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יָעֵ֔ל
yā·‘êl,
Strong's H3278
Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
יָעֵל (noun m, noun m, name)
Wild Animals
= fairly large wild goat, with adults being about ninety centimeters high at the shoulder; for most of the year its color is grayish but it turns browner in winter; males have thick long horns over 130 centimeters in length which curve backwards in a semicircle; the horns of the females are much slimmer and shorter, reaching a length of only about 40 centimeters; only the last few centimeters of the horns are smooth, the rest being ringed with ridges; these animals live in small herds in the mountains and prefer cliffs and crags, where they live off the bushes that grow on the ledges; clean animal, so may be eaten
ibex, wild goat, mountain goat
Names of Landforms
= rocks; located near En-Gedi; one of the places where David and his men were hiding for Saul
Rocks of Wild Goats
Names of People
= woman; wife of Heber, Kenite; time of the Judges
Jael
Cross-Reference
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Occurrences in the OJB Interlinear (6 total)
Jdg.4.17 · Jdg.4.18 · Jdg.4.21 · Jdg.4.22 · Jdg.5.6 · Jdg.5.24