Original: יִשָּׂשכָר

Transliteration: Yissâˢkâr

Phonetic: yis-saw-kawr'

Short Definition: Issachar

Original: ישּׂשׂכר

Transliteration: yiśśâśkâr

Phonetic: yis-saw-kawr'

BDB Definition:

Issachar = "there is recompense"

1. the 9th son of Jacob and the 5th by Leah his first wife and the progenitor of a tribe by his name (noun proper masculine)
2. a Korahite Levite and the 7th son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper to the temple (noun proper masculine)
3. the tribe descended from Issachar the son of Jacob (noun proper collective)
4. the territory allocated to the descendants of Issachar when they entered the land of Canaan (noun proper locative)

Origin: from H5375 and H7939

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H3426, H3455, H3480