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ISSACHAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
patriarch (any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race)
Domain category:
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)