פֶּרֶאpereʼ

wild ass, (probably from swiftness) (Job 39:5; Jeremiah 2:24; Hosea 8:9; Genesis 16:12; Jeremiah 14:6)

Pronunciation: peh'-reh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6501

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 16:12 This son of yours will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his relatives.”
  • Job 6:5 Don’t I have a right to complain? Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass, and oxen bellow when they have no food?
  • Job 11:12 An empty-headed person won’t become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.
  • Job 24:5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor must spend all their time looking for food, searching even in the desert for food for their children.
  • Job 39:5 “Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes?
  • Psalms 104:11 They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).