chosen

verb form (past participle of choose: chosen); adjective

«chosen» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Chosen means picked from a group as the one you want. tree →
As an adjective, chosen describes someone or something that has been selected, like the chosen team. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and school, «You have been chosen to be class captain» or «I have chosen a book». In maths, combinations ask how many ways things can be chosen, e.g. two from three. In stories, «the chosen one» is a hero picked by fate to do something special. Phrases: «have chosen», «was chosen», «chosen one», «chosen few», «carefully chosen».

Examples

She was chosen to read the poem in assembly. tree →
I have chosen the blue one. tree →
He was chosen as team captain. tree →
Our class was chosen to plant the new tree. tree →
The chosen book was about dragons. tree →
In the story, the boy was the chosen one. tree →
How many ways can two fruits be chosen from three? tree →
Her words were carefully chosen. tree →
Heracles, with a few chosen comrades, alone remained on board. tree →

Note

Irregular verb: choose, chose, chosen. Use «chosen» after «have/has/had» or «was/were»: «I have chosen», «It was chosen». «I chose» (past simple). Do not write «I have chose». Pronounced «CHOH-zen».

In Jewish tradition

It can mean picked out for the best, as with the chosen chariots, or picked by God, as with the tribe of Levi.

Interpretation. Levi was chosen to serve in the sanctuary. Israel is called the chosen people, which tradition reads as being given the task of keeping the Torah.

Examples

And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. (Torah EXO.14.7, JPS 1917) tree →
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. (Torah EXO.15.4, JPS 1917) tree →
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. (Torah DEU.18.5, JPS 1917) tree →
And he said: 'Neither hath the LORD chosen this.' (Prophets 1SA.16.8, JPS 1917) tree →
And Samuel said unto Jesse: 'The LORD hath not chosen these.' (Prophets 1SA.16.10, JPS 1917) tree →
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen. (Writings PSA.105.26, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «chosen» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«chosen» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «chosen» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«chosen» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/chosen/