Jael
Jah-ELL
Who is Jael?
Jael was the wife of Heber the Kenite who killed Sisera, the fleeing Canaanite commander, by driving a tent peg through his temple while he slept in her tent (Judges 4:17, Judges 4:21). Deborah's song calls her blessed above women (Judges 5:24).
Meaning: mountain goat (Hebrew)
Also pronounced
JAY-uhl
Found in Scripture
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