Yael
Yael (Hebrew יעל) is a female given name of Hebrew origin taken from the Bible . The spelling mainly used in the German-speaking area is Jael or Jaël .
Meaning and origin
Yael is the Hebrew word for the Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) and is mentioned as such several times in the Bible (e.g. Ps 104.18 EU , 1 Sam 24.3 EU , Job 39.1 EU ). From the root of the word, the word means to ascend, to seek refuge in the highest, to bring benefit . In the Orient the name is considered a flattering name for a beautiful woman. It is also the name of a biblical figure who appears at the time of the judges ( Ri 4.17-22 EU , Ri 5.6 EU , Ri 5.24 EU ).
Yahel also means "he will put up a tent". ( Isa 13.20 EU )
Biblical figure
The biblical narrative in the Book of Judges tells of Jaël , the wife of the Kenite Heber ( Ri 4,11 EU ): According to Ri 4,17–24 EU she killed an enemy of the people of Israel, the Canaanite general Sisera from Hazor . After a lost battle against the Israelite Barak and the judge Debora, he fled to Heber's tent. There Jaël covered him with a rug (supposedly to hide him) and then drove a tent peg through his temple with a blacksmith's hammer .
The prophet Deborah had foretold the deed, and she praises Jaël in the song of Deborah . It is considered to be one of the oldest surviving seals in the Old Testament . In the song Jaël is seen as a heroine for the people of Israel ( Judges 5,24–31 EU ). Like Mary, the mother of Jesus , she receives a Magnificat (hymn of praise): “ Praise be to Jaël among women ” (verse 24). By her deed, Jaël brought forty years of peace to the people of Israel; she loved the Lord of Israel and is compared to the rising sun and its power (v. 31).
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Well-known namesake
Yael / Yaël
- Yael Abecassis (* 1967), Israeli actress
- Yael Adler (* 1973), German doctor, health scientist, author and moderator
- Yael Arad (* 1967), Israeli judoka
- Yael Averbuch (* 1986), American soccer player
- Yael Bartana (* 1970), Israeli multimedia artist
- Yael Grobglas (* 1984), Israeli actress
- Yael Hedaya (* 1964), Israeli writer
- Yael Hersonski (* 1976), Israeli philosopher and film director
- Yael Kushner (also Ivanka Trump), (* 1981), American businesswoman
- Yael Naim (* 1978), French singer
- Yael Reuveny (* 1980), Israeli director and screenwriter
- Yael Ronen (* 1976), Austrian-Israeli theater director and author
- Yael Stone (born 1985), Australian actress
Middle name
- Jenifer Yaël Dadouche-Bartoli (* 1982), French pop singer
- Antje Yael Deusel (* 1960), German rabbi and doctor
Jael / Jaël
- Jaël Bestue (* 2000), Spanish sprinter
- Jael Dajan (* 1939), Israeli writer and politician
- Jael Koller (* 1989), Swiss floorball player
- Jaël Malli (* 1979 as Rahel Krebs , also known as Jaël Krebs ), Swiss musician and lead singer
Jaele / Jaela / Jaelin
- Jaëla Probst (* 1992), German actress
- Jaele Patrick (* 1988), Australian water diver
- Jaelin Kauf (* 1996), American freestyle skier