'Wish' in the Bible

"Are you jealous on account of me?" Moses asked in reply. "I wish all of the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!"

All the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron. Then the entire assembly responded, "We wish that we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness.

As the people argued with Moses, they told him, "We wish that we had died when our relatives died in the LORD's presence!