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title: יָעֵל — Jael · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָעֵל (3278), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Jael. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָעֵל

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«יָעֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jael** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 3278 · **BDB:** יָעֵל²

### Glosses

Jael (4); of.Jael (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jael [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3278/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3278/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. wife of Heber the Kenite, slayer of Sisera Ju 4:17, 18, 21, 22; 5:24, prob. also v 6 (others find here name of a man, a ‘judge’).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָעֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3278/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.24/)

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תְּבֹרַךְ֙ מִנָּשִׁ֔ים יָעֵ֕ל אֵ֖שֶׁת חֶ֣בֶר הַקֵּינִ֑י מִנָּשִׁ֥ים בָּאֹ֖הֶל תְּבֹרָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* she.will.be.blessed more than.women Jael the.wife of.Heber the Kenite more than.women in the tent she.will.be.blessed

*JPS 1917:* Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite, above women in the tent shall she be blessed.

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[Judges 5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.6/)

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בִּימֵ֞י שַׁמְגַּ֤ר בֶּן־עֲנָת֙ בִּימֵ֣י יָעֵ֔ל חָדְל֖וּ אֳרָח֑וֹת וְהֹלְכֵ֣י נְתִיב֔וֹת יֵלְכ֕וּ אֳרָח֖וֹת עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* in the.days of.Shamgar the.son of.Anath in the.days of.Jael they.ceased roads and walkers of.paths they.walked roads twisting

*JPS 1917:* In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways.

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