Reference for Shevuot 11:8

אלא מדרבי חנינא דאמר ר' חנינא משל דרבי עקיבא למה הדבר דומה לארבעה כוסות של חלב אחד נפלו לתוכו שתי טיפין של דם ואחד נפלו לתוכו ארבע טיפין של דם ואחד נפלו לתוכו שמונה ואחד נפלו לתוכו שתים עשרה טיפין ואמרי לה שש עשרה טיפין שכולן מראות לובן הן אלא שזה למעלה מזה וזה למעלה מזה

And because he did not say this, we may deduce that he had heard that R'Akiba held that they all combine with Se'eth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because he suggests that the Rabbis could have said: the shades from Kerum and upwards are unclean and combine: without differentiating a derivative for Bahereth and a derivative for Se'eth. Hence we may deduce that Se'eth has two derivatives, Sid and Kerum (because Sappahath, which implies derivatives, is connected with Se'eth in Holy Writ) , both of which combine with it and each other, and that Bahereth being only one degree higher than Se'eth also combines with Se'eth; but Bahereth has no derivative. Thus R. Akiba holds they are one above the other.');">²</span> [But this is not conclusive], as [R'Akiba may perhaps hold that] Se'eth combines with its derivative, and Bahereth with its derivative.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And Joshua really asked: Let them say the shades from Kerum and upwards and from Sid and upwards are unclean and combine; but R. Jose was not particular to quote him verbatim.');">³</span>

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