meaning of בעוד in the Bible

[Via Dolorosa]

Hi

It is customary to translate בעוד as "in X amount of time", but in Psalm 104, 33 (אשירה ליהוה בחיי אזמרה לאלהי בעודי) what does it mean? I think it translates as "as long as: I will sing as long as I exist.

Thank you so much

 

[Ali Smith]

אָשִׁ֣ירָה לַיהֹוָ֣ה בְּחַיָּ֑י
  אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה לֵאלֹהַ֣י בְּעוֹדִֽי׃
(תהלים קד לג)

Let me sing for Y----- in my life
  Let me sing for my God as long as I am.

What makes you think the cohortative doesn't mean what it usually means here?

 

[JAN SHAR]

I don't think בחיי means in my life here. I think it means the same thing as בעוד.

 

[Drink]

Those are not contradictory. The implication of "in my life" is as long as I live.

 

[GeriReshef]

Hi

It is customary to translate בעוד as "in X amount of time", but in Psalm 104, 33 (אשירה ליהוה בחיי אזמרה לאלהי בעודי) what does it mean? I think it translates as "as long as: I will sing as long as I exist.

Thank you so much

One of the main characteristics of the Biblical poetry are such verses where the statement is repeated twice: some times in the same way (אשרי האיש אשר לא הלך בעצת רשעים ובדרך חטאים לא עמד), sometimes in its negative form (כי יודע ה דרך צדיקים ודרך רשעים תאבד); both quotations from the first chapter of Psalm.
In this case (Psalm 104 33) it obviously repeats the same statement (אשירה = אזמרה, ליהוה = לאלוהי, בחיי = בעודי).