Judeo-Arabic

Verb

שא ‎(šāʾa)

1. to will, want, wish
   • Genesis 1:3 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃‎

     wašāʾa llāhu ʾan yakūnu nūrun fakāna nūrun.

     And God willed there to be light, and then there was light.