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(Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel
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issachar
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Issachar / Yissachar was, according to the Book of Exodus , a son of Jacob and Leah (the fifth son of Leah, and ninth son of Jacob), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar ; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
son of Jacob by Leah (Old Testament), name of a biblical tribe of Israel, from Greek issakhar , from Hebrew Yissakhar , probably [Klein] from yesh sakhar "there is a reward" (see Gen. xxx:18).
Usage examples of issachar.
Having lost all his money at play, he sold me to a Jew named Don Issachar, who traded to Holland and Portugal, and was passionately fond of women.
He represented to me how much beneath my rank it was to belong to an Israelite, and sent an intermediary to Don Issachar with the proposal that he should yield me to his lordship.
Meanwhile the Holy Brotherhood entered Issachar's house, buried his lordship in a fine church, and threw Issachar on a dunghill.
Still,” he tittered on, “while I have never seen this self-named prophet, they say he does resemble Issachar in that he is a ‘great strong ass’ of a man!
Still,'' he tittered on, ``while I have never seen this self-named prophet, they say he does resemble Issachar in that he is a `great strong ass' of a man!