The origin of the name JAEL is Hebrew
| This is how JAEL is written in Hebrew: | This is how it is pronounced |
| יָעֵל | yaw-ale’ |
The biblical meaning of the name JAEL is:
| According to: | Meaning: |
| Strong | “ Strong wild goat ” |
| Gesenius | ” The ibex, the chamois ” |
| Hitchcock | ” he that ascends; a kid “ |
In The Bible:
JAEL was
1. the wife of Heber the Kenite
The name JAEL appears in the bible in the following verses:
Judges 4:17 KJV
“Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.”
Judges 4:18 KJV
“And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.”
Judges 4:21 KJV
“Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.”
Judges 4:22 KJV
“And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.”
Judges 5:6 KJV
“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.”
Judges 5:24 KJV
“Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.”