STRONGS NUMBER H3485


Word Summary
Yissaskar: perhaps "there is recompense", a son of Jacob and Leah, also a son of Obed-edom
Original Word: יִשָּׂשׂכָר
Transliteration: Yissaskar
Phonetic Spelling: (yis-saw-kawr')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine
Short Definition: perhaps "there is recompense", a son of Jacob and Leah, also a son of Obed-edom
Meaning: Issachar -- perhaps "there is recompense", a son of Jacob and Leah, also a son of Obed-edom
Strong's Concordance
Issachar

(strictly yis-saws-kawr'); from nasa' and sakar; he will bring a reward; Jissaskar, a son of Jacob -- Issachar.

see HEBREW nasa'

see HEBREW sakar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3485. Yissaskar

יִשָּׂשכָר48 (so always ᵑ0‎, Qr perpet.; Ben Naphtali יִשְׂשָׂכָר‎ BaerGn p. 84 f.)

proper name, masculine Issachar (etymology and meaning dubious; ᵑ0‎ as if Niph`al Imperfect √ שׂכר‎; Kt = שָׂכָר יֵשׁthere is recompense (compare Genesis 30:18), so Thes and others; this the true etymology according to Ol§§ 69 c; 277 f.i. 120 see שָׂכָר יֵשׁJeremiah 31:16; 2 Chronicles 15:7; = שָׂכָר אִישׁ‎ (a more probable combination in proper name) WeSam 95; > יִשָּׂכָר‎ (ᵑ0‎), or שׂכר יִשָּׂא‎; ᵐ5Ισσαχαρ, see especially Genesis 30:18 Ισσαχαρ, ὅ ἐστιν μισθός) —

1 fifth son of Jacob and Leah (apparently ninth son of Jacob) Genesis 30:18; 35:23; 46:13; 49:14; Exodus 1:3; Numbers 1:8; ישׂ ׳בְּנֵי1:28; 2:5; 26:23; Joshua 19:17; 1 Chronicles 7:1; 12:33 (32 van d. H.); ישׂ ׳מִשְׁמְּחוֺתNumbers 26:25; 1 Chronicles 7:5; ישׂ ׳מַטֵּהNumbers 1:29; 2:5; 13:7; Joshua 21:6, 28; 1 Chronicles 6:47; 6:57; ישׂ בני ׳מטהNumbers 10:15; 34:26; Joshua 19:23; ישׂ ׳בֵּית1 Kings 15:27; hence ׳ישׂ‎ alone = tribe of Issachar, Numbers 7:18; Deuteronomy 27:12; 33:18; Joshua 19:17; Judges 5:15 (twice in verse); 10:1; Ezekiel 48:33 (ישׂ ׳שׁער‎), 1 Chronicles 27:18; 2 Chronicles 30:18; = territory of the tribe Joshua 17:10-11, 1 Kings 4:17; 1 Chronicles 12:41 (40 van d. H.); transition from tribe to territory Ezekiel 48:25-26,.

2 7th son of Obed-Edom 1 Chronicles 26:5.