תמוז
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See also: תּמוז
Aramaic[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
תמוז • (tamuz) m
Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Akkadian 𒌗𒋗 (itiDuʾzu/Dūzu), from Sumerian 𒌉𒍣 (DUMU.ZID, “the true son”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
תַּמּוּז • (tamúz) m
- Tammuz (fourth month of the year accounting from Nissan)
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Ta'anit 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.
- Tammuz, Dumuzid (A Sumerian foreign idolatry)
- 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.