how to say "to get a tan" in Hebrew

לְהִשְׁתַּזֵּף

The idea of tanning goes all the way back to biblical times:

אל תראוני שאני שחרחורת ששזפתני השמש.. (שיר השירים א’, ו’)

Don’t look upon me that I am blackened, that the sun has tanned me… (Song of Songs 1:6)

Someone tan is שזוף

if he’s male and שזופה

if she’s female. And to tan or to get tanned is the התפעל verb להשתזף

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For example:

אני הולך לים בעיקר כדי להשתזף.

I go to the beach mainly to tan.

Okay, I also enjoy the atmosphere. And the sand. And the water. And the sunset.