It is yachal which means to have an expectant hope. The word used for trust here is also an unusual word. Though he breaks every promise, fails me in every way, treats me like I am worthless piece of I am still going to trust in Him. But Job takes it one step further in his use of this word. We can boldly say like Job, though he does the worst to me I will still trust him. It is very interesting the writer uses the word qatal here. It also means to make small, or be little value. Qatal can mean not only a physical killing but it also means a killing of the spirit. This is not your usual word for kill which would be ratsach for murder or harag for manslaughter all which refer to a physical killing.
In others you would be correct to translate this as Behold or “Surely, he will slay me.” The root word for slay is qatal which is used only three times in the Old Testament. The word for slay me is yeketeleni which is in a simple qal imperfect form. Yet, by translating the word hen as though is comes across as even if he does.” But the word hen is often translated as Behold. In the Hebrew this affirmation of Job is much stronger than it appears in English, although it appears you can not get much stronger than this. Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet I will trust in Him.
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