יָעֵל

Judges 4:17 יָעֵ֔ל Jael

Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

Judges 4:18 יָעֵל֮ Jael

Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

Judges 4:21 יָעֵ֣ל Jael

But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.

Judges 4:22 יָעֵל֙ Jael

When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.

Judges 5:6 יָעֵ֔ל Jael

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

Here: The Kenite woman who later kills Sisera (4:17–22; 5:24–27). Her name means "mountain goat, ibex". Naming her as a mark of the dark times before the victory is striking, since she becomes its hero.

Judges 5:24 יָעֵ֕ל Jael

Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.