[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/life.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / life [← L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/L/) # life «life» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Being alive: what people, animals and plants have and…** — 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 (a life, lives — uncountable in the general sense) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Being alive: what people, animals and plants have and stones do not (they grow, feed, breathe, reproduce). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#m1) 2) The time from when someone is born until they die. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#m2) 3) The way someone lives: a busy life, city life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#m3) 4) Living things in general: plant life, sea life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#m4) 5) Energy and fun: full of life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#m5) 6) In games: one of the chances you have before the game ends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#m6) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah "life" is often tied to blood, which is the life of a creature, and "life for life" means that a life lost must be paid for fairly. Life is a gift from God. Interpretation: Tradition forbids eating blood because blood is the life. It teaches that saving a life overrides almost every other commandment, and "life for life" is read as a rule of fair compensation, not revenge. In the primary lessons: In science: signs of life (moving, breathing, growing, needing food, reproducing, sensing); life cycles of frogs, butterflies and plants; life on Earth needs water and sunlight. In safety: «life jacket», «lifeguard», «save a life». In stories: a character's life and adventures. Phrases: life cycle, real life, way of life, all my life, save a life, wildlife, lifetime, life jacket, bring to life. ### examples - But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life, (Torah EXO.21.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x1) - And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life. (Torah LEV.24.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x2) - Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. (Torah GEN.9.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x3) - And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. (Prophets 1SA.7.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x4) - I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life. (Writings JOB.9.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x5) - For Thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise Thee. (Writings PSA.63.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x6) - A frog's life cycle starts with an egg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x7) - Is there life on Mars? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x8) - Grandma has lived here all her life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x9) - The lifeguard saved a boy's life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x10) - Wear a life jacket on the boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x11) - City life is busy and noisy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x12) - The coral reef is full of sea life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x13) - I lost my last life in the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x14) - The puppy is full of life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x15) - Life became a burden to them.[273] [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/#x16) ### note Plural: lives (f → v), said «lyves» — the same spelling as «lives» in «she lives here», which is said with a short i. Uncountable when it means living things in general: «There is a lot of life in the pond». Opposite: death. ### In the corpora - [And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.186/) - [all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.193/) - [Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.221/) - [And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.601/) - [And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.703/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «life» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/life/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.