“Mosesמֹשֶׁהmy servantעַבְדִּיis dead.מֵתNowוְעַתָּהarise,קוּםcrossעֲבֹרthisהַזֶּהJordan,אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןyouאַתָּהand allוְכָלthisהַזֶּהpeople,הָעָםtoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam givingנֹתֵןto them,לָהֶםto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Joshua 1:2
Study it in the app““Moses my servant is dead. Now arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land that I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 1:2, word by word
- “Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appears- is deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- ariseקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- crossעֲבֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- am givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- to the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
1And it came about after the death of Moses the servant of YHWH, that YHWH said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:
2 · This verse (above)
3Every place on which the sole of your foot treads I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses.