| Clarke's Commentary on the Bible God hath given me my hire - שכרי sechari. And she called his name Issachar, יששכר, This word is compounded of יש yesh, Is, and שכר sachar, Wages, from שכר sachar, to content, satisfy, saturate; hence a satisfaction or compensation for work done, etc.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd Leah said, God hath given me my hire,.... Of the mandrakes with which she had hired of Rachel a night's lodging with Jacob, and for which she had a sufficient recompense, by the son that God had given her: and she added another reason, and a very preposterous one, and shows she put a wrong construction on the blessing she received: because I have given my maiden to my husband; which, she judged, was so well pleasing to God, that he had rewarded her with another son: and she called his name Issachar, which signifies "hire" or "reward"; or, there is a reward, or a man of reward.
Geneva Study BibleAnd Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my {f} maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. (f) Instead of acknowledging her fault she boasts as if God had rewarded her for it.
King James Translators' NotesIssachar: that is, An hire
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary30:14-24 The desire, good in itself, but often too great and irregular, of being the mother of the promised Seed, with the honour of having many children, and the reproach of being barren, were causes of this unbecoming contest between the sisters. The truth appears to be, that they were influenced by the promises of God to Abraham; whose posterity were promised the richest blessings, and from whom the Messiah was to descend. | 
