Genesis 7:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

Young's Literal Translation
fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered;

King James Bible
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Hebrew
The waters
הַמָּ֑יִם (ham·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

rose
גָּבְר֖וּ (gā·ḇə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1396: To be strong, to prevail, act insolently

and covered
וַיְכֻסּ֖וּ (way·ḵus·sū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

the mountaintops
הֶהָרִֽים׃ (he·hā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

to a depth
מִלְמַ֔עְלָה (mil·ma‘·lāh)
Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

of fifteen
חֲמֵ֨שׁ (ḥă·mêš)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2568: Five

cubits.
אַמָּה֙ (’am·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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