עם עדשות מגע, שדה הראייה רחב.

With contact lenses, the field of vision is wide.

Breakdown of עם עדשות מגע, שדה הראייה רחב.

• עם: with
• רחב: wide
• עדשות מגע: contact lenses
• שדה ראייה: field of vision

Questions & Answers about עם עדשות מגע, שדה הראייה רחב.

Why does the sentence begin with עם?

עם usually means with, and here it means when using / when wearing contact lenses.

So עם עדשות מגע does not literally mean only together with contact lenses in a physical sense. In this kind of sentence, it means something like:

with contact lenses on
or
when using contact lenses

Starting with עם עדשות מגע puts that condition first: under that condition, the field of vision is wide.

Why is עדשות מגע written this way? What kind of phrase is it?

עדשות מגע is a noun phrase meaning contact lenses.

• עדשות = lenses / lens(es) in plural
• מגע = contact

This is a very common Hebrew structure where two nouns are put together, similar to a construct phrase. In English we often use an adjective plus noun (contact lenses), but Hebrew often uses noun + noun relationships.

So the phrase is understood as: lenses of contact = contact lenses

Why is מגע singular, even though עדשות is plural?

That is normal in Hebrew.

In phrases like this, the second noun often stays singular even when the first noun is plural. English does something similar sometimes too:

• tooth brush not teeth brush
• contact lens solution not contacts solution

So עדשות מגע is perfectly natural Hebrew for contact lenses.