Talk:Issachar

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~~===Scholarly Consensus on Joshua===~~

This article by presenting as if it were fact the idea that a "conquest of Canaan" occurred, with Joshua in command of the Israelite forces, a little after 1200 BC. The scholarly consensus is that no such thing happened. So I am moving the fringe position here to the talk page and I'll make the article reflect the consensus position in the lead. Here's the bit I'm taking out: << after about 1200 BCE,Kitchen, Kenneth A. (2003), On the Reliability of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, Michigan. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company)(ISBN 0-8028-4960-1)>>. Alephb (talk) 05:24, 24 January 2017 (UTC) Nevermind. Wrong talk page.Alephb (talk) 05:46, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The name

The "Tiberian" transcription Yiśśāśḵār with a third <ś> is wrong: the lack of any vowel sign or shva with the second shin is an indication that that second shin is not to be pronounced; as a rule in Tiberian Hebrew letters that are not to be pronounced have no niqqud. Here is the statement from the Academy of the Hebrew language (from its Facebook page

טוב לדעת כי השם יששכר מופיע במקרא ארבעים ושלוש פעמים. בכולן הוא כתוב בשתי שי"נים, ואולם ניקודו הוא יִשָּׂשכָר – השי"ן השנייה בלא ניקוד כלל. ניקוד זה בא לומר שאין להגות את השי"ן השנייה, כאילו כתוב יִשָּׂכָר בשי"ן אחת וזו ההגייה התקנית. ‍ מקובל לומר שהכתיב בשי"ן כפולה רומז למקור השם: יֵשׁ שָׂכָר, על פי דברי לאה "נָתַן אֱלֹהִים שְׂכָרִי אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי שִׁפְחָתִי לְאִישִׁי" (בראשית ל, יח). לקריאה בשׂי"ן אחת ניתנו כמה הסברים – ההסבר הדקדוקי קשור להתלכדות העיצורים הדומים. ‍ השם יששכר מקובל בישראל במיוחד מימי הביניים המאוחרים, ולצד הכתיב המסורתי יש שנהגו לכתוב אותו בשי"ן אחת, ישכר, ובהם דמויות ידועות בעולם הרבני. (Jan. 22, 2020, at https://www.facebook.com/AcademyOfTheHebrewLanguage/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARCsYRULfzezaaWDyEqXh3aUKR1OvJ_-rSTnNIP2AuVKou-g_ruYTVzz1YtMKvdhZ2XN8oAm3iLftYow&hc_ref=ARSjzoXFnN-_p9q4aNr9zsGiP52cdJs5P6hm5Q9-bH0HKJSdMX8aGilgb1Bw4Yd5b5E&fref=nf&__xts__[0]=68.ARBVMvuxFGYmVSmeL_IqdZ7AHsV24pT0zyoTnAJQcqSPuIXFF4Oin-td-ZWTZscQUrqjDJG9opZ2tRn4IUyZxZRTqbsfZUGYC0yQxmSDeAz9gtHKXxmmKALYOSXQJ2HlXYFRbs7oSNSG5_KWe6c83h1JjsH_7J2nP__uGUc_n46hEdwf6yCB45PpXkyAfg6mEADMNKdPWz8bi7Su39B9Gr4fpsHMjCxLaSEIDSsJglq_q6r6GoY9BTXRIP7c-vfFLEd2Kad_1iggcn7suEypZEfmsxEHorcX2k_v0fFtjHewhFEdeffdCDCZl-EnhaEoib9I4qLo-8q_BYxWfW925NQvSA) Linguistatlunch (talk) 18:07, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]