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.).
פִּיתּוּלָא
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פִּיתּוּלָא , פִּתּ׳ m. ( פְּתַל ) [ twisting ,] 1) perverseness . Targ. Prov. VIII, 8 . —2) turn of events, vicissitudes . Yalk. Gen. 127 (play on…
References
- Jastrow, פְּתַל 1
- Aramaic Targum to Proverbs 8:8
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 127:3
- Genesis 30:8
- Bereishit Rabbah 71