Judges 4:21

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Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.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.

In other translations

Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.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.

Hebrew words

וַתִּקַּחvatikachand she tookH3947יָעֵלya'elJaelH3278אֵשֶׁת־'eshet-[the] wife ofH802חֶבֶרcheverHeberH2268אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְתַדyetad[the] peg ofH3489הָאֹהֶלha'ohelthe tentH168וַתָּשֶׂםvatasemand she putH7760אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַמַּקֶּבֶתhamakevetthe hammerH4718בְּיָדָהּbeyadahin hand herH3027וַתָּבוֹאvatavo'and she wentH935אֵלָיו'elavto himH413בַּלָּאטbalatin <the> secrecyH3814וַתִּתְקַעvatitka'and she droveH8628אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַיָּתֵדhaiyatedthe pegH3489בְּרַקָּתוֹberakatoin temple hisH7541וַתִּצְנַחvatitznachand it went downH6795בָּאָרֶץba'aretzin the groundH776וְהוּא־vehu'-and heH1931נִרְדָּםnirdam[was] sleepingH7290וַיָּעַףvaiya'afand he was wearyH5888וַיָּמֹת׃vaiyamotand he diedH4191

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People and places

People: Heber (Judges 4), Jael

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