Render judgment (pronounce sentence; seal one's fate)/ to adjudicate /(verdict/judgement)
To decree the verdict; to issue a court ruling.
("And your servant was busy here and there, and he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him: So shall your judgment be; you yourself have pronounced it" - 1 Kings 20:40 [one of the sons of the prophets to Ahab, and Ahab's reply to him]), and likewise: "And when he saw your deficiency, like a dog you rendered judgment / for you have rendered your judgments" - Ezekiel the Babylonian (18th century) / The Dialogue of Man with His Soil; and likewise: "Behold, they have rendered judgment, and what will the ignorant among the people answer?" - Abraham Mapu / Ayit Tzavua, 36; and likewise: "And the judgment of the rich man was decreed, for his soul would be slung in the sling into the depths of the pit" - Shai Agnon / Tales of the Besht, The Friends)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חָרַץ מִשְׁפָּט (חֲרִיצַת דִּין, חָרַץ אֶת דִּינוֹ)
Definition (Hebrew)
גָּזַר אֶת הַדִּין. נָתַן פְּסַק דִּין.
("וַיְהִי עַבְדְּךָ עֹשֵׂה הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה וְהוּא אֵינֶנּוּ. וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל, כֵּן מִשְׁפָּטֶךָ אַתָּה חָרָצְתָּ"- מְלָכִים א כ מ (אֶחָד מִבְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים לְאַחְאָב, וּתְשׁוּבַת אַחְאָב אֵלָיו), וְכֵן:"וְכִרְאֹתְךָ חֶסְרוֹנְךָ כְּכֶלֶב חָרַצְתָּ/ כִּי מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ אַתָּה חָרַצְתָּ"- יְחֶזְקֵאל הַבָּבְלִי (הַמֵּאָה הי"ח)/ וִכּוּחַ הָאָדָם עִם אַדְמָתוֹ, וְכֵן:"הֵן הֵם חָרְצוּ מִשְׁפָּט, וּמָה יַעֲנוּ הַבּוֹעֲרִים בָּעָם?"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 36, וְכֵן:"וְנֶחֱרַץ מִשְׁפַּט הֶעָשִׁיר כִּי תִּקְלַע נַפְשׁוֹ בְּכַף הַקֶּלַע אֶל עִמְקֵי שַׁחַת"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, הַחֲבֵרִים)