כנרת

Hebrew

Etymology

The least unbelievable theory has it derived from כינור (“lyre”), from Proto-Semitic *kinnār-, from Proto-Hurro-Urartian *kinnar (“lyre”), referring to the shape of the lake. The city was very ancient, possibly a focus of Hurrian influence,

Proper noun

כִּנֶּרֶת • (kinéret) f

  1. Kinneret, Sea of Galilee (a lake in northern Israel). Also a bronze age city on its shores.
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