כנרת
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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
- Kinneret, Sea of Galilee (a lake in northern Israel, located about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of the ancient city of Nazareth).
- Also a bronze age city on its shores.