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title: תַּמּוּז — Tammuz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּמּוּז (8542), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Tammuz. BDB 1906: n.pr.div. Tammuz. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּמּוּז

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«תַּמּוּז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tammuz** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8542 · **BDB:** תַּמּוּז

### Glosses

Tammuz (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tammuz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8542/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.div. Tammuz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8542/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.div. Tammuz (Bab. Dûzu (also Dumuzi) COT Ez 8:14 ZimKAT3, 397 f. JastrRel. Bab. 482 et pass.; on the phonetic change HptZA ii. 270, but also JägerBAS i. 591);—מְבַכּוֹת אֶת־הַתּ׳ Ez 8:14; ת׳ = Gk. Adonis (אדון); cf. BaudRel.Semi. 35, 300 f. Dr Dn 11:37 CheEncy. Bib. tammuz SayHast. DBid..

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּמּוּז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8542/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.8.14/)

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וַיָּבֵ֣א אֹתִ֗י אֶל־פֶּ֙תַח֙ שַׁ֣עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֶל־הַצָּפ֑וֹנָה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁם֙ הַנָּשִׁ֣ים יֹֽשְׁב֔וֹת מְבַכּ֖וֹת אֶת־הַתַּמּֽוּז׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.brought me to the.entrance of.the.gate of.the.house of.Yahweh which \[was\].to to the north and there! there the women \[were\].sitting \[they.were\].bewailing (et) (the) Tammuz

*JPS 1917:* 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.

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