Genesis 10:18 names Ha Tsemari (הצמרי) as a nation of the Beney Kena'an, probably from the town of Simyra - or Sumra in its modern form - at the western base of Mount Lebanon. The birthplace of the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus, it is associated with the Arki (Arkites); the Romans knew the town as Arca Caesarea.
Joshua 18:22, however, names it as a town in the tribe of Bin-Yamin, also known as Har Tsemarim (הר צמרים), in the hill country of Mount Ephrayim; c.f. 2 Chronicles 13:4
The root means "wool", and Tsemeret (צמרת) is used for the shaggy (i.e. wool-like) bark of certain trees, as well as for its foliage (Ezekiel 17:3, 31:3).
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