במקום

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From ⁧בְּ־⁩ (b'-, “in”) +‎ ⁧מְקוֹם⁩ (m'qóm, “place-of”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

⁧בִּמְקוֹם⁩ • (bim'qóm)

  1. Instead of, in lieu of, in place of.

Etymology 2

From the above preposition.

Pronunciation

Adverb

⁧בִּמְקוֹם⁩ • (bím'qom)

  1. (colloquial) Instead.
Usage notes
  • While this adverb does exist, it's fairly colloquial, and rather limited in use; it can generally only be used at the end of a sentence. So, in the general case, the English adjective and adverb instead does not have an immediate Hebrew counterpart; rather, a phrase like ⁧במקומו⁩ (bim'qomó, “in-place-of-him, in its stead”) or ⁧במקום זה⁩ (bim'qóm zeh, “in-place-of this, instead of this, instead”) must be used.
  • Note that this adverb is pronounced differently from the preposition from which it derives; specifically, it is stressed on the first syllable rather than the last.

Etymology 3

From ⁧בְּ־⁩ (b'-, “in”) +‎ ⁧הַמָּקוֹם⁩ (hammaqóm, “the-place”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

⁧בַּמָּקוֹם⁩ • (bamakóm)

  1. In place, in its place, in order.
Usage notes
  • Syntactically, ⁧בַּמָּקוֹם⁩ is a prepositional phrase, not a true adjective; so, it does not inflect for gender or number.
Derived terms

Yiddish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hebrew ⁧במקום⁩.

Noun

⁧במקום⁩ • (bimkem) m, plural ⁧במקומס⁩ (bimkems)

  1. substitute
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