Issachar

For other uses, see Issachar (disambiguation).
Issachar
יִשָּׂשכָר
Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (from Jacob and his twelve sons, c. 1640–45)
PronunciationYissakhar
Born10 Av
Paddan Aram
Died(aged 122)
Resting placemaybe in Sidon[citation needed]
SpouseAridah
ChildrenTola (son)
Puah (son)
Jashub (son)
Shimron (son)
[1]
Parents
RelativesReuben (brother)
Simeon (brother)
Levi (brother)
Judah (brother)
Dan (half brother)
Naphtali (half brother)
Gad (half brother)
Asher (half brother)
Zebulun (brother)
Dinah (sister)
Joseph (half brother)
Benjamin (half brother)
Rachel (aunt/stepmother)
Isachar, from Jacques de Gheyn II's prints (c. 1584–94)

Issachar (Hebrew: יִשָּׂשכָר, romanized: Yiśśāḵār, lit. '"There is reward"')[2][3][4] was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fifth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's ninth son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar. However, some Biblical scholars view this as an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Genesis 46:13 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.
  3. ^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 3462. yesh".
  4. ^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 7939. sakar".
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ReferenceB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).