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title: יִשָּׂשכָר — Issachar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִשָּׂשכָר (3485), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: Issachar. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Issachar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִשָּׂשכָר

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«יִשָּׂשכָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Issachar** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 43 times · **Key:** 3485 · **BDB:** יִשָּׂשכָר

### Glosses

of.Issachar (24); Issachar (18); \[was\].Issachar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Issachar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3485/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Issachar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3485/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (so always MT, Qr perpet.; Ben Napht. יִשְׂשָׂכָר Baer Gn p. 84 f.) n.pr.m. Issachar (etym. and meaning dub.; MT as Niph. Impf. √ שׂכר; Kt = יֵשׁ שָׂכָר there is recompense (cf. Gn 30:18), so Thes al.; this the true etym. according to Ol§§ 69 c; 277 f. Köi. 120 v. יֵשׁ שָׂכָר Je 31:16 2 Ch 15:7; = אִישׁ שָׂכָר (a more prob. combination in n.pr.) WeSam. 95; \> יִשָּׂכָר (MT), or יִשָּׂא שׂכר; 𝔊 Ισσαχαρ, see especially Gn 30:18 Ισσαχαρ, ὅ ἐστιν μισθός)— fifth son of Jacob and Leah (appar. ninth son of Jacob) Gn 30:18; 35:23; 46:13; 49:14; Ex 1:3; Nu 1:8; בְּנֵי ישׂ׳ Nu 1:28; 2:5; 26:23; Jos 19:17; 1 Ch 7:1; 12:33 (v 32 van d. H.); מִשְׁפְּחוֹת ישׂ׳ Nu 26:25; 1 Ch 7:5; מַטֵּה ישׂ׳ Nu 1:29; 2:5; 13:7; Jos 21:6, 28; 1 Ch 6:47, 57; מטה בני ישׂ׳ Nu 10:15; 34:26; Jos 19:23; בֵּית ישׂ׳ 1 K 15:27; hence ישׂ׳ alone = tribe of Issachar, Nu 7:18; Dt 27:12; 33:18 Jos 19:17; Ju 5:15(×2); 10:1; Ez 48:33 (שׁער ישׂ׳), 1 Ch 27:18; 2 Ch 30:18; = territory of the tribe Jos 17:10, 11; 1 K 4:17; 1 Ch 12:41 (v 40 van d. H.); transit. from tribe to territory Ez 48:25, 26. 7th son of Obed-Edom 1 Ch 26:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 39 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִשָּׂשכָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3485/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.1.3/)

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יִשָּׂשכָ֥ר זְבוּלֻ֖ן וּבְנְיָמִֽן׃

*Word for word:* Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

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[Numbers 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.8/)

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לְיִ֨שָּׂשכָ֔ר נְתַנְאֵ֖ל בֶּן־צוּעָֽר׃

*Word for word:* for Issachar Nethanel the.son of.Zuar

*JPS 1917:* Of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar.

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