▁resulting ▁in ▁the ▁" G od ▁of ▁the ▁Mountain ," ▁the ▁Em es ene ▁manifest ation ▁of ▁the ▁de ity . ▁ ▁On om ast ics ▁ ▁Most ▁sources ▁declare ▁the ▁family ▁to ▁be ▁of ▁Arab ▁origin . ▁Some ▁authors , ▁though , ▁advise ▁not ▁to ▁make ▁this ▁jud g ement ▁quickly , ▁since ▁some ▁of ▁their ▁att ested ▁k ings ▁had ▁Ar ama ic ▁names ▁like ▁Sam ps ic er am us ▁and ▁I amb lich us . ▁However , ▁Sam ps ic er am us ▁can ▁indeed ▁be ▁understood ▁in ▁Arab ic : ▁Sam si ▁( arab ic : ▁ ش م س ي ) ▁- ▁My ▁sun , ▁which ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁an ▁Arab ▁queen ▁mentioned ▁in ▁Ass y rian ▁ins cri ptions , ▁while ▁cer am us ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁root ▁k - r - m ▁( arab ic : ▁ ك ر م ), ▁meaning ▁to ▁v ener ate . ▁Other ▁k ings , ▁namely ▁Az iz us ▁and ▁So ha em us , ▁had ▁clear ▁Arab ▁names , ▁and ▁even ▁I amb lich us , ▁himself , ▁was ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" Ph yl arch ▁of ▁the ▁Arab s " ▁by ▁Cic ero . ▁In ▁any ▁case , ▁it ▁is ▁agreed ▁upon ▁that ▁Em esa ▁and ▁its ▁surrounding ▁had ▁a ▁strong ▁presence ▁of ▁Arab ic - spe aking ▁people ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁Line ▁of ▁priest - k ings ▁of ▁Em esa ▁ ▁Sam ps ic er am us ▁I ▁to ▁Sam