Determine one's fate/ seal one's fate
He determined his fate.
(The Modern Hebrew, following the phrase 'his days are determined' in Job 14:5)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חָרַץ אֶת גּוֹרָלוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
קָבַע אֶת גּוֹרַל עֲתִידוֹ.
(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה בְּעִקְבוֹת הַצֵּרוּף "חֲרוּצִים יָמָיו" בְּאִיּוֹב יַד ה)