OET interlinear GEN 9:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

יַ֤פְתְּ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְ⁠יֶ֔פֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: make_space ʼElohīm (to),Japheth and,let_him_dwell in,the_tents_of name_of and=let_it_be Kənaˊan/(Canaan) slave ,his )

In this context, Japheth refers to the territory or land where he lived. Alternate translation: [May God give Japheth more land]

וְ⁠יִשְׁכֹּ֖ן

(Some words not found in UHB: make_space ʼElohīm (to),Japheth and,let_him_dwell in,the_tents_of name_of and=let_it_be Kənaˊan/(Canaan) slave ,his )

Alternate translation: [and enable him and his family to live]

בְּ⁠אָֽהֳלֵי־שֵׁ֑ם

(Some words not found in UHB: make_space ʼElohīm (to),Japheth and,let_him_dwell in,the_tents_of name_of and=let_it_be Kənaˊan/(Canaan) slave ,his )

Alternate translation: [together in harmony with Shem and his family] or [peacefully among Shem and his family]

וִ⁠יהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן

and=let_it_be Kənaˊan/(Canaan)

See how you translated a similar sentence in verse 26. Alternate translation: [I also ask God to make Canaan] or [Canaan will also be]

עֶ֥בֶד לָֽ⁠מוֹ

slave ,his

Compare how you translated slave or “servant” in verses 25–27. Alternate translation: [a servant for him]