vale of tears

Etymology
from the “” (a hymn to the ), based on from  of the Bible. The Hebrew term may mean “valley of the baka tree”, a tree of uncertain species (compare 2 Samuel 5:23–24 where baka is used to refer to a tree, and is often translated into English as “balsam tree”, “mulberry tree”, or “poplar tree”), but ancient Greek translations assumed the word intended was and so rendered the term as “valley of weeping”, which was then used in Latin and English translations. See, for example, the (1610) where the verse is numbered as Psalm 83:6.

Noun

 * 1)  The world, a place where difficulties and the sorrows of life are felt, especially  as a place to be left behind when one dies and goes to heaven.
 * 2) A particular place of sorrow or suffering.
 * 1) A particular place of sorrow or suffering.
 * 1) A particular place of sorrow or suffering.
 * 1) A particular place of sorrow or suffering.
 * 1) A particular place of sorrow or suffering.
 * 1) A particular place of sorrow or suffering.
 * 1) A particular place of sorrow or suffering.
 * 1) A particular place of sorrow or suffering.
 * 1) A particular place of sorrow or suffering.
 * 1) A particular place of sorrow or suffering.

Usage notes

 * The phrase implies that sadness is an innate part of human experience.

Translations

 * Arabic: وادِي دُمُوعٍ
 * Basque: negarrezko haran
 * Bulgarian: юдо́л плаче́вна
 * Czech: slzavé údolí
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: murheen laakso
 * French: vallée de misère
 * German:, Tal der Tränen
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: táradalur
 * Italian: valle di lacrime
 * Polish:, , , ,
 * Portuguese: vale de lágrimas
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: dolina suza
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,