Discovery BoxExodus 15:4 
Context15:4 The chariots of Pharaoh 1 and his army he has thrown into the sea,
and his chosen 2 officers were drowned 3 in the Red Sea.
Exodus 35:30
Context35:30 Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen 4 Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
1 tn Gesenius notes that the sign of the accusative, often omitted in poetry, is not found in this entire song (GKC 363 §117.b).
2 tn The word is a substantive, “choice, selection”; it is here used in the construct state to convey an attribute before a partitive genitive – “the choice of his officers” means his “choice officers” (see GKC 417 §128.r).
3 tn The form is a Qal passive rather than a Pual, for there is not Piel form or meaning.
4 tn Heb “called by name” (so KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV). This expression means that the person was specifically chosen for some important task (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 342). See the expression with Cyrus in Isa 45:3-4.
