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Thammuz

Thammuz \Tham"muz\, Tammuz \Tam"muz\, n. [Heb. thamm[=u]z.]

  1. A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Ph[oe]nician Adon, or Adonis.
    --Milton.

  2. The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Thammuz

1530s, from Hebrew tammuz, tenth month of the Jewish civil year, fourth of the sacred, covering parts of June and July; also the name of a Syrian deity equivalent to Phoenician Adon, whose festival began with the new moon of this month (compare Tammuz).

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Belial fidgeted uneasily and muttered to Thammuz: “Last time he tried that he fell asleep.