שא

See also: שאָ

Arabic

Verb

שא • (šāʔa)

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of شَاءَ (šāʔa, “to will, want, wish”)‎‎
   • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[1], Genesis 1:3:

     ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃

     wašāʔa llāhu ʔan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.

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