פִּתְתִּית, a word which occurs in the titles of Psalms viii., lxix., lxxxiv., and is generally supposed to denote a musical instrument. From the name it has been supposed to be an instrument brought from Gath (פִּתְתִּית) 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