Jael

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
6/9/2023, 2:32 PM	Mike C	update #114
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
10/20/2016, 1:17 AM	Mike C	update #93
7/27/2015, 11:23 PM	Mike C	update #90
10/10/2012, 5:50 PM	Mike C	update #84
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Biblical, Biblical Portuguese

Scripts יָעֵל(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.əl/(English) /ˈd͡ʒeɪl/(English)

Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name יָעֵל (Yaʿel) meaning "ibex, mountain goat". This name appears in the Old Testament belonging to the wife of Heber the Kenite. After Sisera, the captain of the Canaanite army, was defeated in battle by Deborah and Barak he took refuge in Heber's tent. When he fell asleep Jael killed him by hammering a tent peg into his head.