Perhaps from shaphah; he will scratch; Jishpah, an Israelite -- Ispah.
see HEBREW shaphah
H3472. Yishpah
יִשְׁמָּה proper name, masculine in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 8:16, Σαφαν, ᵐ5L Ιεσφα. — יָָֽשְׁפֶה see above
II. שׁפה (compare Arabic stone (one of three) supporting kettle, Aramaic tripod, also תַּפְיָא fire-jar; hence perhaps as denominative Hebrew [שָׁפַת] q. v., Frä53; compare II., Aramaic , תְּפִי set on a kettle or pot; see also GFM Judges 5:16 RSSemitic i. 357, 2nd ed. 377).