מַצּוּת, quarrel, wrangling. Snh. 74ᵃ; 79ᵃ; Keth. 33ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XXI, 22) במ׳ שבמיתה וכ׳ the text speaks of a fight with murderous intent; Ex. R. s. 1. Y. Naz. IX, end, 58ᵃ (ref. to Ex. l. c. a. 18) והלא היא מ׳ היא מריבה וכ׳ are not matsuth and m’ribah the same?; Y. Snh. IX, 27ᵃ bot.; Y. B. Kam. IV, 4ᶜ top. Gen. R. s. 50 (play on מַצּוֹת, Gen. XIX, 3) מ׳ גדולה וכ׳ a great dispute arose (between Lot and his wife) about the salt; Yalk. ib. 84. Pesik. Vattomer, p. 133ᵇ (ref. to נצו, Lam. IV, 15) לא גלו … בעלי מ׳ להקב"ה they did not go into exile until they had become contestants against the Lord. [Not to be confounded with מַצּוֹת, pl. of מַצָּה, a. מִצְוֹת, pl. of מִצְוָה.]