Lentiles

"(Heb. `adashim), a species of vetch (Gen. 25:34; 2 Sam. 23:11)," common in Syria under the name addas. The red pottage made by Jacob was of lentils (Gen. 25:29-34). They were among the provisions brought to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Sam. "17:28). It is the Ervum lens of Linnaeus, a leguminous plant" which produces a fruit resembling a bean.