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tammuz

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
tam-muz
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The tenth month of the civil year and the fourth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Sivan and before Av.

name

A Sumerian god of food and vegetation.

Etymology

Hebrew תַּמּוּז, from a Sumerian god's name (see ).

Inflected Forms

Thammuz (alternative)

Synonyms

thammuz

Questions

What does tammuz mean?
The tenth month of the civil year and the fourth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Sivan and before Av.
Where does tammuz come from?
Hebrew תַּמּוּז, from a Sumerian god's name (see ).

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