המרשם למשקפיים מראה קוצר ראייה.

Because ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

• מרשם = prescription
• המרשם = the prescription

So the sentence is talking about a specific prescription, not just any prescription.

Here ל־ means for, so למשקפיים means for glasses.

Hebrew often says prescription for glasses where English might also say glasses prescription. So this is a very natural Hebrew way to express the idea.

Because משקפיים is one of those Hebrew nouns that is normally used in a plural form, just like English glasses.

Even when you mean one pair of glasses, you still say משקפיים.

For example:

• המשקפיים חדשים = The glasses are new

So in this sentence, the word is grammatically plural even though it refers to one pair.

In unpointed Hebrew, the spelling למשקפיים can sometimes be ambiguous.

It could represent:

• למשקפיים = for glasses
• למשקפיים = for the glasses

Without vowel marks, both look the same in writing.

But in this sentence, the natural meaning is for glasses in a general sense: the glasses prescription / the prescription for glasses.

מראה is the present-tense verb shows.

Its base verb is להראות = to show.

Here it agrees with המרשם, which is:

• singular
• masculine

So:

• המרשם מראה = the prescription shows

Hebrew present tense often looks like an adjective or participle, but functionally here it works as the verb shows.

You know from the sentence structure.

The sentence is:

• המרשם = subject
• מראה = verb
• קוצר ראייה = object / what is being shown

So the pattern is:

The prescription + shows + nearsightedness

That makes מראה clearly verbal here.

This is useful to remember because in unpointed Hebrew, some words can look identical on the page but have different functions depending on context.

Literally, it means something like shortness of sight/vision.

It is the standard Hebrew expression for nearsightedness or myopia.

Grammatically, it is a kind of noun combination:

• קוצר = shortness
• ראייה = vision / seeing

So together: shortness of vision → nearsightedness

This is a fixed expression, so it is best learned as one unit.

That is the standard full spelling in modern Hebrew without vowel marks.

The word is pronounced roughly re’iyah, and the spelling ראייה helps represent that i sound more clearly in unpointed text.

You may sometimes see ראיה in less careful writing, but ראייה is the standard spelling.

Because של would mean something more like of or belonging to.

• המרשם למשקפיים = the prescription for glasses
• המרשם של המשקפיים would sound more like the prescription of the glasses, which is not the natural idea here.

Hebrew prefers ל־ when the meaning is intended for or used for.

Yes. This is a very normal Hebrew word order:

• המרשם = subject
• מראה = verb
• קוצר ראייה = object

So it follows a straightforward subject–verb–object pattern.

Hebrew can sometimes vary word order for emphasis, but this sentence sounds natural and neutral as written.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ha-mirsham le-mishkafayim mar'eh kotser re'iyah

A slightly more natural stress pattern would be:

ha-mirSHAM le-mishkaFAYim mar'EH KOtser re-iYA

The main thing is to notice:

• מרשם = mirsham
• משקפיים = mishkafayim
• מראה = mar'eh
• ראייה = re'iyah