Study it in the app“But Jael the wife of Heber took the peg of the tent and put the hammer in her hand, and she came to him quietly and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; he was fast asleep and exhausted, and he died.”
But Jaelוַ יָעֵלthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof Heberחֶבֶרtookתִּקַּחthe pegאֶת יְתַדof the tentהָאֹהֶלand putוַתָּשֶׂםthe hammerאֶת הַמַּקֶּבֶתin her hand,בְּיָדָהּand she cameוַתָּבוֹאto himאֵלָיוquietlyבַּלָּאטand droveוַתִּתְקַעthe pegאֶת הַיָּתֵדinto his temple,בְּרַקָּתוֹand it went downוַתִּצְנַחinto the ground;בָּאָרֶץheוְהוּאwas fast asleepנִרְדָּםand exhausted,וַיָּעַףand he died.וַיָּמֹת
Jael
Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite; she put Sisera to death. The name means "mountain goat."
Where else “yael” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appearsHeber
Heber, the name of a grandson of Asher, of Heber the Kenite, husband of Jael, and of other Israelites.
Where else “chever” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appearspeg
A spike driven in to hold a tent, or a nail in a wall.
Where else “yetad” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohel” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “tasem” appearshammer
A heavy tool, a mallet or hammer, for striking and driving in.
Where else “makevet” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appearsquietly, secretly
Quietly, stealthily, without a sound. The idea of the word is something "wrapped" or "covered," done in secret.
Where else “lat” appearsdrive in
To drive in a peg or nail something firmly.
Where else “titka” appearstemple (of the head)
Temple: the side of the head, the thin part between the eye and the ear.
Where else “rakat” appearssink in
To sink into the ground.
Where else “titsnach” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appearssleep deeply
Sleep deeply, be sunk in a heavy sleep.
Where else “nirdam” appearsgrow weary
To be left without strength from weariness or hunger.
Where else “yaaf” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamot” appears20He said to her, “Stand at the entrance of the tent, and if anyone comes and asks you and says, ‘Is there a man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’”
21 · This verse (above)
22And look, Barak was pursuing Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” He went in with her, and there was Sisera, fallen dead, with the peg in his temple.
