▁probably ▁a ▁cor ruption ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁" Q ay mun ", ▁or ▁" Ca imum " ▁as ▁the ▁name ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁Latin ▁sources . ▁The ▁name ▁was ▁later ▁transformed ▁into ▁C ay mont . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 9 , ▁Pierre ▁Jac ot in ▁l abeled ▁the ▁site ▁Ch ate au ▁d ' El ▁K ire h ▁( Cast le ▁of ▁Q ira ). ▁The ▁castle ▁mentioned ▁is ▁probably ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁castle ▁attributed ▁to ▁Z ah ir ▁al - U mar . ▁" Q ira " ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁village ▁of ▁that ▁name ▁that ▁then ▁existed ▁nearby . ▁ ▁The ▁site ▁name ▁appears ▁in ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁sources ▁as ▁a ▁variant , ▁Tell ▁Q am un , ▁which ▁was ▁probably ▁the ▁local ▁Arab ▁name . ▁ ▁Geography ▁ ▁Tel ▁Y ok ne am ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁western ▁Je z re el ▁Valley . ▁The ▁region ' s ▁abund ant ▁water , ▁moder ate ▁climate , ▁and ▁fert ile ▁so ils ▁allow ▁inhabitants ▁to ▁grow ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁cro ps ▁in ▁the ▁valley ▁and ▁her d ▁cattle ▁on ▁the ▁s lop es ▁of ▁the ▁Men as he ▁He ights ▁and ▁Mount ▁Car mel . ▁ ▁Tel ▁Y ok ne am ▁r ises ▁to ▁a ▁height ▁of ▁. ▁The ▁m ound ▁sp ans ▁approximately ▁ 1 0 ▁acres , ▁or ▁ 4 0 ▁d un ams . ▁In cluding ▁its ▁s lop es , ▁the ▁site ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁is ▁relatively ▁large , ▁covering ▁some