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Moshe Kohn
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Well, modern Hebrew took the word “LeFargain” (?????) from the Yiddish…

Fargeenen goes much farther than merely not to begrudge what your fellow man has. In addition to the Ayin Tov, there is a connotation of Lev Tov in “fargeenin yennem”.