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# animal

«animal» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a living thing that can move and eat, like a dog, a bird…** — 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

noun (animal, animals); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) An animal is a living thing that can move and eat, like a dog, a bird or a fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#m1)

2) In everyday talk, animal often means a mammal or a beast, not a person or an insect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#m2)

3) Animal as an adjective means about animals: «animal tracks». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it is used in translations for a living creature, and for the mysterious living beings of Ezekiel's vision. In the primary lessons: a general word for the creatures counted in a zoo, farm or pet shop; it can group cows, pigs and hens together; in science, animals are sorted into groups like mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and insects; phrases: «farm animals», «wild animals», «pet animals», «animal kingdom»

### examples

- ChIH is a living animal, and so is ChIVA. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x1)
- other Biblical form of Holy mysterious animal, as given in I. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x2)
- Body ; the word is GUP, usually applied to the animal material body, but here means '' one whole." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x3)
- The zoo has 45 animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x4)
- There are 6 cows and 4 pigs; how many animals are there? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x5)
- Each animal eats 3 pounds of food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x6)
- The farmer sold 12 of his animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x7)
- A whale is an animal, not a fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x8)
- Wild animals live in forests and jungles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x9)
- Be gentle with animals and never pull their tails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x10)
- Do not feed wild animals at the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/animal/#x11)

### note

Countable: an animal, animals. A thing counted, and a group name: «how many animals» often means add all the kinds. Trap: count legs only if the question asks for legs. Myth: bats are not birds, and whales are not fish; both are mammals.

### In the corpora

- [A charity is an organisation that helps people, animals or the environment, paid for by money the public gives.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/16/)
- [Some fundraising scams use AI-made videos of animals or people that do not exist to get money from kind viewers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/16-secrets-scams-telling/6/)
- [Robot pets already exist, but they are not living animals and do not need or feel care the way real pets do.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/13/)
- [Maria Prymachenko was a Ukrainian folk artist from the village of Bolotnia who painted bright, imaginary animals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/16-famous-artists-simply/8/)
- [Photographing children and animals from their eye level makes the picture feel closer and more natural.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/20-photography-and-phone-cameras/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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