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    Yael

    yah-EL

    Hebrew
    Girl
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Mountain goat; To ascend
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Yael (spelled Jael in the King James Bible) appears in the King James Bible, including Judges 5:24.
    First appears in
    Judges — Conquest and judges
    Peak US usage
    2000s (0.002% of births), currently rising
    Spiritual meaning
    Yael shows that God uses unexpected people and unconventional methods to deliver His people — no one is too ordinary for extraordinary purposes.
    King James verses
    • Judges 5:24

      "Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent."

    • Judges 4:21

      "Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand."

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