Yivsam (יִבְשָׂם, also Ibasmah) is a personal name meaning "he is fragrant\” or "spice/balsam\”, derived from besem (fragrance). He appears in the genealogical lists of Issachar in 1 Chronicles 7:2 as a son of Tola, one of the heads of ancestral houses counted in David's reign.
The name Yivsam belongs to the rich Hebrew tradition of theophoric and nature-based names that encode meaning within a person's identity. Names meaning "fragrance" carry deep biblical resonance: the offering that rises to God is described as a "fragrant aroma" (reyach nichoach) throughout the Torah. To be named "fragrant" was to carry an implied vocation — to be an offering pleasing to God.
Paul picks up this language in 2 Corinthians 2:15: "We are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved." The obscure name in Chronicles thus finds unexpected NT depth — every believer in Christ is called to be a yivsam, a fragrant presence before God and the world.