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title: כִּנֶּרֶת — Chinnereth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּנֶּרֶת (3672), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Chinnereth. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּנֶּרֶת

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«כִּנֶּרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Chinnereth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 3672 · **BDB:** כִּנֶּ֫רֶת

### Glosses

of.Kinnereth (4); Kinnereth (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Chinnereth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3672/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3672/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Galilee (Naphtali), כִּנֶּרֶת Dt 3:17 Jos 13:27 Nu 34:11; כִּנָּ֑רֶת Jos 19:35; כִּֽנֲֿרוֹת (so Baer; כִּֽנֲֿרוֹת Norzi) Jos 11:2; 12:3 1 K 15:20;— a city Jos 19:35 (P; 𝔊 B Κενερεθ, A Χενεροθ, 𝔊L Χενερεθ, as always except Jos 13:27), so prob. 11:2 (D?; B Κενερωθ, A Χενερεθθι), Dt 3:17 (B Μαχαναρεθ;—Μαχ- = מִכּ׳). יָם־כִּנֶּרֶת, lake near the city, Nu 34:11 (P; 𝔊B Χεναρα, A Χενερεθ), Jos 13:27 (P; 𝔊B Χενερεθ; A 𝔊L Χενερωθ), יָם כִּֽנֲֿרוֹת Jos 12:3 (D; 𝔊B Χενερεθ; A Χεννερεθ); כָּל־כִּֽנֲֿרוֹת 1 K 15:20 = all the territory about the city and lake, cf. πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Χενερεθ 𝔊L,—𝔗 has גִּינֵסַר, גְּנֵיסַר, גִּנֹּסַר, cf. τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ Γεννησαρ 1 Makk. 11:67; Γεννησαρετ Mk 6:53 Mt 14:34 Lu 5:1; etymol. connexion with כִּנֶּרֶת disputed by GASmGeogr. 443 n. BuhlGeogr. 113 n.—On the lake and surrounding region v. GASmGeogr. ch. xxi. BdPal. 254 BuhlGeogr. 113 f. 225 FurrerZPV. 1879 (ii.), 52–74 Frei ib. 1886 (ix.), 81–145 van Kasterenib. 1888 (xi.), 212–248.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּנֶּרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3672/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.35/)

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וְעָרֵ֖י מִבְצָ֑ר הַצִּדִּ֣ים צֵ֔ר וְחַמַּ֖ת רַקַּ֥ת וְכִנָּֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] cities of.fortification \[are\].(the) Ziddim Zer and Hammath Rakkath and Kinnereth

*JPS 1917:* And the fortified cities were Ziddim-zer, and Hammath, and Rakkath, and Chinnereth;

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[Numbers 34:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.34.11/)

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וְיָרַ֨ד הַגְּבֻ֧ל מִשְּׁפָ֛ם הָרִבְלָ֖ה מִקֶּ֣דֶם לָעָ֑יִן וְיָרַ֣ד הַגְּב֔וּל וּמָחָ֛ה עַל־כֶּ֥תֶף יָם־כִּנֶּ֖רֶת קֵֽדְמָה׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.go.down the border from Shepham (the) Riblah from.\[the\] east of Ain and it.will.go.down the border and it.will.reach to the.slope of.the.sea of.Kinnereth eastward

*JPS 1917:* and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the slope of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

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