'Wish' in the Bible

Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!"

The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!

Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you."