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Jeremiah 2:24

“A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

פֶּרֶאpereʼ · peh'-reh
H6501 · Hebrew

Definition: the onager
Derivation: or פֶּרֶה; (Jeremiah 2:24), from H6500 (פָּרָא) in the secondary sense of running wild;
KJV renderings: wild (ass).
Grammar: פֶּ֣רֶה — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HNcmsa
Usage: Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 16:12 Job 6:5 Job 11:12 Job 24:5 Job 39:5

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פֶּרֶא here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.