Pulse

קלי , Lev 23:14; 1Sa 17:17; 2Sa 17:28; a term applied to those grains or seeds which grow in pods, as beans, peas, vetches, &c, from פול , a bean. The Vulgate renders this kali in 2Sa 17:28, frixum cicer, “parched peas.” In Dan 1:12; Dan 1:16, the word זדעים , rendered pulse, may signify seeds in general.

Pulse [BEANS]

A general name for peas, beans, and all large or leguminous seeds.\par

Pulse. (seeds). Pulse usually means peas, beans and the seeds that grow in pods. In the Authorized Version, it occurs only in Lam 1:12; Lam 1:16, as the translation of words, the literal meaning of which is "seeds" of any kind. Probably, the term denotes uncooked grain of any kind, as barley wheat, millet, vetches, etc.

Dan 1:12; Dan 1:16, zeronim, edible "seeds" or grain of any kind, barley, wheat, millet, vetches. Leguminous seeds roasted are still used in the East (compare 2Sa 17:28). Gesenius explains "vegetables grown from seeks, in general."

Pulse, seed. Our English word means peas, beans, lentiles, and the produce of similar podded plants, but in Dan 1:12; Dan 1:16 the Hebrew word probably denotes vegetable food in general, and in 2Sa 17:28 parched peas, which are still a favorite food in the east.

Any species of grain or seeds used for food. Dan 1:12; Dan 1:16

PULSE (zçrô‘îm, Dan 1:12; zçrô‘nîm, Dan 1:16 RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘herbs,’ cf. Isa 61:11 EV [Note: English Version.] ‘things that are sown’) may have been any garden produce. The Eng. word ‘pulse’ belongs to leguminous grains specially, but it is doubtful whether the meaning of the Heb. can be so restricted. In 2Sa 17:28 ‘pulse’ is supplied after ‘parched,’ but ‘grain’ would be better. See also Food, § 3.

E. W. G. Masterman.

puls (זרעים, zērō‛ı̄m (Dan 1:12 margin, “herbs”), זרענים, zēr^e‛ōnı̄m (Dan 1:16); compare זרוּע, zērū^a‛, “sowing seed” (Lev 11:37), and זרוּעים, zērū‛ı̄m, “things sown” (Isa 61:11)): (1) In Dan 1:12, Dan 1:16, it must mean herbs or vegetables grown from seeds; a vegetable diet is what is implied. (2) In 2Sa 17:28, “pulse” after “parched” is not in the original, but is probably more correct than the translation in (1), as “pulse” usually implies leguminous plants, peas, beans, etc.