yish.i is a proper name borne by men identified through descendants, family households, and leadership.

The attested form is a proper personal name, used chiefly in descent and family identification: Appaim is linked to it, descendants are named from it, and four men are identified as its sons; it also appears in a list of fathers’ household heads.

1. Personal name in genealogical and family identification · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In 1 Chronicles 2:31 the APB renders a succession from Appaim to Ishi and then names Sheshan as Ishi's son; in 1 Chronicles 4:20 it names Zoheth and Ben-zoheth as Ishi's sons. In 1 Chronicles 4:42 four men are identified as sons of Ishi, while 1 Chronicles 5:24 includes Ishi among heads of fathers' households.

   1 Chronicles 2:311 Chronicles 4:201 Chronicles 4:421 Chronicles 5:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Ishi” in genealogical statements, in identifications of sons, and in a list of household heads. It confirms the personal-name setting rather than supplying a separate lexical rendering.