Ya'el (יעל) means mountain goat in Hebrew.
It can also mean ibex. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
mountain goat, ibex
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Ya'el.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1יונק אוכל עשב, מעלה גירה, בעל פרסות ומקורנן. צאצאו הוא הגדי.
וַיִּקַּח שָׁאוּל שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ בָּחוּר מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל; וַיֵּלֶךְ לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־דָּוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו עַל־פְּנֵי צוּרֵי הַיְּעֵלִים.
- 2זואולוגיההסוג Capra, סוג במשפחת הפריים, עז, תיש או יעל.
- 3שם פרטי לנקבה
תְּבֹרַךְ מִנָּשִׁים יָעֵל אֵשֶׁת חֶבֶר הַקֵּינִי מִנָּשִׁים בָּאֹהֶל תְּבֹרָךְ
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Ya'el is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יָעֵל
- Written without vowel points
- יעל
- Said
- ya'el
- Root
- י־ע־ל
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Plural
- יְעֵלִים
- Inflections
- ר' יְעֵלִים; ס"ר יַעֲלֵי־
- Gematria
- 110
This is how Ya'el is said in other languages.
- English
- mountain goat, ibex
- Arabic
- وعل
- Russian
- козерог
- French
- ibex, bouquetin
- Spanish
- íbice
- German
- Steinbock
These words mean nearly the same as Ya'el.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Ya'el.
The word Ya'el is part of these phrases and sayings.
- ארץ היעל
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Ya'el comes from the root י־ע־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Ya'el in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ya'el.
What does Ya'el (יעל) mean in Hebrew?
Ya'el (יעל) means mountain goat and ibex. It is said ya'el, with the stress on el.
What is a synonym for Ya'el (יעל)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ya'el (יעל) are עז, תיש, and אקו.
What rhymes with Ya'el (יעל)?
Words that rhyme with Ya'el (יעל) include נוזל, ישראל, של, אל, נמל, and ברזל.
Is Ya'el (יעל) masculine or feminine?
The word Ya'el (יעל) is a masculine noun, and its plural is יְעֵלִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry יעל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.