And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
She called his name Issachar - [Hebrew, Yisaaskaar (H3485). The constant Qeri', Yisaakaar, bought with a hire or reward. The Kethibh may be read either yeesh (H3426) saakaar (H7939), there is a hire or reward, or yisaasaakaar for yisaa' (H5375) saakaar (H7939), he brings a reward. The Septuagint has: ekalese to onoma autou Issachar, ho esti misthos, she called his name Issachar, which is hire or reward.] The import of the name, therefore, is, either that she had hired her husband, or that she had received her hire (i:e., a happy result) from God.