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Lexicon :: Strong's H3278 - yāʿēl

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יָעֵל
Transliteration
yāʿēl
Pronunciation
yaw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as יָעֵל (H3277)
Strong’s Definitions

יָעֵל Yâʻêl, yaw-ale'; the same as H3277; Jael, a Canaanite:—Jael.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H3278 in the following manner: Jael (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H3278 in the following manner: Jael (6x).

  1. Jael = "mountain goat"

    1. the wife of Heber the Kenite who killed the general Sisera as he slept by driving a peg through his temples into the ground

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָעֵל Yâʻêl, yaw-ale'; the same as H3277; Jael, a Canaanite:—Jael.
STRONGS H3278: Abbreviations
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 man, a 'judge').
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

4:17; 4:18; 4:21; 4:22; 5:6; 5:24

H3278

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Strong's Number H3278 matches the Hebrew יָעֵל (yāʿēl),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:17 - Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:24 - “Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
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