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Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
and=he/it_said
Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “So he exclaimed about Ham,”
אָר֣וּר
cursing
Alternate translation: “I hereby ask God to curse” or “May God curse”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
כְּנָ֑עַן
Kenaan
In verses 25-27, Canaan probably represents Ham and all of Ham’s descendants (the Canaanites), who will serve Shem and Japheth and all their descendants. You could put that information in a footnote.
יִֽהְיֶ֥ה
will_belong
Alternate translation: “I proclaim that he will be”
עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים
servant servants
The Hebrew word here can mean either slave or “servant”. Slaves in the Old Testament were usually treated well and were not much different than servants, sometimes even becoming like members of their owner’s family. But they were of lower status than their masters, which is part of how Ham’s family is being cursed. Alternate translation: “the lowest slave”
לְאֶחָֽיו
to,brothers,his
Verses 26 and 27 show that his brothers probably refers here to Shem and Japheth (who were Canaan’s uncles) and their descendants.
9:25 Then he cursed Canaan: Noah foresaw Ham’s actions as morally representative of Ham’s descendants through Canaan.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.