Word Study · Strong's H3278 · Hebrew
יָעֵל
Yael
yaw-ale'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Yâʻêl
“Jael, a Canaanite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Jael, a Canaanite
Rendered in the KJV as
Jael.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- יָעֵ֔ל2
- יָעֵל֮1
- יָעֵ֣ל1
- יָעֵל֙1
- יָעֵ֕ל1
How it is rendered · 1
- Jael6
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)6
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- HNpf · 6
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The ledger of occurrences
Judges6 occurrences
- Judges 4:17יָעֵ֔לyaelproper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.here: Jael
- Judges 4:18יָעֵל֮yaelproper noun (a name)Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.here: Jael
- Judges 4:21יָעֵ֣לyaelproper noun (a name)But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.here: Jael
- Judges 4:22יָעֵל֙yaelproper noun (a name)When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.here: Jael
- Judges 5:6יָעֵ֔לyaelproper noun (a name)In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.here: Jael
- Judges 5:24יָעֵ֕לyaelproper noun (a name)Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.here: Jael
Same headword in Strong's