General Discussion "For"in hebrew

[Jason]

It's a hard distinction to make. You can say both קָנִיתִי לְךָ אֶת־זֶה "I bought this for you" (= "I bought you this") or קָנִיתִי אֶת־זֶה בִּשְׁבִילְךָ "I bought this for you." I don't know what the distinction would really be, but they are often interchangeable.