Tola is a personal name appearing in two distinct but genealogically connected figures. The first is a son of Issachar listed among those who went down to Egypt with Jacob (Gen 46:13), who becomes the ancestor of the Tolaite clan (Num 26:23). The second is a judge of Israel from Issachar who judged Israel for twenty-three years after Abimelech's death (Judg 10:1). The Chronicles genealogy (1 Chr 7:1-2) connects both figures within the Issacharite line. The name itself may derive from the word for 'worm' or 'scarlet,' connecting to the tola'at dye industry, though in context it functions purely as a personal name.