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adashim. The small seeds of different kinds of vetch used for food. The Arabic name is Adas. When ground, the meal can be made into a palatable red pottage. Gen. 25: 34; 2 Sam. 23: 11. Lentils formed part of the provisions furnished to David and his followers on the revolt of Absalom. 2 Sam. 17: 28. They were also used in a time of scarcity, and among the poor, as an ingredient of their bread. Ezek. 4: 9. The Ervum lens is cultivated in Palestine.