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
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H3278 — יָעֵל
ya.el · Jael · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Judges 4:17 · יָעֵ֔לAnd Sisera hath fled on his feet unto the tent of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite, for peace is between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite;Judges 4:18 · יָעֵל֮and Jael goeth out to meet Sisera, and saith unto him, ‘Turn aside, my lord, turn aside unto me, fear not;’ and he turneth aside unto her, into the tent, and she covereth him with a coverlet.Judges 4:21 · יָעֵ֣לAnd Jael wife of Heber taketh the pin of the tent, and taketh the hammer in her hand, and goeth unto him gently, and striketh the pin into his temples, and it fasteneth in the earth—and he hath been fast asleep, and is weary—and he dieth.Judges 4:22 · יָעֵל֙And lo, Barak is pursuing Sisera, and Jael cometh out to meet him, and saith to him, ‘Come, and I shew thee the man whom thou art seeking;’ and he cometh in unto her, and lo, Sisera is fallen—dead, and the pin in his temples.Judges 5:6 · יָעֵ֔לIn the days of Shamgar son of Anath—In the days of Jael—The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go in crooked ways.Judges 5:24 · יָעֵ֕לBlessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed.