 This name was also found in the scripts of Ugarit, in the Aqhat Epic.As the name of a city, "Kinneret" was listed among the "fenced cities" in .A persistent, though likely erroneous, popular etymology of the name presumes that the name "Kinneret" may originate from the Hebrew word "kinnor" ("harp" or "lyre"), because of the shape of the lake.