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  • From: Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com>
  • To: Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?
  • Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 20:09:30 +0300

>Is the name of Heber?s wife, Y(L, a west Semitic name meaning ?Male Ibex??
Is that a fair reading of the Bible?

No, goats are feminine. Check out עזים. Gen 15.9.

In this case יעל is a female ya`el.
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Randall Buth, PhD
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