Issachar

Remembered as the tribe of learning: men who had understanding of the times, and so the sun and the moon by which the times are reckoned.

Mother: Leah
Born: The ninth son of Jacob
Stone: סַפִּיר · sapphire
Banner: Blue-black
Emblem: The sun and the moon 1 Chronicles 12:33
In the camp: The east

His nameGenesis 30:18

Leah said: God has given my reward [sekhari], that I gave my maidservant to my husband. She called his name Issachar.

וַתֹּאמֶר לֵאָה נָתַן אֱלֹהִים שְׂכָרִי אֲשֶׁר־נָתַתִּי שִׁפְחָתִי לְאִישִׁי וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ יִשָּׂשכָר׃

The blessing of JacobGenesis 49:14-15

Issachar is a strong-boned donkey, lying between the sheep folds,
He saw rest that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant. He bowed his shoulder to bear
And he became an indentured servant.

יִשָּׂשכָר חֲמֹר גָּרֶם רֹבֵץ בֵּין הַמִּשְׁפְּתָיִם׃
וַיַּרְא מְנֻחָה כִּי טוֹב וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ כִּי נָעֵמָה וַיֵּט שִׁכְמוֹ לִסְבֹּל וַיְהִי לְמַס־עֹבֵד׃

The blessing of MosesDeuteronomy 33:18-19

And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your departure
And
Issachar, in your tents.
they, will call peoples to the mountain there shall they, slaughter offerings of righteousness. Because they, will be nourished by the bounty of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand

וְלִזְבוּלֻן אָמַר שְׂמַח זְבוּלֻן בְּצֵאתֶךָ וְיִשָּׂשכָר בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ׃
עַמִּים הַר־יִקְרָאוּ שָׁם יִזְבְּחוּ זִבְחֵי־צֶדֶק כִּי שֶׁפַע יַמִּים יִינָקוּ וּשְׂפֻנֵי טְמוּנֵי חוֹל׃

The English is the Steinsaltz Tanakh, the words of the verse only; the Hebrew is the Masoretic text. The banner, the stone and the emblem follow Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7.