Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 201:2
רבי שמעון אומר עושה תוכה של מערה שש אמות על שמונה ופותח לתוכה שלשה עשר כוך ארבעה מכאן וארבעה מכאן ושלשה מכנגדן ואחד מימין הפתח ואחד מן השמאל
HANDBREADTHS IN WIDTH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A space of one cubit was allowed for each of the walls intervening between the sepulchral chambers, and half a cubit space was left at the end of each wall. The two longer walls of the grotto, being respectively six cubits in length, could, therefore, contain three chambers each: The chambers, each of one cubit in width, occupying three cubits; the two walls between them, two cubits; and the two half cubit spaces at the corners, another cubit. The shorter wall facing the entrance, being four cubits long, could contain two chambers only: the chambers occupying two cubits; the intervening wall, one cubit; and the two half cubit spaces at the corners, another cubit. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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