פֶּרֶא

פֶּרֶאm. (b. h.; preced.) 1) wild ass. Deut. R. s. 5 (ref. to Jer. 2:24) כשם שהפ׳ גדלוכ׳ (some ed. שהעָרֹד) as the wild ass is raised in the desert and is without fear of man, so did I intend that no fear of governments should rest upon you; (Yalk. Jer. 266 עָרוֹד). 2) savage, cruel. Gen. R. s. 45 (ref. to Gen. 16:12) פ׳ אדם וודאיוכ׳ ‘a savage among men in its literal sense, for all other plunder goods, but he (Edom-Rome) captures souls.