מקום

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Hebrew

Root
ק־ו־ם (q-w-m)

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic مَقَام (maqām), .

Pronunciation

Noun

מָקוֹם • (makóm) m (plural indefinite מְקוֹמוֹת, singular construct מְקוֹם־)

  1. place (location or position)
    1. standing place, station, post, office
      • Tanach, Genesis 19:27, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
        וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּבֹּקֶר אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָמַד שָׁם אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה׃
        Abraham woke up early in the morning, to the place where he had stood before God.
      • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin 31b:
        מורא לא עומד במקומו ולא יושב במקומו ולא סותר את דבריו
        Awe - do not stand at his standing-place, and do not sit at his sitting-place, and do not contradict his statements
    2. place, place of human abode
      • Tanach, Genesis 29:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
        וַיֶּאֱסֹף לָבָן אֶת־כָּל־אַנְשֵׁי הַמָּקוֹם וַיַּעַשׂ מִשְׁתֶּה׃
        And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
      • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Megillah 2:3:
        אִם עָתִיד לַחֲזֹר לִמְקוֹמוֹ, קוֹרֵא כִמְקוֹמוֹ.
        If he will return to his place, he reads as in his place.
    1. city, land, region
      • Tanach, Genesis 18:24, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
        וַאוּלַי יֵשׁ חֲמִשִּׁים צַדִּיקִם בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר הַאַף תִּסְפֶּה וְלֹא־תִשָּׂא לַמָּקוֹם לְמַעַן חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּיקִם אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבָּהּ׃
        Suppose there are fifty innocent people in the city. Would You still destroy it, and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty good people inside it?
      • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 6:9:
        אָמַר לִי, רַבִּי, מֵאֵיזֶה מָקוֹם אַתָּה. אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ, מֵעִיר גְּדוֹלָה שֶׁל חֲכָמִים וְשֶׁל סוֹפְרִים אָנִי.
        He said to me, "Rabbi, what place are you from?" I said to him, "From a great city of scholars and sages am I."
    1. place, locality, spot
      • Tanach, Genesis 28:16, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
        וַיִּיקַץ יַעֲקֹב מִשְּׁנָתוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אָכֵן יֵשׁ יְהוָה בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וְאָנֹכִי לֹא יָדָעְתִּי׃
        Jacob awoke from his sleep. 'God is truly in this place,' he said, 'but I did not know it.'
      • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Bava Metzi'a 59b:
        יצאתה בת קול ואמרה מה לכם אצל רבי אליעזר שהלכה כמותו בכל מקום
        And a divine voice came down and said, "What do you have against Rabbi Eliezer, as the halakhah is according to him in every place?"
    2. space, room, distance
      • Tanach, Genesis 24:23, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
        וַיֹּאמֶר בַּת־מִי אַתְּ הַגִּידִי נָא לִי הֲיֵשׁ בֵּית־אָבִיךְ מָקוֹם לָנוּ לָלִין׃
        'Whose daughter are you?' he asked. 'If you would, tell me if there is a place in your father's house for us to spend the night.'
      • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Megillah 10b:
        וא"ר לוי דבר זה מסורת בידינו מאבותינו מקום ארון אינו מן המדה
        And Rabbi Levi said, "This matter is a tradition in our hands from our ancestors - the space taken by the ark is not in that measurement."
    3. region, quarter, direction
      • Tanach, Genesis 12:6, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
        וַיַּעֲבֹר אַבְרָם בָּאָרֶץ עַד מְקוֹם שְׁכֶם עַד אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי אָז בָּאָרֶץ׃
        Abram traveled through the land as far as the area of Shechem, coming to the Plain of Moreh. The Canaanites were then in the land.
      • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Berachot 4:4:
        רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, הַמְהַלֵּךְ בִּמְקוֹם סַכָּנָה, מִתְפַּלֵּל תְּפִלָּה קְצָרָה.
        Rabbi Yehoshua says, "A traveler in a region of danger prays a shortened prayer."
    • Tanach, Proverbs 15:3, with translation of the King James Version:
      בְּכָל מָקוֹם עֵינֵי ה׳ צֹפוֹת רָעִים וְטוֹבִים׃
      The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
  2. place, stead, lieu
  3. (euphemistic) the Omnipresent, God
    • Haggadah:
      מִתְּחִלָּה עוֹבְדֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה הָיוּ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְעַכְשָׁיו קֵרְבָנוּ הַמָּקוֹם לַעֲבֹדָתוֹ
      In the beginning, our forefathers were worshipers of paganism, and now the Omnipresent has brought us close to his service.

Declension

Declension of מָקוֹם
Number Isolated forms With possessive pronouns
State Form Person singular plural
m. f. m. f.
singular indefinite מָקוֹם first מְקוֹמִי מְקוֹמֵנוּ
definite הַמָּקוֹם second מְקוֹמְךָ מְקוֹמֵךְ מְקוֹמְכֶם מְקוֹמְכֶן
construct מְקוֹם־ third מְקוֹמוֹ מְקוֹמָהּ מְקוֹמָם מְקוֹמָן
plural indefinite מְקוֹמוֹת first מקומותיי / מְקוֹמוֹתַי מְקוֹמוֹתֵינוּ
definite הַמְּקוֹמוֹת second מְקוֹמוֹתֶיךָ מקומותייך / מְקוֹמוֹתַיִךְ מְקוֹמוֹתֵיכֶם מְקוֹמוֹתֵיכֶן
construct מְקוֹמוֹת־ third מְקוֹמוֹתָיו מְקוֹמוֹתֶיהָ מְקוֹמוֹתָם מְקוֹמוֹתָן

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Yiddish: מקום (mokem)
    • → Dutch: Mokum

References

Yiddish

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Etymology

From Hebrew מָקוֹם (makóm).

Noun

מקום • (mokem) m, plural מקומות (mekoymes)

  1. place, locale
  2. safe haven

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