פִּיתּוּלָא, פִּתּ׳ m. (פְּתַל) [twisting,] 1) perverseness. Targ. Prov. VIII, 8. —2) turn of events, vicissitudes. Yalk. Gen. 127 (play on נפתולי, Gen. XXX, 8) פִּיתּוּלֵיה לא דידי הוה וכ׳ were not his vicissitudes mine? did not Jacob come to Laban for my sake (I being predestined to become his wife)?; Gen. R. s. 71 פִּיתּוּלַיֵּיה לא דידי הויין (pl.).