Issachar

Issachar
Issachar
יִשָּׂשכָר
	Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (from Jacob and his twelve sons, c. 1640–45)
Pronunciation	Yissakhar
Born	10 Av; Paddan Aram
Died	(aged 122)
Resting place	maybe in Sidon
Spouse	Aridah
Children	Tola (son); Puah (son); Jashub (son); Shimron (son);
Parents	Jacob (father); Leah (mother);
Relatives	Reuben (brother); Simeon (brother); Levi (brother); Judah (brother); Dan (half brother); Naphtali (half brother); Gad (half brother); Asher (half brother); Zebulun (brother); Dinah (sister); Joseph (half brother); Benjamin (half brother); Rachel (aunt/stepmother)

Issachar (Hebrew: יִשָּׂשכָר, Modern: Yīssaḵar, Tiberian: Yīśśāḵār, "There is reward") was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fifth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's ninth son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar. However, some Biblical scholars view this as an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.

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