פֶּרֶא pereʼ

Meaning

the onager

In the King James Version: wild (ass).

Derivation: or פֶּרֶה; (Jeremiah 2:24), from H6500 (פָּרָא) in the secondary sense of running wild;

Where it is used

• Genesis 16:12 He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
• Job 6:5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
• Job 11:12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
• Job 24:5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
• Job 39:5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
• Psalms 104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
• Isaiah 32:14 For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
• Jeremiah 2:24 a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
• Jeremiah 14:6 Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
• Hosea 8:9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.