שאהד

Arabic

Verb

שאהד • (šāhada) (non-past ישאהד (yušāhidu))

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of شَاهَدَ (šāhada, “to witness, to see”)‎‎
   • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[1], Exodus 1:8:

     וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃

     waqāma malikun jadīdun ʕalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.

     And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.