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Tammuz (Hebrew month)
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This article is about the Hebrew month. For the Mesopotamian god after which the month takes its name, see Dumuzid. For the corresponding Babylonian month, see Tammuz (Babylonian calendar).
Tammuz (Hebrew: תַּמּוּז, Tammūz), or Tamuz, is the tenth month of the civil year and the fourth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar, and the modern Assyrian calendar. It is a month of 29 days, which occurs on the Gregorian calendar around June–July.
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![]() Tammuz is the month of the sin of the golden calf, which resulted in Moses breaking the tablets of the Ten Commandments. | |
Native name | תַּמּוּז (Hebrew) |
Calendar | Hebrew calendar |
Month number | 4 |
Number of days | 29 |
Season | Summer (Northern Hemisphere) |
Gregorian equivalent | June–July |
Significant days | Seventeenth of Tammuz |
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The name of the month was adopted from the Assyrian and Babylonian month Araḫ Dumuzu, named in honour of the Mesopotamian deity Dumuzid.