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What is the true meaning of בעוד?

With an incentive from Joshua 1:11

Considerations:

While doing a more comprehensive study of the Book of Joshua’s date stamps re the events at the time of the crossing of Jordan, it became clear to me that the word “בעוד” is not quite correctly translated in KJV. I found that a more correct translation would be in terms of pointing to a subsequent set of three days. My challenge here is to find a correct and consistent understanding and translation of the Hebrew word ‘בעוד:’

Jos 1:11 עברו בקרב המחנה וצוו את־העם לאמר הכינו לכם צידה כי בעוד שׁלשׁת ימים אתם עברים את־הירדן הזה לבוא לרשׁת את־הארץ אשׁר יהוה אלהיכם נתן לכם לרשׁתה׃

Joshua 1:11 KJV Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

Joshua 1:11 TLT Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within the time period beyond the first three days of the week ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

I find 12 instances of “בעוד” in KJV and 18 hits when Partial Match is being checked in e-Sword. The added 6 instances are “בעודנו” (2 instances,) “בעודי” (2 instances,) “ובעוד” (1 instance,) and “בעודה” (1 instance.) Thus, I find no Bible instances “עוד” taking on the prefixes “ל-” or “מ-.”

The Hebrew root “עוד” is consistently, in KJV, translated in terms of something beyond something else, mostly in re to time. The first instance of “עוד” is found in Gen 4:25. The first instance of “,בעוד” without more, is Gen 40:13, and the first instance of “*בעוד*” is Gen 25:6. Gen 25:6 has “בעודנו,” which points to the remainder of Isaac’s life; KJV has “while he yet lived.” Gen 40:13 & 19 have “בעוד שׁלשׁת ימים.” That those words should be translated in terms of “within the next three days,” that is, “within the three days beyond,” is made amply clear from the consistent obvious meaning of the first, and of the numerous subsequent, instances in the Bible of the bare word “עוד” without more, which word is clearly pointing to something repetitive, something beyond, etc.:

Typical translations of the Hebrew word “עוד:”

Gen 4:25 וידע אדם עוד את־אשׁתו ותלד בן ותקרא את־שׁמו שׁת כי שׁת־לי אלהים זרע אחר תחת הבל כי הרגו קין׃

Gen 4:25 KJV And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Gen 7:4 כי לימים עוד שׁבעה אנכי ממטיר על־הארץ ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה ומחיתי את־כל־היקום אשׁר עשׂיתי מעל פני האדמה׃

Gen 7:4 KJV For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Gen 7:4 TLT For yet seven days, and [after that] I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

The 18 extant instances of the Hebrew word “*בעוד*” in the Hebrew original and its translations into English:

Gen 25:6 ולבני הפילגשׁים אשׁר לאברהם נתן אברהם מתנת וישׁלחם מעל יצחק בנו בעודנו חי קדמה אל־ארץ קדם׃

Gen 25:6 KJV But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

Gen 25:6 TLT But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son (throughout the remainder of his, Abraham’s, life) eastward, unto the east country.

Gen 40:13 בעוד שׁלשׁת ימים ישׂא פרעה את־ראשׁך והשׁיבך על־כנך ונתת כוס־פרעה בידו כמשׁפט הראשׁון אשׁר היית משׁקהו׃

Gen 40:13 KJV Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Gen 40:13 TLT Within the Third Day beyond, that is, on the second Third day from now, shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Gen 40:19 בעוד שׁלשׁת ימים ישׂא פרעה את־ראשׁך מעליך ותלה אותך על־עץ ואכל העוף את־בשׂרך מעליך׃

Gen 40:19 KJV Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Gen 40:19 TLT Within the Third Day beyond, that is, on the second Third day from now, shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Gen 48:7 ואני בבאי מפדן מתה עלי רחל בארץ כנען בדרך בעוד כברת־ארץ לבא אפרתה ואקברה שׁם בדרך אפרת הוא בית לחם׃

Gen 48:7 KJV And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.

Deu 31:27 כי אנכי ידעתי את־מריך ואת־ערפך הקשׁה הן בעודני חי עמכם היום ממרים היתם עם־יהוה ואף כי־אחרי מותי׃

Deu 31:27 KJV For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Jos 1:11 KJV Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

Jos 1:11 TLT Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within the Third Day beyond the Third Day of this week ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

2 Sam 3:35 ויבא כל־העם להברות את־דוד לחם בעוד היום וישׁבע דוד לאמר כה יעשׂה־לי אלהים וכה יסיף כי אם־לפני בוא־השׁמשׁ אטעם־לחם או כל־מאומה׃

2Sa 3:35 KJV And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

2Sa 3:35 TLT And all the people came to David for instructions re the battle plans for the next day. David made himself clear, he said: So do God to me, and more also, if I touch the battle, or ought else, before sun rise.

2Sa 12:22 ויאמר בעוד הילד חי צמתי ואבכה כי אמרתי מי יודע יחנני יהוה וחי הילד׃

2Sa 12:22 KJV And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

Job 29:5 בעוד שׁדי עמדי סביבותי נערי׃

Job 29:5 KJV When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

10.

Psa 104:33 אשׁירה ליהוה בחיי אזמרה לאלהי בעודי׃

Psa 104:33 KJV I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

11.

Psa 146:2 אהללה יהוה בחיי אזמרה לאלהי בעודי׃

Psa 146:2 KJV While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

12.

Pro 31:15 ותקם בעוד לילה ותתן טרף לביתה וחק לנערתיה׃

Pro 31:15 KJV She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

Pro 31:15 TLT She riseth again and again while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

13.

Isa 7:8 כי ראשׁ ארם דמשׂק וראשׁ דמשׂק רצין ובעוד שׁשׁים וחמשׁ שׁנה יחת אפרים מעם׃

Isa 7:8 KJV For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

Isa 7:8 TLT For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and in the next threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

14.

Isa 21:16 כי־כה אמר אדני אלי בעוד שׁנה כשׁני שׂכיר וכלה כל־כבוד קדר׃

Isa 21:16 KJV For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

Isa 21:16 TLT For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within the second calendar year after this, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

15.

Isa 28:4 והיתה ציצת נבל צבי תפארתו אשׁר על־ראשׁ גיא שׁמנים כבכורה בטרם קיץ אשׁר יראה הראה אותה בעודה בכפו יבלענה׃

Isa 28:4 KJV And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

16.

Jer 28:3 בעוד שׁנתים ימים אני משׁיב אל־המקום הזה את־כל־כלי בית יהוה אשׁר לקח נבוכדנאצר מלך־בבל מן־המקום הזה ויביאם בבל׃

Jer 28:3 KJV Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

Jer 28:3 TLT Within the next two summers after this will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

17.

Jer 28:11 ויאמר חנניה לעיני כל־העם לאמר כה אמר יהוה ככה אשׁבר את־על נבכדנאצר מלך־בבל בעוד שׁנתים ימים מעל־צואר כל־הגוים וילך ירמיה הנביא לדרכו׃

Jer 28:11 KJV And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

Jer 28:11 TLT And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the next two summers after this. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

18.

Amo 4:7 וגם אנכי מנעתי מכם את־הגשׁם בעוד שׁלשׁה חדשׁים לקציר והמטרתי על־עיר אחת ועל־עיר אחת לא אמטיר חלקה אחת תמטר וחלקה אשׁר־לא־תמטיר עליה תיבשׁ׃

Amo 4:7 KJV And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

Amo 4:7 TLT And also I have withholden the rain from you, for the next three months before harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

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