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 →

2) Alive means full of energy, activity or life. tree →

3) Alive can mean still existing or working, like a hope or a tradition. tree →

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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →
• And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. (Prophets JOS.8.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. (Writings PSA.33.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; (Writings PSA.124.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Is the fish still alive? tree →
• Plants are alive, but rocks are not. tree →
• We were lucky to be alive after the storm. tree →
• The street comes alive at night. tree →
• The pond was alive with frogs. tree →
• Water keeps plants alive. tree →
• The old tradition is still alive. tree →
• My great-grandma is still alive and well. tree →
• 'So you are alive after all! tree →

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?'
• And God sent me before you to give you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive for a great deliverance.
• But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
• And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?
• But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.