In Isaiah 30:6, a young donkey signifies knowledges of particulars. (Arcana Coelestia 2781)

In Genesis 49:11, this signifies the natural truth of the external spiritual church, also rational truth of the internal spiritual church. (Arcana Coelestia 2781[5])

In Matthew 21:5, the Lord's riding on a colt or foal of a donkey signifies the natural and rational made subordinate. (Arcana Coelestia 2781[8])

1896. 'Her name was Hagar' means the life of the exterior or natural man. This becomes clear from what has been stated already, and also from the meaning of Hagar' as a foreign woman or one living in foreign parts. 'Foreigners' represented people who were to receive instruction, and living in foreign parts represented instruction, and also rules of life, as shown already in 1463. When it is stated in the Word what a person's name is, as here, that 'her name was Hagar', it means that the name embodies something to which attention should be paid, for 'calling by name' is knowing a person's character, as shown already in 144, 145, 340. Not one particle exists in the Word without a reason and without meaning some real thing in the internal sense.