to choose
ba.char marks selecting a person, place, or option from among alternatives.
The verb most often describes the LORD’s selection of particular people or a place from among others, whether for kingship, service, or the setting of his name. It also describes human selection of people, materials, animals, or the life set before Israel; passive participles describe warriors as already selected.
Senses in use
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Divine selection for a person, role, or place · dominant
Perfect and imperfect forms describe the LORD selecting particular persons and places from larger groups. In 1 Chronicles 28:4 the APB renders the repeated clause that the LORD selected David, Judah, and David’s father’s house for kingship; in Deuteronomy 12:5 it renders a place the LORD will select from all the tribes for his name’s dwelling.
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Selecting an option or person for oneself · common
Human subjects use finite forms and imperatives when taking one alternative from those available. In 1 Kings 18:23 the APB renders the instruction for the prophets to take one bull for themselves, while Deuteronomy 30:19 sets life and death before Israel and renders the command to take life.
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Selected men for military action · occasional
Passive participles characterize warriors as men already selected, while active forms describe the act of selecting them. In 1 Samuel 26:2 the APB renders Saul going with three thousand selected men, and in 1 Chronicles 19:10 it renders Joab selecting some of Israel’s best men for the battle line.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “chosen,” “choose,” and “selected,” including “chosen warriors” for passive participles. Because the English is a whole-verse translation, those terms confirm the clauses’ selection contexts without fixing every individual English equivalent.