יָעֵל
yael · Jael
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3278 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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yael (יָעֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jael”.
Wife of Heber the Kenite; she put Sisera to death. The name means "mountain goat."
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ya·el
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Judges 4:17
Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
- Judges 4:18
Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
- Judges 4:21
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.
- Judges 4:22
And 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.
- Judges 5:6
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the paths ceased, and those who walked on trails went by crooked paths.
- Judges 5:24
Blessed be above women Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; above women in the tent may she be blessed.