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    Yael

    Pronounced yah-EL

    girl
    ✓ In the King James Bible (spelled Jael) — Yes — Yael (spelled Jael in the King James Bible) appears in the King James Bible, including Judges 5:24.
    Meaning
    "Mountain goat; To ascend"
    Origin
    Hebrew

    Yael (Jael) was the woman who defeated the Canaanite general Sisera by driving a tent peg through his temple. Deborah celebrated her as 'blessed above women.' Yael's courage turned the tide of an entire war — proving that God uses the unexpected to accomplish the extraordinary.

    Spiritual meaning

    Yael shows that God uses unexpected people and unconventional methods to deliver His people — no one is too ordinary for extraordinary purposes.

    Related verses (KJV)

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

      Judges 5:24 (KJV) →

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

      Judges 4:21 (KJV) →
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