Reference for Bekhorot 110:1

עינתא דמידליין

springs higher than the Euphrates? - Said R'Mesharshea: These are the upper parts [the sources]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'ladders', so called because they gush forth and look like ladders on the mountain slopes.');">¹</span>

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