Title: | A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy) |
Notice: | BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy... |
Moderator: | OASS::BURDEN_D |
Created: | Tue Feb 13 1996 |
Last Modified: | Fri May 30 1997 |
Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
Number of topics: | 996 |
Total number of notes: | 7139 |
My wife has an unusual first name: Jael (pronounced like jail). It is from the Bible (Judges) and has an interesting story behind it. I have heard of very few others with that name, none which was pronounced the same; the others were pronounce Jay-el. Jael has two brothers and one sister. All of their names, both first and middle are Biblical; the first names all start with A, the middle names with A, and their last name starts with M, which makes them all JAM's.
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311.1 | Just curious | EDUHCI::WARREN | Tue Oct 11 1988 13:40 | 7 | |
What _is_ the story behind Jael's name? And what are her siblings' names? -Tracy | |||||
311.2 | Don't go to Sleep | PTOMV5::FULTON | It's all just ones and zeros! | Tue Oct 11 1988 15:17 | 19 |
Well, its been a while, but I will relate what I remember. It seems there was an enemy of the state named Sisera (I believe) who was trying to hide from the authorities. He came to Jael (Jay-el) and asked for refuge. She took him in and fed him and instructed him to roll up in a rug to hide. When he went to sleep, she drove a tent stake through his temple. (My father warned me not to go to sleep.) Sibling's names: Jael Ann Joel Aaron Joy Allison Jason Andrew Ken | |||||
311.3 | GENRAL::REAVES | Mon Oct 31 1988 15:16 | 5 | ||
A friend of mine has a little girl by the name of Jael. It is pronounced Ji-el, with a soft J sound. Cathy | |||||
311.4 | PTOMV4::FULTON | It's all just ones and zeros! | Tue Nov 08 1988 11:02 | 1 | |
That may be the hebrew pronunciation. Can anybody confirm? | |||||
311.5 | Yaeli as in Israeli... | JEREMY::RIVKA | Wed Nov 09 1988 00:09 | 4 | |
The hebrew pronunciation is ya-el.Infact all the Yael I know (mind you it's quite popular here) spell it with a "Y" (yael). Rivka. |