שָׁזַף, , v. זָפַף a. זֶפֶת)to blacken, tarnish. Cant. R. to I, 6 כך אנו … שְׁזָפַתְנוּ so it is with us, when the sun of idolatry blackened us (we may become white again); Yalk. ib. 982.—Part. pass. שָׁזוּף; pl. שְׁזוּפִים. Cant. R. l. c. אבל אתם ש׳ וכ׳ but you (gentile idolaters) are black (soiled by idolatry) from your mother’s womb.