(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). 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.