah.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_DELILAH	Delilah	Israelite/Second Temple	Villain	Philistine seductress	seduction and betrayal; the secret of Samson's strength	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic backbone deepening (v1.72.0)	0	Woman of the Valley of Sorek who, bribed by the Philistine lords, coaxed from Samson the secret of his strength and betrayed him.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_EVE	Eve	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Primeval matriarch	first woman; mother of humanity; the Fall	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Formed as the first woman and 'mother of all living,' she eats the forbidden fruit and bears Cain, Abel, and Seth.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_GIDEON	Gideon	Israelite/Second Temple	Judge	Judge / military deliverer	deliverance from Midian; the fleece sign; the three hundred	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Judge who, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites after testing Yahweh with the fleece.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_GOLIATH	Goliath	Israelite/Second Temple	Villain	Philistine champion	the Philistine champion; the duel at the Valley of Elah	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic backbone deepening (v1.72.0)	0	Philistine giant of Gath whose challenge to Israel was answered and ended by the young David with a sling and stone.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_HAGAR	Hagar	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Mother of Ishmael	the wilderness; divine encounter; mother of Ishmael	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Egyptian servant of Sarah who bore Abraham's son Ishmael and was met by the angel of Yahweh in the wilderness.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_ISAAC	Isaac	Israelite/Second Temple	Patriarch	Biblical patriarch	the promised son; the Akedah; covenant continuity	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Son of Abraham and Sarah, bound on Mount Moriah, husband of Rebecca, and father of Esau and Jacob.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_ISHMAEL	Ishmael	Israelite/Second Temple	Patriarch	Ancestor of the Ishmaelites	firstborn of Abraham; wilderness; ancestor of twelve princes	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Firstborn son of Abraham by Hagar, ancestor of twelve princes, who dwelt in the wilderness of Paran.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_JACOB	Jacob (Israel)	Israelite/Second Temple	Patriarch	Eponym of Israel	the ladder vision; wrestling the angel; father of the twelve tribes	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Son of Isaac and Rebecca, renamed Israel after wrestling at Peniel, father of the twelve sons who became the tribes of Israel.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_JOB	Job	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Righteous sufferer	undeserved suffering; perseverance; the divine speeches	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	A blameless man of Uz whose endurance of catastrophic suffering frames the book's debate on divine justice.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_JOSEPH	Joseph (son of Jacob)	Israelite/Second Temple	Patriarch	Patriarch / vizier of Egypt	dreams; bondage and exaltation; provision in famine	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Favored son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who rose to vizier and preserved his family during famine.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_JUDAH	Judah	Israelite/Second Temple	Patriarch	Eponym of the tribe of Judah	tribal ancestor; the royal line; the scepter blessing	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Fourth son of Jacob and Leah and ancestor of the royal Davidic line, blessed that the scepter would not depart.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_LEAH	Leah	Israelite/Second Temple	Matriarch	Biblical matriarch	matriarch; mother of six tribes incl. Levi and Judah	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	First wife of Jacob and mother of six of his sons, including Levi and Judah, ancestors of priesthood and kingship.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_LEVI	Levi	Israelite/Second Temple	Patriarch	Eponym of the priestly tribe	tribal ancestor; the priestly line	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Third son of Jacob and Leah and ancestor of the priestly tribe of Levi, including Moses and Aaron.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_LOT	Lot	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Nephew of Abraham	Sodom and Gomorrah; rescue from destruction	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Nephew of Abraham (son of Haran) who settled in Sodom and was delivered from its destruction (Genesis 13, 19).	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_MORDECAI	Mordecai	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Jewish courtier / guardian of Esther	the foiling of Haman; the institution of Purim	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Kinsman and guardian of Esther who uncovered a plot, refused homage to Haman, and helped establish Purim.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_NAAMAN	Naaman	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Aramean commander	foreign general; leprosy and healing; the seven dippings in the Jordan	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic backbone deepening (v1.72.0)	0	Commander of the army of Aram, cured of leprosy by washing seven times in the Jordan at the word of the prophet Elisha.