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?