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Jael
[ jey-uhl ]
noun
- (in the Bible) a woman who killed Sisera by hammering a tent pin into his head as he slept.
Jael
/ ˈdʒeɪəl /
noun
- Old Testament the woman who killed Sisera when he took refuge in her tent (Judges 4:17–21)
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Jael was a Hebrew Boadicea; Gideon, at the head of his three hundred men, might have been a hero of mediaeval romance.
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But Sisera "fled away on his feet" to Jael, the wife of his friend.
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Let us dismiss Jael, for the present, from our meditations, and offer a reflection or two on the fate of Sisera.
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Let the benediction of heaven rest upon the head of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, above all other women!
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Blessed above women shall Jael, the wife be of Heber the Kenite, be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
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