What is the symbol of Issachar?

Answer 1

The symbol for Issachar is a strong donkey, and is found in Genesis 49:14:-:-

Gen 49:14-15 KJV Issachar is a 'strong donkey' [MKJV] couching down between two burdens [or 'sheepfolds' (MKJV) or 'saddlebags' (WEB)]: [v. 15] And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

The 'Notes' for the NET Bible version explains what all this means quite well:-

Gen 49:14 [NET] Issachar is a strong-boned donkey

lying down between two saddlebags.

49:15 When he sees18 a good resting place,

and the pleasant land,

he will bend his shoulder to the burden

and become a slave laborer.19Notes on verse 15:-

18 The verb forms in this verse ("sees," "will bend," and "[will] become") are preterite; they are used in a rhetorical manner, describing the future as if it had already transpired.

19 The oracle shows that the tribe of Issachar will be willing to trade liberty for the material things of life. Issachar would work (become a slave laborer) for the Canaanites, a reversal of the oracle on Canaan. See C. M. Carmichael, "Some Sayings in Genesis 49," JBL 88 (1969): 435-44; and S. Gevirtz, "The Issachar Oracle in the Testament of Jacob," ErIsr 12 (1975): 104-12.

Answer 2

Symbol of Issachar is Donkey.

Answer 3

Issachar means "reward" or "recompense".