Judg 4:21 | NETfull | STEP | Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other. She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground while he was asleep from exhaustion, and he died.

Judges 4:21

21 Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other. ^{▼▼ Heb “took a tent peg and put a hammer in her hand.”} She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground ^{▼▼ Heb “and it went into the ground.”} while he was asleep from exhaustion, ^{▼▼ Heb “and exhausted.” Another option is to understand this as a reference to the result of the fatal blow. In this case, the phrase could be translated, “and he breathed his last.”} and he died.