BDB6753 [H6501]

פֶּ֫רֶא noun masculine^{Job 39:5} (masculine and feminine Jer 2:24, but feminine probably erroneous, compare Kö^{Synt. 157} Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 68}) wild ass (probably from swiftness); — ׳פ absolute Hos 8:9 + (so Jer 2:24 Gi; van d. H. Baer פֶּרֶךְ), construct Gen 16:12 plural פְּרָאִים Jer 14:6 +; — wild ass Jer 14:6; Job 6:5; Job 39:5; Isa 32:14; Ps 104:11 ׳עַיִר פ Job 11:12 wild ass's colt; אָדָם ׳פ Gen 16:12 (J) a wild ass of a man (Ishmael as a free nomad); figurative of wilfulness Hos 8:9 (see I. בָּדַד); of lust Jer 2:24 (i.e. Israel's love of idolatry); of poor desert-dwellers Job 24:5.

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