خير

8 اختارهُ أختاره اختاره اختارة ٱختار ٱختاره ; and ↓ تخيّرهُ, (S, * A, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. [or rather quasi-inf. n.] ↓ خِيَرَةٌ, said by IAth to be the only instance of the kind except طِيَرَةٌ; (TA voce تَطَيَّرَ;) and ↓ استخارهُ; (A;) and ↓ خَارَهُ; (K;) He chose, made choice of. selected, elected, or preferred, him, or it. (S, Msb, * K.) You say also, اِخْتَرْتُهُ الرِّجَالَ, and مِنَ الرِّجَالِ, [ I chose him from the men, ] and عَلَيْهِمْ, (K,) which last signifies in preference to them. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [vii. 154], وَا@خْتَارَ مُوسَى قَوْمِهِ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا [ And Moses chose from his people seventy men ]. (TA.) وَلَقَدِ ا@خْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَى عِلْمٍ, in the Kur [xliv. 31, Verily we have chosen them with knowledge ], may be indicative of God's producing good, or of his preferring them before others. (TA.)