وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِّمِيقَٰتِنَا فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّٰىَ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَٰفِرِينَ
Quran glossary · draft
ٱخْتَارَ
choose
Active Form VIII selects a person or group as preferred for an appointment or purpose.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 4
Roots: خير
Lemmas: اختار
Forms: ٱخْتَرْ · ٱخْتَارَ · يَخْتَارُ
Occurrence examples (4 of 4)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 4.
وَأَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكَ فَٱسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ
وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيَخْتَارُ مَا كَانَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Why this meaning was chosen
All 196 family occurrences were reviewed across two pages. The 52 protected draft occurrences were left untouched, and every one renders the lexical core as good, including explicit comparison constructions. The three compacted candidates agree on good and correctly keep comparison at construction level. Quran 2:221 contrasts a believing servant with an associator, 38:47 applies the plural to selected servants, and 28:68 directly pairs choosing with choice. The 144 frozen targets are partitioned by number, nominal pattern, and derived verbal form; no witness-sensitive context or semantic challenge requires user adjudication.