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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3278 - יָעֵל
Transliteration
Yâʻêl
Phonetics
yaw-ale'
Origin
the same as (H3277)
Parts of Speech
proper feminine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- 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
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
ASV (6)
Judges
6
BSB (6)
Judges
6
CSB (6)
Judges
6
ESV (6)
Judges
6
KJV (6)
Judges
6
LEB (6)
Judges
6
LSB (6)
Judges
6
N95 (6)
Judges
6
NAS (6)
Judges
6
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (6)
Judges
6
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
II. יָעֵל proper name, feminine wife of Heber the Kenite, slayer of Sisera Judges 4:17,18,21,22; Judges 5:24, probably also Judges 5:6 (others find here name of a Prayer of Manasseh , a 'judge').
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
יָעֵל m. pl. יְעֵלִים const. יַעֲלֵי
(1) the ibex, perhaps also the chamois. Arab. وَعِلُ and وَعْلُ, Psalms 104:18; Job 39:1. Comp. Bochart, Hieroz. P. I, p. 915, seq. צוּרֵי הַיְּעֵלִים the rocks of the wild goats, near the desert of Engedi, 1 Samuel 24:3.
(2) [Jael], pr.n.
(a) of a judge [?] or heroic person of Israel, before the time of Deborah, Judges 5:6. [This is surely the same as the next.]
(b) of a resolute woman, the wife of Heber the Kenite, Judges 4:17, 18 Judges 4:18, 5:24. Some understand the same to be spoken of 5:6 [of course they are the same.]
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List of Word Forms
יָעֵ֔ל יָעֵ֕ל יָעֵ֣ל יָעֵל֙ יָעֵל֮ יעל yā‘êl yā·‘êl yaEl
