King James Version

Genesis 9:25

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

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וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אָר֣וּרarurto execrateאָרַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “to execrate”, a verb used as a describing wordH779to execrate[idiom] bitterly curse.כְּנָ֑עַןkenaanCanaanכְּנַעַןnoun, proper name — “Canaan”H3667Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by himCanaan, merchant, traffick.עֶ֥בֶדevedservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.עֲבָדִ֖יםavadimservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “servant”, the ordinary formH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.יִֽהְיֶ֥הyihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְאֶחָֽיוleechayvto brother ; kindredאָחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to brother ; kindred”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Young’s Literal Translation

and saith: 'Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'

World English Bible

He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

Darby Translation

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.

Douay-Rheims

He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν, ἐπικατάρατος Χαναὰν παῖς· οἰκέτης ἔσται τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.