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Iscah ((ヘブライ語:יִסְכָּה) ''Yiskāh'') is the daughter of Haran and niece of Abraham in the Hebrew Bible. The passage in which Iscah is mentioned is extremely brief and obscure. As a result rabbinical scholars developed theories to explain it, typically adopting the claim that Iscah was an alternate name for Sarah (Sarai), the wife of Abraham, particularly that it denoted her role as a prophetess. The original Hebrew name ''Yiskāh'' (יִסְכָּה), means "foresight", or being able to see the potential in the future. The Hebrew root ''sakhah'' (ס.כ.ה) means "to see," so the name ''Yiskah'', with the added yod, implies "to see before".〔Strong's 03252. יִסְכָּה Yickah ''yis-kaw’''; from an unused root meaning to watch; observant; Jiskah, sister of Lot:—Iscah.〕 Iscah is also believed to be the source of the name "Jessica", via a character in Shakespeare's play ''The Merchant of Venice''. ==Biblical text== The only reference to Iscah is in a brief passage in the Book of Genesis: : And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife ''()'' Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. — KJV 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iscah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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