Word Study · Strong's H3277 · Hebrew

יָעֵל

yael

yaw-ale'

Strong's 1890 spelling: yâʻêl

“an ibex (as climbing)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

an ibex (as climbing)

Rendered in the KJV as

wild goat.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

הַיְּעֵלִֽים׃1
יַעֲלֵי־1
לַיְּעֵלִ֑ים1

How it is rendered · 3

[belong] to the mountain goats1
mountain goats of1
the mountain goats1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmpc · 1
HRd/Ncmpa · 1
HTd/Ncmpa · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Samuel1 of 3 · 33%
Job1 of 3 · 33%
Psalms1 of 3 · 33%

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1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 24:2הַיְּעֵלִֽים׃haiyeelimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralSo Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.here: the mountain goats

Job1 occurrence

Job 39:1יַעֲלֵי־yaalei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?here: mountain goats of

Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 104:18לַיְּעֵלִ֑יםlaiyeelimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralThe high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.here: [belong] to the mountain goats

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled יָעֵל

H3278 · 6×

יָעֵל

Yael

“Jael, a Canaanite”

Read 1 Samuel 24:2 in context →