Lexical Definition

‎יִשָּׂשכָר‎ Yissâˢkâr (yis-saw-kawr') Issachar ^N:N-M-P
(strictly yis-saws-kawr'); from ‎נָשָׂא‎ and ‎שָׂכָר‎; he will bring a reward

Issachar.

• § Issachar = "there is recompense"
• Jissaskar, a son of Jacob

n pr m
1) the 9th son of Jacob and the 5th by Leah his first wife and the progenitor of a tribe by his name
2) a Korahite Levite and the 7th son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper to the temple
n pr coll
3) the tribe descended from Issachar the son of Jacob
n pr loc
4) the territory allocated to the descendants of Issachar when they entered the land of Canaan

See Greek: Ἰσαχάρ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יִשָּׂשכָר‎₄₈ (so always ᵑ0, Qr perpet.; Ben Naphtali ‎יִשְׂשָׂכָר‎ Baer^{Gn p. 84 f.}) proper name, masculine Issachar (etymology and meaning dubious; ᵑ0 as if Niph`al Imperfect √ ‎שׂכר‎; Kt = ‎יֵשׁ שָׂכָר‎ there is recompense (compare Gen 30:18), so Thes and others; this the true etymology according to Ol^{§§ 69 c; 277 f.} Kö^{i. 120} see ‎יֵשׁ שָׂכָר‎ Jer 31:16; 2Chr 15:7 = ‎אִישׁ‎ ‎שָׂכָר‎ (a more probable combination in proper name) We^{Sam 95}; > ‎יִשָּׂכָר‎ (ᵑ0), or ‎יִשָּׂא שׂכר‎; ᵐ5 Ισσαχαρ, see especially Gen 30:18 Ισσαχαρ, ὅ ἐστιν μισθός) —

1. fifth son of Jacob and Leah (apparently ninth son of Jacob) Gen 30:18; Gen 35:23; Gen 46:13; Gen 49:14; Exod 1:3; Num 1:8 ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי ישׂ‎ Num 1:28; Num 2:5; Num 26:23; Josh 19:17; 1Chr 7:1; 1Chr 12:33* (32 van d. H.); ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁפְּחוֺת ישׂ‎ Num 26:25; 1Chr 7:5 ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה ישׂ‎ Num 1:29; Num 2:5; Num 13:7; Josh 21:6; Josh 21:28; 1Chr 6:47*; 1Chr 6:57* ‎׳‎‎מטה בני ישׂ‎ Num 10:15; Num 34:26; Josh 19:23 ‎׳‎‎בֵּית ישׂ‎ 1Kgs 15:27 hence ‎׳‎‎ישׂ‎ alone = tribe of Issachar, Num 7:18; Deut 27:12; Deut 33:18; Josh 19:17; Judg 5:15 (twice in verse); Judg 10:1; Ezek 48:33 (‎׳‎‎שׁער ישׂ‎), 1Chr 27:18; 2Chr 30:18 = territory of the tribe Josh 17:10; Josh 17:11; 1Kgs 4:17; 1Chr 12:41* (40 van d. H.); transition from tribe to territory Ezek 48:25; Ezek 48:26.

2. 7th son of Obed-Edom 1Chr 26:5.

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