Tam•muz(tä′mŏŏz; for 1 also tä mo̅o̅z′; for 2 also tam′uz),USA pronunciationn.
Judaismthe tenth month of the Jewish calendar. Cf. Jewish calendar.
Eastern Religionsa Sumerian and Babylonian shepherd god, originally king of Erech, confined forever in the afterworld as a substitute for his consort Inanna or Ishtar.