תמוז

See also: תּמוז

Aramaic

Proper noun

תמוז • (tamuz) m

  1. July

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌗𒋗 (itiDuʾzu/Dūzu), from Sumerian 𒌉𒍣 (DUMU.ZID, “the true son”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

תַּמּוּז • (tamúz) m

  1. (Judaism) Tammuz (the tenth month of the civil year and the fourth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Sivan and before Av)
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Ta'anit, section 4.6:
      חֲמִשָּׁה דְבָרִים אֵרְעוּ אֶת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ בְּשִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְּתִשְׁעָה בְאָב.
      Ḥamishá d'varím er'ú et avoténu b-shiv'a 'asár b-Tammúz, va-ḥamishá b-tish'á b-Av.
      Five things befell our ancestors on the seventeenth of Tammuz, and five things on the ninth of Av.
  2. Tammuz (a Sumerian god of food and vegetation)
    • Tanach, Ezekiel 8:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיָּבֵא אֹתִי אֶל־פֶּתַח שַׁעַר בֵּית־יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר אֶל־הַצָּפוֹנָה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁם הַנָּשִׁים יֹשְׁבוֹת מְבַכּוֹת אֶת־הַתַּמּוּז׃
      Va-yavé otí el pétaḥ shá'ar beit Adonái ashér el ha-tsfoná v-hinnéh sham ha-nashím yoshvót m'vakót et ha-tammúz.
      Then He brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.

See also

Hebrew calendar monthsedit

Further reading

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