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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 (Judges 5:27). She then led Barak, who was in pursuit, into her tent, and boastfully showed him what she had done. (See SISERA; DEBORAH.)
•JAGUR place of sojourn, a city on the southern border of Judah (Joshua 15:21).
•JAH a contraction for Jehovah (Psalm 68:4).