H3278 - יָעֵל (Yâʻêl)

H3278 יָעֵל (Yâʻêl) yaw-ale'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine)

Quick Definition

Jael

Biblical Persons & Places

Jael Woman living before Israel's Monarchy

A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.17; only referred to as Jael (יָעֵל); wife of Heber.

Strong's Definition

Jael, a Canaanite

Derivation: the same as H3277 (יָעֵל);

KJV Usage: Jael.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Jael = "mountain goat"

1) the wife of Heber the Kenite who killed the general Sisera as he slept by driving a peg through his temples into the ground

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.17; married to Heber (H2268H) § Jael = "mountain goat" the wife of Heber the Kenite who killed the general Sisera as he slept by driving a peg through his temples into the ground

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יָעֵל yâ‛êl BDB Definition: Jael = mountain goat 1) the wife of Heber the Kenite who killed the general Sisera as he slept by driving a peg through his temples into the ground Part of Speech: noun proper feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as H3277 Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (6)

4:17 4:18 4:21 4:22 5:6 5:24

Judges 4:17

Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

Judges 4:18

Jael... went out to greet Sisera and said to him, Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid. So he entered... her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

Judges 4:21

But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer..., and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple [and] into the ground, and he died.

Judges 4:22

When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking. So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.

Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers... took the byways.

Judges 5:24

Most blessed among women [is] Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.