yis.sa.s.khar is a proper name used for Jacob’s son, the tribe descended from him, and an individual bearer of the name.

The name most often identifies the tribal group in military, genealogical, territorial, and administrative settings; it also names Jacob’s son in ancestral lists and sayings, and once names a seventh son in another family.

1. The tribe in communal and territorial contexts · dominant

   The proper noun identifies a tribal body: in Numbers 2:5 the APB renders the clause about the tribe camping and its leader, while Joshua 19:17 describes an allotted portion for its sons according to their families. It also marks tribal affiliation, as in Judges 5:15, where its princes are with Deborah and it is with Barak, and in Ezekiel 48:25, where it names a border allotment.

   Numbers 2:5Joshua 19:17Judges 5:15Ezekiel 48:251 Kings 4:172 Chronicles 30:18
2. Jacob’s son in ancestral naming and description · common

   In Genesis 30:18 the proper noun is the name Leah gives her son. Genesis 35:23 places him among Leah’s sons, Genesis 46:13 introduces his sons, and Genesis 49:14 addresses him in the saying, rendered by the APB as “Issachar is a strong donkey.”

   Genesis 30:18Genesis 35:23Genesis 46:13Genesis 49:14Exodus 1:31 Chronicles 2:1
3. A later individual bearing the name · rare

   In 1 Chronicles 26:5 the proper noun names the seventh son in a list of sons: the APB renders “Issachar the seventh.” This use is distinguished by its placement between other individual names rather than by a tribal designation.

   1 Chronicles 26:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally preserves the name as “Issachar,” whether it denotes Jacob’s son, a tribe, or an individual. In tribal contexts it also uses phrases such as “the tribe of Issachar” and “sons of Issachar”; These phrases describe the verse’s context rather than separate English renderings of each token.