pe.re names the wild donkey, depicted in its free desert life and used in comparisons applied to people.

The term names the animal in depictions of its movement, feeding, thirst, and freedom, including desert settings; it also supplies comparisons for a man, Ephraim, and a person’s birth in Genesis 16:12, Hosea 8:9, and Job 11:12.

1. Wild animal in scenes and comparisons · dominant

   The singular and plural noun forms identify the animal in concrete scenes: in Job 24:5 the APB renders wild donkeys going out in the desert to seek food, while in Job 39:5 it renders the question of who sent the animal out free and loosened its bonds. The same noun is used in comparisons: Genesis 16:12 describes a man as a wild donkey of a man, Hosea 8:9 compares Ephraim’s going up to Assyria with a wild donkey wandering alone, and Job 11:12 compares a man’s birth with a colt of a wild donkey.

   Job 24:5Job 39:5Jeremiah 2:24Genesis 16:12Hosea 8:9Job 11:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB ordinarily presents the term as “wild donkey,” including plural scenes of animals in the field or desert. In Job 11:12 it appears within “colt of a wild donkey”; these are translation renderings of whole clauses.