פֶּ֣רֶה ׀ לִמֻּ֣ד מִדְבָּ֗ר בְּאַוַּ֤ת נפשו [נַפְשָׁהּ֙] שָׁאֲפָ֣ה ר֔וּחַ תַּאֲנָתָ֖הּ מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּה כָּל־מְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙ לֹ֣א יִיעָ֔פוּ בְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּ יִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃
אַ װילדע אײַזעלין צום מדבר געװױנט, װאָס שלינגט דעם װינט אין דער גלוסטונג פֿון איר זעל; פֿון איר פּאָרונג װער קען זי אָפּהאַלטן? אַלע אירע זוכער דאַרפֿן זיך ניט אײַנמיען, אין איר חוֹדש װעלן זײ זי געפֿינען.
Rashi
yearn Heb. שאפנו, yearn to swallow me up, goloseir or goloser, to long, to be impatient. (Cf. Rashi to Amos 2:7.) As (Jer. 2:24): “that snuffs up (שאפה) the wind.”
Ibn Ezra
למודים Learning.3A. V., Learned.3A. V., Learned4The noun which is described by this attribute must be supplied; the adjective may therefore be considered as a substantive meaning the pupils. See c. iii. Note 5.. It is an adjective; comp. למד מדבר used to the wilderness (Jer. 2:24); כלמדים as the pupils (at the end of this verse).
Rashi
And he says: Behold, [as] wild donkeys in the desert who are used to the desert, to lie in wait for the passersby.
Rashi
a wild donkey secluded to himself He became like a wild donkey that goes alone to itself, sniffing air from place to place to wander.
Haamek Sheilah
צוטריטלעך נאָר פֿאַר פּרעמיום־מיטגלידערRashi
will gain understanding Heb. ילבב, he will gain for himself a heart [i.e., understanding] to return to his Creator and to search through his deeds—or [he will remain] a man who was like a wild donkey, accustomed to the desert, hasty, without sense.
Rabbeinu Bahya
צוטריטלעך נאָר פֿאַר פּרעמיום־מיטגלידערRashi
and panted Heb. ואשאפה, an expression of swallowing, as (Jer. 2:24): “snuffs up (שאפה) the wind.”