OET interlinear ISA 38:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הִנְ⁠נִ֣י מֵשִׁ֣יב אֶת־צֵ֣ל הַֽ⁠מַּעֲל֡וֹת

here,I turn DOM shadow_of of,the_steps

Yahweh is using a common expression of this culture, Behold me, to indicate that he is about to do something. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar expression in [37:7](../37/07.md). Alternate translation: [I am going to make the shadow return on the stairs]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

בְ⁠מַעֲל֨וֹת אָחָ֥ז

on,the_steps_of ʼĀḩāz

The phrase the stairs of Ahaz describes a structure that King Ahaz, the father of Hezekiah, built to track the passage of time. It showed the time of day by the position of the shadow that a pole cast on a series of steps below the pole. Such a structure is sometimes called a “shadow clock.” It is similar to what many cultures know as a sundial. If your readers would not be familiar with such a structure, you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [on the steps of the shadow clock that King Ahaz had built] or [on the sundial of King Ahaz]