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# alive

«alive» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **living, not dead** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (alive)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Alive means living, not dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#m1)

2) Alive means full of energy, activity or life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#m2)

3) Alive can mean still existing or working, like a hope or a tradition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Tradition values life above almost all else. The Torah says to "choose life," and saving a life overrides most commands. In the primary lessons: In science lessons pupils sort things into alive, dead and never alive; living things move, grow, breathe, feed, sense and reproduce. In stories a town «comes alive» at night and a character is happy to be alive. Phrases: come alive, keep alive, stay alive, alive and well, alive with (full of).

### examples

- And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive? (Torah NUM.31.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x1)
- But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. (Torah NUM.31.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x2)
- But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. (Torah DEU.4.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x3)
- And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. (Prophets JOS.8.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x4)
- To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. (Writings PSA.33.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x5)
- Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; (Writings PSA.124.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x6)
- Is the fish still alive? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x7)
- Plants are alive, but rocks are not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x8)
- We were lucky to be alive after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x9)
- The street comes alive at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x10)
- The pond was alive with frogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x11)
- Water keeps plants alive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x12)
- The old tradition is still alive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x13)
- My great-grandma is still alive and well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x14)
- 'So you are alive after all! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x15)

### note

Used after a verb, not before a noun: «the fish is alive», but «a live fish» or «a living fish», not «an alive fish». Opposite: dead. Science trap: things like fire move and grow but are not alive; seeds look dead but are alive.

### In the corpora

- [Is he yet alive?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1429/)
- [And God sent me before you to give you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive for a great deliverance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1481/)
- [But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.18/)
- [And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1109/)
- [But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1112/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.