Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

إِنْتَخَبَ

Root: نخب

Form: 8

Full Definition

إِنْتَخَبَVIII See 1.
2 انتخبهُ [and تنخّبهُ , as is shown by a verse cited in art. سقب, conj. 4,] He chose, selected, or preferred, him, or it. Ex. انتخب مِنَ القَوْمِ مِائَة رَجُلٍ He chose, or selected, from the people a hundred men.


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