The Biblical Donkey

The biblical facts regarding donkey: the donkey is forbidden food; ¿the donkey and the ox have to rest on Saturday; the first donkey is not ¿subject to destruction in the Egyptian punishments. In addition to these ¿general data, the donkey is charged with a rich, important biblical ¿symbolism. Usually, the kings choose a strong and combatant animal for ¿ceremonies ¿ a thoroughbred horse, an imposing elephant or even a ¿camel. Christ enters Jerusalem on ¿the foal of a she-ass¿, as the king of the ¿Jews. This is to fulfill the tradition ¿ David has a ¿royal she-ass¿ and ¿Solomon is anointed as king on a ¿wild donkey¿. It is either wisdom or ¿stupidity for a king to ride an animal symbolizing love of peace and ¿sexuality. How do we account for the fact that in Hebrew the ass¿s foal is ¿not a diminutive of the word ¿donkey¿, as well as the fact that the she-ass ¿signifies ¿slow pace¿ and has nothing in common with the jackass? And ¿what does Solomon¿s wild donkey signify?¿ ¿