Lexical Definition

‎תַּמּוּז‎ Tammûwz (tam-mooz') Tammuz ^N:N-M-T
of uncertain derivation

Tammuz.

• § Tammuz = "sprout of life"
• Tammuz, a Phoenician deity

1) a Sumerian deity of food or vegetation

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תַּמּוּז‎ proper name, of a divinity Tammuz (Babylonian Dûzu (also Dumuzi) COT^{Ezek 8:14} Zim^{KAT3, 397 f.} Jastr^{Rel. Babylonian 482 et pass}; on the phonetic change Hpt^{ZA ii. 270}, but also Jäger^{BAS i. 591}); — ‎׳‎‎מְבַכּוֺת אֶתהַֿיּ‎ Ezek 8:14 ‎׳‎‎ת‎ = Greek Adonis (‎אדון‎); compare Baud^{Rel. Semitic i. 35. 300 f} Dr^{Dan 11:37} Che^{Ency. Bib.TAMMUZ} Say^{Hast. DB ID}. ‎תְּמוּנָה‎ see ‎מין‎. ‎תְּמוּרָה‎ see ‎מור‎. ‎תְּמוּתָה‎ see ‎מות‎

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