Jael

See also: jäl

English

Etymology

From the name of a minor biblical character, Hebrew יעל.

Proper noun

Jael

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 5:24-26:
     :

     Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

Related terms

• Yael

Translations

female given name

• Hebrew: יעל (he)
• Italian: Giaele (it) f
• Spanish: Jael f

Anagrams

• Leja