פֶּרֶא m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) wild ass. Deut. R. s. 5 (ref. to Jer. II, 24) כשם שהפ׳ גדל וכ׳ (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. XVI, 12) פ׳ אדם וודאי וכ׳ ‘a savage among men’ in its literal sense, for all other plunder goods, but he (Edom-Rome) captures souls.