The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.

Samuel Beckett
The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For...
The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For...
The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For...
The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For...
About This Quote

A quote from the bible on the subject of tears. The word for tears in the Bible is “tears,” a single word in English, but a multi-word word in Hebrew. Our English word for shedding tears is "tears," but in Hebrew there are ten different words for shedding tears. For example, in Genesis 38:9, the Hebrew word for tears is "shaphat" שפת .

In Psalm 6:6, it is "chesed" חסד . In Isaiah 30:15, it is "talith" תלית . In Jeremiah 8:12, it is "'esed" עשד .

In Ezekiel 2:13, it is "kedemah" כדמה . In Jeremiah 15:15, it is "amod" עמוד . In Job 20:5, it is "naamah" נאמה .

In Jonah 3:9, it is "'etsek" עטשק , and in Jeremiah 7:19, it is "'artes" ערתא .

Source: Waiting For Godot

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