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, located about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of the ancient city of Nazareth).
2. Also a bronze age city on its shores.