Issachar
Americannoun
noun
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the fifth son of Jacob by his wife Leah (Genesis 30:17–18)
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the tribe descended from this patriarch
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the territory of this tribe
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In a telephone interview from Israel, Ms. Issachar’s mother, Yaffa Issachar, said that her daughter had cried when she heard about Ms. Griner’s case, telling her: “I know what she’s going through now.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
Issachar was convicted and sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison before she was freed after spending nine months behind bars.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
For its part, Moscow offered to release the Israeli American woman, Na’ama Issachar, 26, who has been behind bars in Russia since last spring.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2019
Issachar Baer is saying that when we serve as a channel for something else – for God, for love, for giving, for service, for care – that “independent self” falls away.
From Salon ● May 7, 2016
In the tribe of Issachar is the Plain of Esdraelon.
From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Theodore Gerald Soares
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