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Issachar

American  
[is-uh-kahr] / ˈɪs əˌkɑr /

noun

    1. (in the Bible) a son of Jacob and Leah.

    2. one of the 12 tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally descended from him.


Issachar British  
/ ˈɪsəˌkɑː /

noun

  1. the fifth son of Jacob by his wife Leah (Genesis 30:17–18)

  2. the tribe descended from this patriarch

  3. the territory of this tribe

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ms. Issachar, who was allowed to visit her daughter twice a month, also remembers the Lenin monument — along with the din of barking prison dogs that, she said, were being trained in the yard.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022

Kalugina said Griner is being held at the facility where an Israeli woman, Naama Issachar, spent time before Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned her in 2020.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2022

But after Issachar was given the lengthy prison term in Russia last month and Moscow pushed for a prisoner exchange, the case developed an aspect of intrigue.

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 Soares, Theodore Gerald

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