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kinneret

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
kin-neret
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Sea of Galilee.

name

A Bronze and Iron Age city situated on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, mentioned in the Bible.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew כנרת (kinéret).

Inflected Forms

Lake Kinneret (alternative) Lake Kinnereth (alternative) Lake Kineret (alternative) Lake Kinereth (alternative) Yam Kinneret (alternative) Kinnereth (alternative) Kineret (alternative) Kinereth (alternative) Chinnereth (alternative) Chinneroth (alternative)

Questions

What does kinneret mean?
The Sea of Galilee.
Where does kinneret come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew כנרת (kinéret).

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