Tammuz

[ tah-mooz; tah-mooz; tam-uhz ]

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.

Tammuz

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tammuz¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tammuz¹

from Hebrew

Example Sentences

“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

Tammuz, an international surrogacy agency based in Israel, facilitated the births of 15 of the 26 Israeli babies evacuated by the Israeli government from Kathmandu this week.

From Washington Post

The government carried out at least three airstrikes Sunday in Mosul, two of which hit the Rashidiyah neighborhood and one of which targeted the 17 Tammuz district, residents said.

From US News

A few millenniums later companies like Tammuz are capitalizing on Abraham’s example.

From New York Times

The legends of Atys in Asia Minor, of Adonis or Tammuz in Syria, of Osiris in Egypt, were derived from the same source.

From Project Gutenberg