Issachar

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biblical figure eponymous ancestor patriarch son of Jacob

Issachar is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Issachar son of Jacob 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure ⓘ
eponymous ancestor ⓘ
patriarch ⓘ
son of Jacob ⓘ
associatedTribeTerritory Jezreel Valley ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Lower Galilee
associatedWith agriculture ⓘ
labor ⓘ
birthOrderAmongSonsOfJacob 9 ⓘ
birthOrderAmongSonsOfLeah 5 ⓘ
blessingGivenBy Jacob ⓘ
blessingRecordedIn Genesis 49 ⓘ
describedAsInJacobBlessing strong donkey ⓘ
father Jacob ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
grandfather Isaac ⓘ
greatGrandfather Abraham ⓘ
halfSibling Asher ⓘ
Benjamin ⓘ
Dan ⓘ
Gad ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ
Naphtali ⓘ
mentionedIn Divrei Hayamim ⓘ
surface form: 1 Chronicles

Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Judges ⓘ
surface form: Book of Judges

Book of Numbers ⓘ
mother Leah ⓘ
nameLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
nameMeaningTraditional there is reward ⓘ
numberOfSons 4 ⓘ
religiousCulture Israelite ⓘ
religiousText Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
sibling Dinah ⓘ
Judah son of Jacob ⓘ
surface form: Judah

Levi ⓘ
Reuben ⓘ
Simeon ⓘ
Zebulun ⓘ
son Jashub ⓘ
Puah ⓘ
Shimron ⓘ
Tola ⓘ
tribalAncestorOf Tribe of Issachar ⓘ
tribeReputation men who understood the times ⓘ
tribeReputationSource 1 Chronicles 12:32 ⓘ
veneratedIn Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Samaritanism ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rachel → auntOf → Issachar ⓘ
Gad → brother → Issachar ⓘ
Jacob → father → Issachar ⓘ
Gad → halfBrother → Issachar ⓘ
Asher → halfBrotherOf → Issachar ⓘ
Israel → hasChild → Issachar ⓘ
Leah → motherOf → Issachar ⓘ
Judah son of Jacob → sibling → Issachar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Issachar son of Jacob
Levi → sibling → Issachar ⓘ
Naphtali → sibling → Issachar ⓘ
Reuben → sibling → Issachar ⓘ
Simeon → sibling → Issachar ⓘ
Zebulun → sibling → Issachar ⓘ
Rachel → stepmotherOf → Issachar ⓘ