חָרַץ מִשְׁפָּט (חֲרִיצַת דִּין, חָרַץ אֶת דִּינוֹ)

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Render judgment (pronounce sentence; seal one's fate)/ to adjudicate /(verdict/judgement)

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)