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# alive

adjective (alive)

«alive» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Alive means living, not dead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#m1)
2. Alive means full of energy, activity or life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#m2)
3. Alive can mean still existing or working, like a hope or a tradition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#m3)

### In the 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

- Is the fish still alive? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#x1)
- Plants are alive, but rocks are not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#x2)
- We were lucky to be alive after the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#x3)
- The street comes alive at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#x4)
- The pond was alive with frogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#x5)
- Water keeps plants alive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#x6)
- The old tradition is still alive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#x7)
- My great-grandma is still alive and well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#x8)
- 'So you are alive after all! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/#x9)

### 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 Jewish tradition

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x3)
- And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. (Prophets JOS.8.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x4)
- To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. (Writings PSA.33.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x5)
- Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; (Writings PSA.124.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «alive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«alive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/alive.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «alive» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«alive» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/alive.html) on Mova free.