Plain meaningJoshua 1:1–3: after Moses’ death, Joshua is commanded to arise and cross the Jordan.
Pointing follows Miqra according to the Masorah (MAM); cantillation is omitted on the lesson card for visual focus. The verification evidence retains the exact MAM and OSHB/WLC readings and any witness difference.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Historical prose reader
Joshua opens with a temporal clause, וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי מוֹת מֹשֶׁה, then a divine speech. Verse 2 moves from the announcement מֹשֶׁה עַבְדִּי מֵת to two commands, קוּם עֲבֹר, while verse 3 states the gift of the land. Track who speaks, who acts, and which suffix refers to whom.
HEAR THIS LESSONListen to the full public explanation.Teacher narration is separate from original-language pronunciation.
vayehi aḥarei mot Moshe ... Moshe avdi met; ve-atta qum
READING
Pedagogical reading guide
Joshua 1:1–3: after Moses’ death, Joshua is commanded to arise and cross the Jordan.
MEANING
Biblical Hebrew
1:1 temporal setting + speech formula · 1:2 death notice + two commands + crossing party · 1:3 promise tied to every place trodden
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
Close translation — ‘After the death of Moses, servant of Hashem, Hashem said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ attendant: Moses my servant is dead. Now arise, cross this Jordan—you and all this people—to the land that I am giving them, to the children of Israel. Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given to you, as I spoke to Moses.’
Follow historical prose through temporal framing, speech introduction, command, participants, and land promise.
Morphology and syntax
OSHB independently tags the wayyiqtol narrative verbs, construct chains, imperatives, and pronominal suffixes.
Practice
Identify the temporal clause, the speech verb, the two imperatives, and the antecedents of לָהֶם and לָכֶם.
Answer key
Temporal clause: וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי מוֹת מֹשֶׁה. Speech: וַיֹּאמֶר. Imperatives: קוּם, עֲבֹר. לָהֶם refers to the children of Israel; לָכֶם refers to Joshua and Israel collectively.
Source notes
MAM and OSHB/WLC agree consonantally throughout the selected unit; pointing differences, if any, remain in the evidence file.
REMEMBER
Historical prose becomes clear when pronoun reference remains explicit.