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כִּנֶּרֶת

kinneret

pronounced kee-NEH-ret

The Hebrew name of the Sea of Galilee and Israel’s largest freshwater lake

also written: kinnereth

In Scripture World English Bible

The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. The border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward.

Numbers 34:11 The biblical form of the lake’s Hebrew name

the Arabah also, and the Jordan and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

Deuteronomy 3:17 The lake appears under its biblical name as a boundary of the land.

Nearby words

karatכָּרַת kavodכָּבוֹד kehilotקְהִלּוֹת kislevכִּסְלֵו kodesh hakodashimקֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים kohen gadolכֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל

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Hebrew words
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  • כבוד kavod Glory, weight, honour
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