שָׁזַף
shazaf
Biblical HebrewMeaningIn the Bible: the sun "looked at" a person, and so the skin became dark.
HistoryThis word appears in the Bible only three times. Here, in the Song of Songs, a woman says the sun "looked at" her and made her skin dark. The Hebrew words for "tanned" (שָׁזוּף) and "to tan" (שִׁזֵּף) were later made from it.
Example
אל תראוני שאני שחרחרת ששזפתני השמש
Do not look at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked at me.