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_NAOMI	Naomi	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Bethlehemite widow	bereavement and return; the bond with Ruth; restoration	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic backbone deepening (v1.72.0)	0	Bethlehemite widow who returned from Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth and was restored through the birth of Obed, ancestor of David.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_NEHEMIAH	Nehemiah	Israelite/Second Temple	Biblical figure	Governor of the restoration	rebuilding Jerusalem's walls; civic reform; covenant renewal	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Cupbearer to the Persian king who became governor and rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and reformed the community.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_RACHEL	Rachel	Israelite/Second Temple	Matriarch	Biblical matriarch	the beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Beloved wife of Jacob, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who died in childbirth near Bethlehem.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_REBECCA	Rebecca	Israelite/Second Temple	Matriarch	Biblical matriarch	matriarch; the well; mother of Jacob and Esau	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Wife of Isaac, found at the well, mother of twins Esau and Jacob whom she helped secure the blessing.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_SAMSON	Samson	Israelite/Second Temple	Judge	Judge / Nazirite strongman	superhuman strength; the Nazirite vow; war with the Philistines	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Nazirite judge of immense strength who fought the Philistines and died bringing down their temple at Gaza.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_SARAH	Sarah	Israelite/Second Temple	Matriarch	Biblical matriarch	matriarch; the promised son; the covenant line	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Wife of Abraham and first matriarch, who bore Isaac in old age after the promise of a son.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_SETH	Seth	Israelite/Second Temple	Patriarch	Antediluvian patriarch	third son of Adam; the righteous line to Noah	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0)	0	Third son of Adam and Eve, given in place of slain Abel, through whose line Enosh, Enoch, and Noah descend.	scriptural-figure
ENT_ISR_SON_OF_MAN	Son of Man	Israelite/Second Temple	Eschatological figure	Heavenly deliverer	dominion; judgment; the heavenly kingdom	Jewish	A	candidate_verified_name	Danielic/Enochic heavenly figure	0	The "one like a son of man" given everlasting dominion; the Elect One of the Parables of Enoch.	scriptural-figure
ENT_STJ_HOLOFERNES	Holofernes	Israelite/Second Temple	Villain	Deuterocanonical figure	siege, conquest	devotional	B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	Assyrian general besieging Bethulia, beheaded by Judith in the Book of Judith (NRSV Apocrypha). Literary antagonist.	scriptural-figure
ENT_STJ_SARAH_OF_TOBIT	Sarah (of Tobit)	Israelite/Second Temple	Literary human figure	Deuterocanonical figure	deliverance from the demon, marriage	devotional	B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	Daughter of Raguel, tormented by the demon Asmodeus until freed and married to Tobias through Raphael's aid (Book of Tobit, NRSV Apocrypha). Homonym distinct from the matriarch Sarah (ENT_ISR_SARAH).	scriptural-figure
ENT_STJ_TOBIAS	Tobias son of Tobit	Israelite/Second Temple	Literary human figure	Deuterocanonical figure	journey, marriage, healing	devotional	B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	Son of Tobit who journeys with the disguised angel Raphael, marries Sarah, and heals his father's blindness; protagonist of the Book of Tobit (NRSV Apocrypha).	scriptural-figure
ENT_STJ_WICKED_PRIEST	The Wicked Priest	Israelite/Second Temple	Villain	Qumran adversary	opposition to the Qumran community	devotional	C	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	Sobriquet in the Qumran pesharim for the Jerusalem high priest who persecuted the Teacher of Righteousness; commonly identified with a Hasmonean ruler. Attested in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Schäfer.	scriptural-figure
ENT_TOBIT	Tobit	Israelite/Second Temple	Literary human figure	Human Figure	Tobit; Tobias; angelic guidance; healing narrative	Second Temple literary	B	needs_review	Second Temple literary figure	1	Human literary figure from Tobit tradition; included as relationship target for Raphael.	scriptural-figure

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CREATE TABLE "entities" (
   [entity_id] TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
   [canonical_name] TEXT,
   [greek_name] TEXT,
   [tradition] TEXT,
   [entity_type] TEXT,
   [category] TEXT,
   [primary_domains] TEXT,
   [tags] TEXT,
   [cult_scope] TEXT,
   [primary_period] TEXT,
   [evidence_confidence] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [inclusion_basis] TEXT,
   [earth_association_score] INTEGER,
   [chthonic_flag] INTEGER,
   [serpent_flag] INTEGER,
   [short_note] TEXT,
   [entity_class] TEXT REFERENCES [entity_class]([class_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entities_entity_class]
    ON [entities] ([entity_class]);

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38 rows where entity_class = "scriptural-figure" and tradition = "Israelite/Second Temple"

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