See also:

• ISSACHAR (a Hebrew name meaning apparently " there is a hire," or " reward ")

ISSACHAR (a See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew name meaning apparently " there is a hire," or " See also:

• REWARD

reward ")  , See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob's ninth " son," his fifth by Leah; also the name of a tribe of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel . Slightly differing explanations of the reference in the name are given in Gen. See also:

• XXX

xxx . 16 (J) and v . 18 (E).' The territory of the tribe (See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua xix . 17-23) See also:

• LAY

lay to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of that allotted to See also:

• ZEBULUN

Zebulun, See also:

• NAPHTALI

Naphtali, See also:

• ASHER

Asher and See also:

• DAN

Dan, and included the whole of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of Esdraelon, and the hills to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of it, the boundary in that direction extending from See also:

• TABOR

Tabor to the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan, apparently along the deep See also:

• GORGE

gorge of See also:

• WADI

Wadi el Bireh . In the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich territory of See also:

• ISSACHAR (a Hebrew name meaning apparently " there is a hire," or " reward ")

Issachar, traversed by the great commercial See also:

• HIGHWAY

highway from the Mediterranean and See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt to Bethshean and the Jordan, were several important towns which remained in the hands of the Canaanites for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time (See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

Judges i . 27), separating the tribe from See also:

• MANASSEH (7th cent. B.C.)
• MANASSEH (apparently Hebrew for " he who causes to for-get," but see H. W. Hogg, Encyc. Bib., s.v.); in the Bible, a tribe of Israel, the elder but less important of the "sons" of Joseph. Its seat lay to the north of Ephraim, but its boundaries can scarce

Manasseh . Although Issachar is mentioned as having taken some See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of freedom under See also:

• DEBORAH (Heb. for " bee ")

Deborah (Judges v . Is), it is impossible to misunderstand the reference to its tributary See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition in the blessing of Jacob (Gen. xlix . 14 seq.), or the fact that the name of this tribe is omitted from the See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list given in Judges i. of those who bestirred themselves against the earlier inhabitants of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . In the " blessing upon Zebulun and Issachar " in Deut. xxxiii . 18 seq., reference is made to its agricultural See also:

• LIFE

life in terms suggesting that along with its younger, but more successful " See also:

• BROTHER

brother," it was the See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian of a sacred See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain (See also:

• CARMEL

Carmel, Tabor?) visited periodically for sacrificial feasts .