Yael
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Jael () or Yael (' ) is a heroine of the Bible who aids the Israelites in their war with King Jabin of the city of Hazor in Canaan by killing Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army. This episode is depicted in chapters 4 and 5 of the Book of Judges. According to that account, after Sisera's defeat by the Israelite leader Barak in the Battle of Mount Tabor, he seeks refuge in the tent of Jael, who kills him by driving a tent peg through his skull () near the great tree in Zaanaim near Kedesh.
Key facts
- Person.name
- Jael
- Person.image
- Jael and Sisera by Artemisia Gentileschi (cropped).jpg
- Person.caption
- Detail from Jael and Sisera by Artemisia Gentileschi, 1620
- Person.known_for
- Defeating Sisera
- Person.spouse
- Heber the Kenite
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- female
- Image
- Tissot Jael Smote Sisera, and Slew Him.jpg
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- present in work
- Judges 5
- described by source
- Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
- different from
- Jaël Malli
- name in native language
- יעל
- Commons category
- Jael
- described at URL
- wol.jw.org/it/wol/d/r6/lp-i/2015566
- number of victims of killer
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Name
- Family
- Heber the Kenite
- Jael in the Book of Judges
- In ancient and medieval literature
- Commentary
- Artistic depictions of Jael
- See also
- References
- General and cited sources
- Further reading
- External links
Jael () or Yael (' ) is a heroine of the Bible who aids the Israelites in their war with King Jabin of the city of Hazor in Canaan by killing Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army. This episode is depicted in chapters 4 and 5 of the Book of Judges. According to that account, after Sisera's defeat by the Israelite leader Barak in the Battle of Mount Tabor, he seeks refuge in the tent of Jael, who kills him by driving a tent peg through his skull () near the great tree in Zaanaim near Kedesh.
==Name== The Hebrew ''ya'el means ibex, a nimble, sure-footed mountain goat native to that region.
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