H3278

יָעֵל

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Jael

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. יָעֵל proper name, feminine wife of Heber the Kenite, slayer of Sisera Judg 4:17; Judg 4:18; Judg 4:21; Judg 4:22; Judg 5:24, probably also vJudg 5:6 (others find here name of a man, a 'judge').


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