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JAEL

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical, Jewish

Pronounced: JAY-əl (English), JAYL (English)   [key]

From the Hebrew name יָעֵל (Ya'el) meaning "mountain goat". In the Old Testament this was the name of a woman who killed the captain of the Canaanite army.
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