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
Example Sentences
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In jail, Ms. Issachar told her mother: “The clouds in Moscow are pretty.”
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
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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