Issachar
Sign in to savethumb|Isachar, from Jacques de Gheyn II's prints (c. 1584–94) Issachar () 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.
Key facts
- Person.relatives
- Reuben (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)
- Person.name
- Issachar
- Person.native_name
- יִשָּׂשכָר
- Person.native_name_lang
- he
- Person.birth_place
- Paddan Aram
- Person.birth_date
- 4 or 10 Av
- Person.death_date
- (aged 122)
- Person.resting_place
- maybe in Sidon
- Person.father
- Jacob
- Person.mother
- Leah
- Person.image
- Issachar (Francisco de Zurbarán).jpg
- Person.caption
- Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (from Jacob and his twelve sons, c. 1640–45)
- Person.spouse
- Aridah
- Person.children
- Tola (son)Puah (son)Jashub (son) Shimron (son)
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thumb|Isachar, from Jacques de Gheyn II's prints (c. 1584–94) Issachar () 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.
==Name== The text of Genesis provides two different sources for the name of Issachar. The first derives it from ish sakar, meaning man of hire, in reference to Leah's hire of Jacob's sexual favours for the price of some mandrakes. The second derives it from yesh sakar, meaning there is a reward, in reference to Leah's opinion that the birth of Issachar was a divine reward for giving her handmaid Zilpah to Jacob as a concubine.