ḥāraṣ חָרַץ ‘to decide’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

ḥāraṣ v
1) to cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated
 1a)(Qal)
  1a1) to cut, mutilate
  1a2) to sharpen
  1a3) to decide
 1b) (Niphal) to be decisive