Jael

Wife of Heber; killed Sisera, the Canaanite commander.

A written article for Jael is still to come. Below and alongside: where Jael appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1400 BC
    1200 BC
  • Jael
    c. 1300 BC

Original word

  • יָעֵל jael
    H3278
Relationships
Husband: Heber
Citations
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Where Jael appears in Scripture

Judges 4

וְסִֽיסְרָא נָס בְּרַגְלָיו אֶל-אֹהֶל יָעֵל אֵשֶׁת חֶבֶר הַקֵּינִי כִּי שָׁלוֹם בֵּין יָבִין מֶֽלֶךְ-חָצוֹר וּבֵין בֵּית חֶבֶר הַקֵּינִֽי׃
17
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.
וַתֵּצֵא יָעֵל לִקְרַאת סִֽיסְרָא וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו סוּרָה אֲדֹנִי סוּרָה אֵלַי אַל-תִּירָא וַיָּסַר אֵלֶיהָ הָאֹהֱלָה וַתְּכַסֵּהוּ בַּשְּׂמִיכָֽה׃
18
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.
וַתִּקַּח יָעֵל אֵֽשֶׁת-חֶבֶר אֶת-יְתַד הָאֹהֶל וַתָּשֶׂם אֶת-הַמַּקֶּבֶת בְּיָדָהּ וַתָּבוֹא אֵלָיו בַּלָּאט וַתִּתְקַע אֶת-הַיָּתֵד בְּרַקָּתוֹ וַתִּצְנַח בָּאָרֶץ וְהֽוּא-נִרְדָּם וַיָּעַף וַיָּמֹֽת׃
21
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.
וְהִנֵּה בָרָק רֹדֵף אֶת-סִֽיסְרָא וַתֵּצֵא יָעֵל לִקְרָאתוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר לוֹ לֵךְ וְאַרְאֶךָּ אֶת-הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה מְבַקֵּשׁ וַיָּבֹא אֵלֶיהָ וְהִנֵּה סִֽיסְרָא נֹפֵל מֵת וְהַיָּתֵד בְּרַקָּתֽוֹ׃
22
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

בִּימֵי שַׁמְגַּר בֶּן-עֲנָת בִּימֵי יָעֵל חָֽדְלוּ אֳרָחוֹת וְהֹֽלְכֵי נְתִיבוֹת יֵֽלְכוּ אֳרָחוֹת עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת׃
6
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
תְּבֹרַךְ מִנָּשִׁים יָעֵל אֵשֶׁת חֶבֶר הַקֵּינִי מִנָּשִׁים בָּאֹהֶל תְּבֹרָֽךְ׃
24
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.