Yahel

{{Infobox Israel village

| name = Yahel

|hebname=יהל

|arname=ياهل

| image = Yahel_entry_road.jpg

| caption = Entrance to the kibbutz

| founded = 1977

| founded_by = Reform movement

| district = south

| council = Hevel Eilot

| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement

| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}

| population = {{Israel populations|Yahel}}

| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}

| pushpin_map=Israel negev mt |pushpin_mapsize=250

| coordinates = {{coord|30|5|3|N|35|7|45|E|display=inline,title}}

}}

Kibbutz Yahel ({{langx|he|יַהֵל}}) is a Reform kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the Arabah region of the Negev desert, 60 kilometers from the city of Eilat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Yahel}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

Etymology

The name is symbolic and means: "it shone (shined)". It comes from the Book of Job ({{bibleverse|Job|31:26}}).{{cite book|first=Immanuel|last=HaReuveni|title=Lexicon of the Land of Israel|page=393|publisher=Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books|language=Hebrew|year=1999|isbn=965-448-413-7}}; Vilnay, Zev, Rachel and Oren: The Vilnay Guide to Israel. A new Millenium edition, Vol 1: Jerusalem, Beersheba and Southern Israel, Atlit 1999, p. 192, {{ISBN|965-90269-0-0}}