- *wa-yəṣaw*
- conjunction + imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he commanded
- *yᵊhôšūaʿ*
- proper noun - Joshua
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *ha-kōhănîm*
- definite article + masculine plural noun - the priests
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + infinitive construct - saying
- *ʿălû*
- imperative plural masculine - come up
- *min*
- preposition - from
- *ha-yardên*
- definite article + proper noun - the Jordan