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From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Jael
    mountain-goat, the wife of Heber the Kenite (Judg. 4:17-22).
    When the Canaanites were defeated by Barak, Sisera, the captain
    of Jabin's army, fled and sought refuge with the friendly tribe
    of Heber, beneath the oaks of Zaanaim. As he drew near, Jael
    invited him to enter her tent. He did so, and as he lay wearied
    on the floor he fell into a deep sleep. She then took in her
    left hand one of the great wooden pins ("nail") which fastened
    down the cords of the tent, and in her right hand the mallet, or
    "hammer," used for driving it into the ground, and stealthily
    approaching her sleeping guest, with one well-directed blow
    drove the nail through his temples into the earth (Judg. 5:27).
    She then led Barak, who was in pursuit, into her tent, and
    boastfully showed him what she had done. (See SISERA; DEBORAH.)

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Jael, he that ascends; a kid