Bible Lexicons

 צְמָרִי adjective, of a people with article as substantive collective (people of the city called Simirra by Assyrian, COT ^Gn Dl ^{Pa 281f.}, Egyptian Daniel -(m)-ma-ra WMM ^As.u.Eur.187; Tel Amarna sumur according to Zim ^{ZPV xiii (1890) 145} Jastr ^{JBL xii (1898), 63}; Greek τὰ Σίμυρα, etc., e.g. Strabo ^{xvi. 2,12} >Wkl ^{MVG 1896,203f., compare Tel Amos 40*} thinks ׳צ, Σίμυρα, = Assyrian Zimarra, distinct from Simirra-‚umur); — ׳הַצּ Genesis 10:18 = 1 Chronicles 1:16, ᵐ5. τὸν Σαμαραῖον; Ezekiel 27:11 Co reads וּצְמָרִים for וְגַמָּדִים (q. v.); Toy Krae retain ׳וְג; — compare modern ‚umra, north of Tripoli and south of Ruad (Arvad), see Pietschm ^{Phön. 39} Bäd ^{Pal. 3 (1898), 407}.