captive

«captive» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a person or animal that has been caught and is kept… — 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 captive, captives); adjective (captive)

meaning for a pupil

1) A captive is a person or animal that has been caught and is kept somewhere and not allowed to leave. tree →

2) Captive means kept and not free: captive animals. tree →

3) A captive audience must listen because they cannot leave. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a prisoner taken in war or carried away from the homeland. It is often used about the people being taken into exile, as when Judah was carried away to Babylon. Interpretation: Tradition reads such warnings as a pattern in Jewish history: exile because of straying from the covenant, and then return. Freeing captives became a great duty, called pidyon shevuyim. The psalm says God made even the captors pity the captives. In the primary lessons: In history and adventure stories (taken captive, held captive), in science about zoos and wildlife (captive breeding), and in Bible stories (the people taken captive to Babylon).

examples

• Asshur shall carry thee away captive. (Torah NUM.24.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all that was in the house. (Torah GEN.34.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword? (Torah GEN.31.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• So Judah was carried away captive out of his land. (Prophets 2KI.25.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. (Writings 2CH.28.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captive. (Writings PSA.106.46, JPS 1917) tree →
• The pirates took the sailors captive. tree →
• The prince was held captive in a tower. tree →
• Captive pandas are bred in zoos to save the species. tree →
• The captives escaped at night. tree →
• On the long bus ride, Dad had a captive audience for his jokes. tree →
• The Bible tells of the Israelites held captive in Babylon. tree →
• Among his captives was a Persian princess, to whom he was warmly attached. tree →

note

Noun captivity (in captivity). Captor = the one who holds the captive. Captivate means to charm, not to capture.

In the corpora

• Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
• And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
• So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
• They can do nought except crouch under the captives, and fall under the slain.
• Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of the victorious be delivered?

Trees and pragmatics

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