Yam kineret (ים כינרת) means Sea of Galilee in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
יָם כִּנֶּרֶת
yam kineret
word
In English
Sea of Galilee
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Yam kineret.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ימה בחלקו הצפוני של שקע הירדן בעמק כינרות.
The word Yam kineret is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- יָם כִּנֶּרֶת
- Written without vowel points
- ים כינרת
- Said
- yam kineret
- Gematria
- 730
This is how Yam kineret is said in other languages.
- English
- Sea of Galilee
- Arabic
- بحيرة طبريا
These words mean nearly the same as Yam kineret.
- ים הגליל
- ימת טבריה
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These words come before and after Yam kineret in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yam kineret.
What does Yam kineret (ים כינרת) mean in Hebrew?
Yam kineret (ים כינרת) means Sea of Galilee. It is said yam kineret, with the stress on ne.
What is a synonym for Yam kineret (ים כינרת)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Yam kineret (ים כינרת) are ים הגליל and ימת טבריה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ים כנרת of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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