חָפַף II, (cmp. חֲפַס) to scrape, rub, esp. to cleanse one’s head, rub, comb. Sabb. 31ᵃ והיה הלל חוֹפֵף וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. והלל חפף) and Hillel was washing his head. Naz. VI, 3 נזיר חופף וכ׳ a Nazir may wash (rub with his hand) his hair. Ib. לא יָחוֹף באדמה he must not use an earth, v. נָשַׁר. Yalk. Gen. 150 (play on חפים, Gen. XLVI, 21) לא חָפַפְתִּי וכ׳ I did not wash (my head) or comb. Tosef. Ter. X, 4 שחִיפָּת וכ׳ ed. Zuck. which a priest’s daughter has used for washing her hair; ib. Maas. Sh. II, 1 שחפה.