Ein%20mishpat for Shabbat 226:4

אמר ריש לקיש למה נקרא שמה שנער שכל מתי מבול ננערו לשם א"ר יוחנן למה נקרא שמה מצולה שכל מתי מבול נצטללו לשם [וי"א כאילו אוכל] שקצים ורמשים והא ודאי איתמחויי איתמחו אמרי כיון דמלקי גזרו ביה רבנן דהא ההוא גברא דאכל גרגישתא ואכל תחלי וקדחו ליה תחליה בלביה ומית

— Who then permitted it on weekdays? he replied. For I maintain, It is forbidden even on weekdays, because it causes illness. R. Ammi said: He who eats earth of Babylon is as though he ate the flesh of his ancestors;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who died there. ');">¹³</span> some say, It is as though he ate of abominations and creeping things, because it is written, And he dissolved every living thing, etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. VII, 23. It is now assumed that they became earth. ');">¹⁴</span> Resh Lakish said, Why is it [Babylon] called Shinar? Because all the dead of the Deluge were shaken out [deposited] thither [nin'aru lesham]. R. Johanan said: Why was it called Mezulah [depth]? Because all the dead<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec.: waters. ');">¹⁵</span>

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