Genesis 49:14
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Issachar shall be a strong ass, lying down between the borders.

Genesis 30:18 And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

Deuteronomy 33:18 And to Zabulon he said: Rejoice, O Zabulon, in thy going out; and Issachar in thy tabernacles.

Joshua 19:17-23 The fourth lot came out to Issachar by their kindreds. . . .

Judges 5:15 The captains of Issachar were with Debbora, and followed the steps of Barac, who exposed himself to danger, as one going headlong, and into a pit. Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men.

Judges 10:1 After Abimelech, there arose a ruler in Israel, Thola, son of Phua, the uncle of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, who dwelt in Samir of mount Ephraim:

1 Chronicles 12:32 Also of the sons of Issachar men of understanding, that knew all times to order what Israel should do, two hundred principal men: and all the rest of the tribe followed their counsel.

Context
Jacob Blesses His Sons
13Zabulon shall dwell on the seashore, and in the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon. 14Issachar shall be a strong ass, lying down between the borders.15He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.…
Cross References
Genesis 49:15
He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.

Numbers 32:16
But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children:

Judges 5:16
Why dwellest thou between two borders, that thou mayst hear the bleatings of the flocks? Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men.

Psalm 68:13
If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.

Psalm 78:70
And he chose his servant David, and took him from the flocks of sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young,

Lexicon
Issachar
יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר (yiś·śā·š·ḵār)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3485: Issachar -- perhaps 'there is recompense', a son of Jacob and Leah, also a son of Obed-edom

[is] a strong
גָּ֑רֶם (gā·rem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1634: A bone, self, very

donkey,
חֲמֹ֣ר (ḥă·mōr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2543: A male ass

lying down
רֹבֵ֖ץ (rō·ḇêṣ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7257: To crouch, be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed

between
בֵּ֥ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

the sheepfolds.
הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם׃ (ham·miš·pə·ṯā·yim)
Article | Noun - md
Strong's Hebrew 4942: Perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps


Additional Translations
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:

Issachar has desired that which is good; resting between the inheritances.

Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles.

Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:

Issachar is a strong ass, couching down between two burdens:

"Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

Issacher is a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds;
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