יִשָּׂשכָר

Genesis 30:18 יִשָּׂשכָֽר׃ Issachar

Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Genesis 35:23 וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר and Issachar

The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 46:13 יִשָׂשכָ֑ר Issachar

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.

Genesis 49:14 יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר Issachar

Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

Exodus 1:3 יִשָּׂשכָ֥ר Issachar

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

Numbers 1:8 לְיִ֨שָּׂשכָ֔ר for Issachar

from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

Numbers 1:28 יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר Issachar

From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:29 יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר Issachar

those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

Here: The tribe descended from Jacob's ninth son, born to Leah. Genesis 30:18 links the name to sākhār, 'wages, hire'. Here it simply names the unit whose total is being reported.

Numbers 2:5 יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר Issachar

The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,

Numbers 7:18 יִשָּׂשכָֽר׃ Issachar

On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, drew near.

Numbers 10:15 יִשָׂשכָ֑ר Issachar

Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,

Numbers 13:7 יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר Issachar

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

Numbers 26:23 יִשָּׂשכָר֙ Issachar

These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans: The Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah,

Numbers 26:25 יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר Issachar

These were the clans of Issachar, and their registration numbered 64,300.

Numbers 34:26 יִשָׂשכָ֖ר Issachar

Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar;

Deuteronomy 27:12 וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר and Issachar

“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Deuteronomy 33:18 וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר and Issachar

Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.

Joshua 17:10 וּבְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר and <on> Issachar

Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

Here: "And on Issachar." Issachar held the eastern Jezreel Valley and the land toward the Jordan. Manasseh's territory ran up against it.

Joshua 17:11 בְּיִשָּׂשכָ֣ר in Issachar

Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.

Here: 'In' marks location: these towns lay within, or reached into, the land given to Issachar, the tribe of the Jezreel Valley to Manasseh's north-east.

Joshua 19:17 לְיִ֨שָּׂשכָ֔ר יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר for Issachar, Issachar

The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:

Joshua 19:23 יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר Issachar

This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Issachar, including these cities and their villages.

Here: Jacob's ninth son, Leah's fifth (Genesis 30:18). His name is linked by wordplay to śākār, "hire, wages". Here it names the tribe that came from him.

Joshua 21:6 יִשָּׂשכָ֣ר Issachar

The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

Here: A tribe in the Jezreel Valley and lower Galilee, the first of the northern tribes to give towns to Gershon. Four towns came from it (Joshua 21:28–29).

Joshua 21:28 יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר Issachar

From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kishion, Daberath,

Judges 5:15 בְּיִשָּׂשכָר֙ וְיִשָּׂשכָר֙ in Issachar, and Issachar

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Judges 10:1 יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר Issachar

After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

1 Kings 4:17 בְּיִשָׂשכָֽר׃ ס in Issachar

Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;

1 Kings 15:27 יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר Issachar

Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.

1 Chronicles 2:1 יִשָׂשכָ֖ר Issachar

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

Here: Leah's fifth son. Genesis 30:18 links the name to sakar, "wages, reward." The written Hebrew has a second shin that is not pronounced, a scribal oddity found every time this name occurs.

1 Chronicles 6:62 יִ֠שָׂשכָר Issachar

The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

1 Chronicles 6:72 יִשָׂשכָ֔ר Issachar

From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kedesh, Daberath,

1 Chronicles 7:1 יִשָׂשכָ֗ר Issachar

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

1 Chronicles 7:5 יִשָׂשכָ֔ר Issachar

Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.

1 Chronicles 12:32 יִשָּׂשכָ֗ר Issachar

From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

Here: A northern tribe whose land was the fertile Jezreel Valley and lower Galilee. The name is spelled with a second ש that is not pronounced, which is a standing scribal convention. This was territory that had backed Saul's house.

1 Chronicles 12:40 יִשָׂשכָ֨ר Issachar

And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

1 Chronicles 26:5 יִשָׂשכָ֣ר Issachar

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth. For God had blessed Obed-edom.

1 Chronicles 27:18 לְיִ֨שָׂשכָ֔ר for Issachar

over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;

2 Chronicles 30:18 יִשָּׂשכָ֤ר Issachar

A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

Here: A tribe of the Jezreel Valley and lower Galilee: far from Jerusalem, deep in what was now Assyrian-controlled territory.

Ezekiel 48:25 יִשָׂשכָ֥ר Issachar

Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.

Ezekiel 48:26 יִשָׂשכָ֗ר Issachar

Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.

Ezekiel 48:33 יִשָּׂשכָר֙ Issachar

On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.