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Strong's #3485 - יִשָּׂשׂכָר
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Issachar = “there is recompense”
1) the 9th son of Jacob and the 5th by Leah his first wife and the progenitor of a tribe by his name (noun proper masculine)
2) a Korahite Levite and the 7th son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper to the temple (noun proper masculine)
3) the tribe descended from Issachar the son of Jacob (noun proper collective)
4) the territory allocated to the descendants of Issachar when they entered the land of Canaan (noun proper locative)
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proper name, masculine Issachar (etymology and meaning dubious; ᵑ0 as if Niph`al Imperfect √ שׂכר; Kt = יֵשׁ שָׂכָר there is recompense (compare Genesis 30:18), so Thes and others; this the true etymology according to Ol§§ 69 c; 277f. Kö i. 120 see יֵשׁ שָׂכָר Jeremiah 31:16; 2 Chronicles 15:7; = אִישׁשָׂכָר (a more probable combination in proper name) We Sam 95; > יִשָּׂכָר (ᵑ0), or יִשָּׂא שׂכר; ᵐ5 Ισσαχαρ, see especially Genesis 30:18 Ισσαχαρ, ὅ ἐστιν μισθός) —
1 fifth son of Jacob and Leah (apparently ninth son of Jacob) Genesis 30:18; Genesis 35:23; Genesis 46:13; Genesis 49:14; Exodus 1:3; Numbers 1:8; ׳בְּנֵי ישׂ Numbers 1:28; Numbers 2:5; Numbers 26:23; Joshua 19:17; 1 Chronicles 7:1; 1 Chronicles 12:33 (32van d. H.); ׳מִשְׁמְּחוֺת ישׂ Numbers 26:25; 1 Chronicles 7:5; ׳מַטֵּה ישׂ Numbers 1:29; Numbers 2:5; Numbers 13:7; Joshua 21:6,28; 1 Chronicles 6:47; 1 Chronicles 6:57; ׳מטה בני ישׂ Numbers 10:15; Numbers 34:26; Joshua 19:23; ׳בֵּית ישׂ 1 Kings 15:27; hence ׳ישׂ alone = tribe of Issachar, Numbers 7:18; Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 33:18; Joshua 19:17; Judges 5:15 (twice in verse); Judges 10:1; Ezekiel 48:33 (׳שׁער ישׂ), 1 Chronicles 27:18; 2 Chronicles 30:18; = territory of the tribe Joshua 17:10,11; 1 Kings 4:17; 1 Chronicles 12:41 (40 van d. H.); transition from tribe to territory Ezekiel 48:25,26.
2 7th son of Obed-Edom 1 Chronicles 26:5.
יִשָּׂשׂכָר [Issachar], pr. name of the fifth son of Jacob by Leah, Genesis 30:18 whose descendants (בני יששכר) dwelt in the region near the sea of Galilee, -Josh. 19:1723.-This name, as it now stands in the editions (like יְהֹוָה, יְרוּשָׁלַםִ, etc., see Simonis, Analys. Lect. Masoreth. in Pref.), takes the vowels belonging to a continual קרי, יִשָּׂכָר (bought with wages or price, see Genesis 30:16). The more full reading in כתיב may be read in two ways, either יֵשׁ שָׂכָר he is wages, or יִשָּׂשָׂכָר (for יִשָּׂא שָׂכָר) he brings wages, er bringt den Lohn.
