/tah"mooz/ ; for 1 also /tah moohz"/ ; for 2 also /tam"uz/ , n.
1. the tenth month of the Jewish calendar. Cf. 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 ]