 In Hebrew, there is no distinction between the words "sea" and "lake", since the word "yam" (הים) is used to describe any large and wide body of water.The Babylonian Talmud, as well as Flavius Josephus, mention the sea by the name "Sea of Ginosar" after the small fertile plain of Ginosar that lies on its western side.Ginosar is yet another name derived from "Kinneret".