Lekhol sir yesh mikhse (לכל סיר יש מכסה) means there's a lid for every pot in Hebrew.
It can also mean every Jack has his Jill. It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
לְכָל סִיר יֵשׁ מִכְסֶה
lekhol sir yesh mikhse
phrase
In English
there's a lid for every pot, every Jack has his Jill
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Lekhol sir yesh mikhse.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לכל אחד יש זיווג מתאים; פתגם המשמש לנחם את מי שעדיין לא נמצא לו בן זוג.
The word Lekhol sir yesh mikhse is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- לְכָל סִיר יֵשׁ מִכְסֶה
- Written without vowel points
- לכל סיר יש מכסה
- Said
- lekhol sir yesh mikhse
- Root
- ס־י־ר
- Gematria
- 785
This is how Lekhol sir yesh mikhse is said in other languages.
- English
- there's a lid for every pot, every Jack has his Jill
- Arabic
- طنجرة ولقت غطاها
- French
- trouver chaussure à son pied
- Spanish
- nunca falta un roto para un descosido
- German
- jeder Topf findet seinen Deckel
The word Lekhol sir yesh mikhse comes from the root ס־י־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Lekhol sir yesh mikhse in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Lekhol sir yesh mikhse.
What does Lekhol sir yesh mikhse (לכל סיר יש מכסה) mean in Hebrew?
Lekhol sir yesh mikhse (לכל סיר יש מכסה) means there's a lid for every pot and every Jack has his Jill. It is said lekhol sir yesh mikhse, with the stress on khol.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry לכל סיר יש מכסה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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