'Alive' in the Bible

And Moses went, and he returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and he said to him, "Please let me go, and let me return to my brothers who [are] in Egypt, and let me see whether they [are] yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."

If indeed the stolen item is found {in his possession} alive, from ox to donkey to small livestock, he will make double restitution.