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; 277 f.} Kö^{i. 120} see יֵשׁ שָׂכָר Jeremiah 31:16; 2Chronicles 15:7; = אִישׁ שָׂכָר (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 (32 van 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; 2Chronicles 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.