BDB7121

צְמָרִי adjective [of a people] with article as substantive collective (people of the city called Simirra by Assyrian, COT^Gn Dl^{Pa 281f.}, Egyptian Da-(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, 203 f., compare Tel Am. 40*} thinks ׳ צ, Σίμυρα, = Assyrian Zimarra, distinct from Simirra-‚umur ); — ׳ הַצּ Gen 10:18 = 1Chr 1:16, ᵐ5 . τὸν Σαμαραῖον; Ezek 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}.