שא

See also: שאָ‎

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَاءَ‎ (šāʾa).

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