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View Name: Issachar


ISSACHAR
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical
OTHER SCRIPTS: יִשָּׂשׁכָר (Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: IS-ə-kahr (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "hireling" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the twelve sons of Jacob and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Related Names
OTHER LANGUAGES: Yissakhar (Biblical Hebrew), Yissakhar (Hebrew)



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