live
part of speech
verb (live, lives, lived, living) [rhymes with give]; adjective (live) [rhymes with five]; adverb (live)
meaning for a pupil
1) To live is to be alive. tree →
2) To live somewhere is to have your home there. tree →
3) To live a certain way is to spend your life like that: live happily. tree →
4) Live (adjective) means alive, not dead: live animals. tree →
5) Live means happening now, not recorded: a live show. tree →
6) A live wire carries electricity and is dangerous. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It also means to live on, as in "live for ever," a greeting to a king, and the question whether the dead may live again. Interpretation: Judaism puts great weight on life. The law says saving a life overrides almost every commandment, and the toast "L'chaim" means "to life." Job's questions about whether the wicked live and prosper, and whether a dead man lives again, are read by the tradition as a search for God's justice and the hope of resurrection. In the primary lessons: In maths problems it is mostly a word of the story; sometimes people or animals living in a place are counted (4 people live in the house). It tells where things are, not what to do. In science: living things grow, need food and water, and reproduce. In safety: never touch a live wire. In stories: «they lived happily ever after».
examples
- And they said: 'Thou hast saved our lives. (Torah GEN.47.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live. (Torah EXO.22.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Abraham said unto God: 'Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!' (Torah GEN.17.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- If a man die, may he live again? (Writings JOB.14.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then said Daniel unto the king: 'O king, live for ever! (Writings DAN.6.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power? (Writings JOB.21.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- 4 people live in the house. tree →
- 120 fish live in the pond. tree →
- They live 3 km from the school. tree →
- How many animals live on the farm? tree →
- My grandma lives in Canada. tree →
- Penguins live in cold places. tree →
- Plants need water and light to live. tree →
- We watched the match live on TV. tree →
- Never touch a live electric wire. tree →
- And they lived happily ever after. tree →
note
Two sounds: «to live» (liv) and «a live show» (lyve). Trap: «lives» can be the verb (she lives here) or the plural of «life» (a cat has 9 lives, said with a long i). «Alive» comes after a verb (the fish is alive); «live» comes before a noun (live fish). Maths: no operation on its own.
In the corpora
- And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
- And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
- And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.
- And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «live» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.