Editing Issachar (section)

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{{Short description|Biblical figure and son of Jacob and Leah}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Issachar
| native_name        = יִשָּׂשכָר
| native_name_lang   = he
| pronunciation      = Yissakhar
| birth_place        = [[Paddan Aram]]
| birth_date         = 10 [[Av (month)|Av]]
| death_date         = (aged 122)
| resting_place      = maybe in [[Sidon]]{{citationneeded|date=January 2024}}
| father             = [[Jacob]]
| mother             = [[Leah]]
| image              = Issachar (Francisco de Zurbarán).jpg
| caption            = Painting by [[Francisco de Zurbarán]] (from ''[[Jacob and his twelve sons]]'', c. 1640–45)
| spouse             = Aridah
| children           = Tola (son)<br>Puah (son)<br>Jashub (son)<br> Shimron (son)<br><ref name="Genesis 46:13" />
| relatives          = [[Reuben (son of Jacob)|Reuben]] (brother)<br>[[Simeon (son of Jacob)|Simeon]] (brother)<br>[[Levi]] (brother)<br>[[Judah (son of Jacob)|Judah]] (brother)<br>[[Dan (son of Jacob)|Dan]] (half brother)<br>[[Naphtali]] (half brother)<br>[[Gad (son of Jacob)|Gad]] (half brother)<br>[[Asher]] (half brother)<br>[[Zebulun]] (brother)<br>[[Dinah]] (sister)<br>[[Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph]] (half brother)<br>[[Benjamin]] (half brother)<br>[[Rachel]] (aunt/stepmother)
}}
[[File:Issachar, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob MET DP873209.jpg|thumb|''Isachar'', from [[Jacques de Gheyn II]]'s prints (c. 1584–94)]]
'''Issachar''' ({{langx|he|יִשָּׂשכָר|Yiśśāḵār|"There is reward"}})<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Geoffrey |title=The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. |publisher=Open Book Publishers |year=2020 |isbn=978-1783746767}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 3462. yesh |url=https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3426.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 7939. sakar |url=https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7939.htm}}</ref> 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 [[Israelites|Israelite]] [[Tribe of Issachar]]. However, some [[Biblical criticism|Biblical scholars]] view this as an [[eponym]]ous [[metaphor]] providing an [[aetiology]] of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite [[confederation]].<ref name="ReferenceB"/>