מֵלִיץmelitz meaning in Biblical Hebrew
go-between: interpreter, advocate · noun (Hifil participle, masculine singular)
Joseph's brothers stand two paces away, talking about him in Hebrew, certain he can't understand. There is a man between them whose entire job is the words — and he is the only thing holding the scene together.
וְהֵם לֹא יָדְעוּ כִּי שֹׁמֵעַ יוֹסֵף כִּי הַמֵּלִיץ בֵּינֹתָם׃
“And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them." — Genesis 42:23”
Think of a time you needed a go-between, whether for language or just to speak up for you. Who played the role of the `melitz`?