'Alive' in the Bible

Then Moses went away and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please, let me go back so that I may return to my relatives in Egypt, and see if they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

If the animal that he stole is found alive in his possession, whether it is ox or donkey or sheep, he shall pay double [for it].