Tammuz

American  

[tah-mooz, tah-mooz, tam-uhz] / ˈtɑ mʊz, tɑˈmuz, ˈtæm ʌz /

noun

1. the tenth month of the Jewish calendar.

2. a Sumerian and Babylonian shepherd god, originally king of Erech, confined forever in the afterworld as a substitute for his consort Inanna or Ishtar.

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Tammuz British  

/ ˈtæmuːz, -ʊz /

noun

1. (in the Jewish calendar) the fourth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the tenth month of the civil year, usually falling within June and July

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Etymology

Origin of Tammuz

First recorded in 1530–40; from Hebrew tamûz, from Sumerian Dumuzi, the shepherd god Tammuz

Example Sentences

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Tammuz

“When you look at the global map currently,” said Doron Mamet, a co-chief executive officer of Tammuz, a surrogacy agency based in Israel, “there are only a few options that are open.”

From New York Times ● May 2, 2016

A stark example is Israel's 1981 air attack against the French-built Tammuz nuclear reactor in Iraq.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kirkpatrick's hesitancy in the Security Council reflected the ambivalent approach of the Reagan Administration toward the problem of censuring Israel for the bombing raid on Iraq's Tammuz nuclear reactor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Following the September raid by Iran on the Tammuz reactor, Iraq issued a statement that Begin read from a Baghdad newspaper.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tammuz, the Babylonian "Dumuzi," was the god of spring vegetation, who dies, going down to Hades, and revives again with each returning summer.

From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Arno C. Gaebelein