GITTITH, תִּתִּיחַ, a word which occurs in the titles of Psalms viii., lxxxi., lxxxiv., and is generally supposed to denote a musical instrument. From the name it has been supposed to be an instrument brought from Gath (גָּת) by David; and from Isaiah xvi. 10 it has been inferred that it was used especially at the vintage season. If it means a musical instrument, it is remarkable that it does not occur in the list of instruments assigned by David to the temple musicians, nor even in that list which appears in the first two verses of Psalm lxxxi., in the title of which
Gigliano it is found. The supposition of Gesenius that it is a general name for stringed instruments obviates this difficulty. The Septuagint renders the title by ἰπὴρ τῶν ληῶν, "upon the wine-press;" and Carpzov, Pfeiffer, and others follow this in taking the word to denote "a song composed for the vintage," or for the feast of tabernacles. (Carpzov, Observ. Philol. super Psalmos Tres עֲלֵה-הַנִּיחִין, Helmst. 1758.; Pfeiffer, Ueber die Musik, p. 32.)