A name from Scripture
Jael
JAY-el
Meaning
Mountain goat; To ascend
Hebrew origin · Girl · First in Judges
What it points to
Jael shows that God uses unexpected people in decisive moments — courage and obedience matter more than status or training.
Verses · King James Version
“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.”
Judges 4:21
“Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.”
Judges 5:24