Issachar
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See also: Issachâr
English
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew יִשָּׂשׁכָר (“Issachar”), a son of Jacob.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪ.səˌkɑː(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪ.səˌkɑɹ/[1]
- Hyphenation: Is‧sa‧char
Proper noun
Issachar
- (biblical) Ninth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Genesis 35:22b-26:
- Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Joshua 21:28:
- And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
- (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Issachar.
- A male given name from Hebrew
Derived terms
Translations
ninth son of Jacob
one of the Israelite tribes
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male given name
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References
- ^ “Issachar”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
Issachar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Tribe of Issachar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Issachar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
